When you assume you make an ass out of you and me.1
And yet, before it even makes sense to utter
that statement, I assume you understand English; I assume that you
can hear me, that you’re listening, that you’re not an asshat.
Don’t fix it if it ain’t broke
Don’t fix it if it ain’t broke — unless it’s one of those
problems that if you fix it now it may save you a lot of extra work
later on. Because, as you know…
A stitch in time saves nine.
A stitch in time saves nine — but don’t fix it if it ain’t
broke.
Too many cooks
Two many cooks spoil the broth — except, when two heads are better
than one.
Two heads are better
Two heads are better than one — unless you’re a cook making broth.
Deep down inside
Deep down inside we’re all the same — Are you sure? said the man with
stomach cancer.
All your eggs in one basket
Do not dedicate all your resources to one project.
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.2 Or, as Mark
Twain would say: “Put all your eggs in the one basket and — WATCH
THAT BASKET.”3
What does not kill me makes me stronger
What does not kill me makes me stronger4 — unless you inhale too
much coal dust and get black lung disease5, or smoke too many cigarettes
and slowly waste away from cancer.