(John) Yardley’s Law
John Yardley
Pretty is what works.
Anthony’s Law of the Workshop
Anthony
Any tool when dropped will roll to the least accessible corner of the workshop.
Belli’s Law
Melvin Belli
There is never a deed so foul that something couldn’t be said for the guy; that’s why there are lawyers.
Bevan’s Law
Aneurin Bevan
We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.
Blundell’s Law
William E. Blundell
All books over five hundred pages that weren’t written by Dickens or a dead Russian are better left on the shelf.
Bogart’s Rule
John B. Bogart
When a dog bites a man, that is not news because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news.
Browning’s Observation
Robert Browning
Less is more.
Cheops’s Law
Anon
No project was ever completed on time and within budget.
Cicero’s Laws for Historians
Marcus Tullius Cicero
The first law is that the historian shall never dare to set down what is false; the second that he shall never dare to conceal the truth; the third that there shall be no suspicion in his work of either favouritism or prejudice.
Cohen’s Rules of Book Publishing
Roger Cohen
1. There is only one thing worse than losing an auction for a book - and that is winning it.
2. It is nearly always more profitable to leave your money in the bank than to venture into trade book publishing [i.e. fiction and non-fiction for general readers as opposed to textbooks, reference books and so on] where a profit margin of even 5 percent is elusive.
3. No two people will agree on anything, even where to have lunch.
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