Paul Dickson
Paul Dickson
Paul Dicksonis a freelance writer of more than 65 non-fiction books, mostly on American English language and popular culture. He has written many articles on a wide variety of subjects, including baseball and the military...
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Airplane Law, The: When the plane you are on is late, the plane you want to transfer to is on time.
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Abbott's Admonitions: (1) If you have to ask, you're not entitled to know. (2) If you don't like the answer, you shouldn't have asked the question.
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The odds are six to five that the light in the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train.
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The human hand is made complete by the addition of a baseball.
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The great comfort of turning 49 is the realization that you are now too old to die young.
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In any decision situation, the amount of relevant information available is inversely proportional to the importance of the decision.
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The more innocuous the name of a weapon, the more hideous its impact. Some of the most horrific weapons of the Vietnam era were named 'Bambi', 'Infant', 'Daisycutter', 'Grasshopper', and 'Agent Orange'. Nor is the trend new: from the past we have 'Mustard Gas'', 'Angel Chasers' (two cannonballs linked with a chain for added destruction) and 'The Peacemaker' to name but a few.)
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May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future.