(Eleanor) Roosevelt’s First Law
Eleanor Roosevelt
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
(John F.) Kennedy’s Law
John F. Kennedy
Life is unfair.
(Robert F.) Kennedy’s Law
Robert F. Kennedy
About one-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.
Bacon’s Law
Francis Bacon
Money is like muck not good except it be spread.
Baker’s Laws of Progress
Russell Baker
1. Progress is what people who are planning to do something really terrible almost always justify themselves on the grounds of.
2. Usually terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all but just terrible things.
Beer’s Law
Stafford Beer
Absolutum obsoletum - if it works, it’s out of date
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.
Bentham’s Law
Jeremy Bentham
The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.
Billings’s First Law
Josh Billings
The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.
Bouchier’s Columbus Principle
David Bouchier
Any new activity will cause more trouble than you can possibly imagine.
