Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.

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Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.

Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.

A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.

A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.

If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

It's better to have loved and lost than to do forty pounds of laundry a...

It's better to have loved and lost than to do forty pounds of laundry a...

Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.

When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.

A man convinced against his will is not convinced.

A man convinced against his will is not convinced.

In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let...

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let...

America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to...

America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to...

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he...

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he...

Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will...

Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will...

Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.

Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.

Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert.

Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert.

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance...

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance...

Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.

Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed...

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed...

Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.

Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.