(Jeremy) Bernstein’s First Law
Jeremy Bernstein
All tests measure something.
(Nicholas Murry) Butler’s Observation
Nicholas M. Butler
An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less.
Billings’s Second Law
Josh Billings
It is better to know nothing than to know what ain’t so.
Costello’s Conclusion
David F. Costello
There are more horses’ asses in this world than there are horses.
Descartes’ Dictum
René Descartes
I think therefore I am (Cogito ergo sum).
Emerson’s First Law
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.
Euripides’ Third Law
Euripides
The lucky person passes for a genius.
Holmes’s Second Law
Sherlock Holmes
It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data.
Kerr’s Law
Jean Kerr
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it’s just possible that you haven’t understood the situation.
McGeary’s Law
W. R. McGeary
The more noise a man or a motor makes, the less power there is available.
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