To err is human, screwup requires computer (1969); Business like a car (1948)
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"TO ERR IS HUMAN. TO REALLY FOUL THINGS UP REQUIRES A COMPUTER."
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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (pg. 670) has this from the 1978
Farmer's Almanac.
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(NEWSPAPERARCHIVE)
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_Newark Advocate _
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=Ga2xMtpV76yKID/6NLMW2j9XsOl8n7XVFkphzCh5q5EXxiRLfvW9i0IF+CsZYmrz) Tuesday,
November 18, 1969 _Newark,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=city:newark+to+err+is+human+and+computer+AND) _Ohio_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=state:ohio+to+err+is+human+and+computer+AND)
...they just get taller TO ERR IS HUMAN; TO really foul things up requires
a.....COMPUTER. You won't need a COMPUTER TO tell you where TO get real..
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_Newark Advocate _
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=Ga2xMtpV76yKID/6NLMW2rewa1Rtu3mdWbrltY6gaY9MeCdzzNldC0IF+CsZYmrz) Friday, October 03,
1969 _Newark,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=city:newark+to+err+is+human+and+computer+AND) _Ohio_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=state:ohio+to+err+is+human+and+computer+AND) ...ii makes
snap Great Northern Goat. TO ERR IS HUMAN. TO really foul it takes
a.....dropped 9 rubber bAND inTO the office COMPUTER. Now..
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"BUSINESS IS LIKE A CAR. IT WILL NOT RUN BY ITSELF, EXCEPT DOWNHILL."
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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations has this on page 669 as an "American
saying," but doesn't given a proper date.
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(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
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_In the WAKE of the NEWS; In the WAKE of the NEWS _
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ARCH WARD. Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Sep 22, 1948.
p. B1 (2 pages)
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First page:
_Particularly These Days_
Many a business is like an automobile. It will not run by itself, except
down hill.
--Hugh Gesshugh.
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(NEWSPAPERARCHIVE)
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_Lowell Sun _
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=/TuInQ3tu5uKID/6NLMW2u2qRZj2h8Cf23XB+HdNRpd9QQ5DvbVNuUIF+CsZYmrz) Thursday, March 14,
1963 _Lowell,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=city:lowell+business+is+like+an+automobile) _Massachussetts_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=state:massachussetts+business+is+like+an+automobile)
...Nov. 22 to 21) BUSINESS IS LIKE AN AUTOMOBILE; it won't run
itself.....196 World rights reserved. WHO'D MOD LIKE TO BE IF YOU COULD BE ANYONE
VDU..
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_Van Wert Times Bulletin _
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Wednesday, February 24, 1971 _Van Wert,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=city:van_wert+business+is+like+a+car+and+downhill) _Ohio_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=state:ohio+business+is+like+a+car+and+
downhill) ...By: Neil GAreISs BUSINESS IS LIKE A cAr. Only wAy it'll
run by itself IS.....event IS SArAh Giessler, I At the BUSINESS s e s s i o n
I A motion wAs..
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_ Daily Times _
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=WIIwbfg7DKmKID/6NLMW2tmXyS5dAHQuOlq8SuiHLGT2VDJo3xSXyEIF+CsZYmrz) Wednesday,
February 24, 1971 _Salisbury,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=city:salisbury+business+is+like+a+car) _Maryland_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=state:maryland+business+is+like+a+car) ...OF
WISDOM By JACK PURNELL BUSINESS IS LIKE A cAr. Only wAy it'll run by
itself.....ig out A pArtISAn view of event: Some, LIKE the Voice of Ameri :A, the
BritISh..
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_Walla Walla Union Bulletin _
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Thursday, March 25, 1971 _Walla Walla,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=city:walla_walla+business+is+like+a+car) _Washington_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=state:washington+business+is+like+a+car)
...EASY CHAIR By Vern Brown BUSINESS IS LIKE A cAr. Only wAy it'll
run by itself.....Oregon tribe highly successful in BUSINESS And industry, Are
fighting A..
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