adage
short, philosophical, memorable saying
Murphy's law
an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong".
Clarke's three laws
three adages proposed by British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke about science and technology
Parable of the eye of a needle
parable of Jesus: “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.” (Mark 10:25)
Betteridge's law of headlines
journalism-related adage
Poe's law
adage of Internet culture that, without a clear indicator of intent, one can’t parody extreme views such that some can’t mistake it for a sincere expression of the parodied views
Parkinson's law
adage that work expands to fill the time available
Sturgeon's law
adage cited as "ninety percent of everything is crap"
Sticks and Stones
nursery rhyme
van Loon's law
adage attributed to Hendrik Willem van Loon
tip of the iceberg
idiom based on a natural phenomenon
Andy and Bill's law
statement that new software consumes any increase in computing power that new hardware can provide
On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog
adage and meme about internet anonymity
Thank God for Mississippi
Southern American adage
Poles of the worst sort
quote / meme
a language is a dialect with an army and navy
facetious characterization of dialect
Conway's law
adage stating that organizations design systems that mirror their own communication structure
law of holes
adage
Rome wasn't built in a day
Common phrase regarding the difficulty of a task
no good deed goes unpunished
sardonic saying
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
popular adage communicating the idea that it is impossible to get something for nothing
Goodhart's law
adage that when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure