Quotes about People, page 43

The last person that quit or was fired will be the one held responsible for everything that goes wrong - until the next person quits or is fired.

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People who go to conferences are the ones who shouldn't.

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People are always available for work in the past tense.

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People don't make the same mistake twice, they make it three, four, or five times.

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At work, the authority of a person is inversely proportional to the number of pens that person is carrying.

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The person at the meeting or discussion who is right will be the person who is not listened and will later be blamed for coming up with the bad idea.

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The pressure of responsibility taking a difficult decision is the result of a division between its importance and the number of participant persons.

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One's willingness to do something is inversely proportional to: a) the need for it to be done, b) the number of people who are relying on that person to do it.

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The simpler and quicker your transaction, the more complex and time-consuming the transaction of the person immediately ahead of you in the line.

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If attendance is mandatory, a scheduled exam will produce increased absenteeism. If attendance is optional, an exam will produce persons you have never seen before.

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Teamwork is essential , it gives the enemy other people to shoot at.

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To steal information from a person is called plagiarism. To steal information from the enemy is called gathering intelligence.

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In peacetime people say: War is Hell. In combat, under fire from artillery, airplanes, or whatever, a soldier thinks, War is really really really LOUD as Hell!

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Dogs do not see the badge as a person of authority, they see lunch.

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The number of people who lock their keys in their car is directly proportional to how bad the weather is.

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In general, a person's innocence is often diametrically opposed to how much they insist that they are.

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The success of an assignment is inversely proportional to the product of its importance and the number of people watching.

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Strobes only explode when lots of people are watching.

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The first person in line when the clinic opens will not require urgent care. The sickest person will arrive 5 minutes before closing: I thought I'd feel better.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about people

The later you are running, the slower the people in front of you, and on any accessible side are going to drive.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about people