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God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, wich might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players, to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.
--Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, ''Good Omens''

If something cannot go wrong at all, it will go wrong in a very spectacular way.

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The 90/90 rule of programming:

The first 90% of the project consume 90% of the time.
The remaining 10% consume the other 90% of the time.

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Sturgeon's Law:
90 percent of everything is crud.

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The universe does revolve around Engineers, since we get to pick the coordinate system.

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He who is victorious over others is strong, but he who is victorious over himself is all-powerful.
--Confucious

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First rule of modern melee fighting: Bring a handgun.

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The 4th law of thermodynamics:
Where Mihoshi is, chaos reigns.

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All that glitters has a high refractive index.

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Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.

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