"'Anderson's Law, remember: 'Everything takes longer and costs more.'" (p. 270)
Whose Law is it? See Jerry Pournelle Quotes.
See also Hofstadter's Law, Murphy's other Laws, the Guardian Business Podcast, Financial Samurai.
I also found:
Anderson's rule
Anderson Law
Anderson's Law of Casual Instinct
Anderson's Law Of Skepticism (same link)
Anderson's Law (of the Experienced Science Journalist)
Anderson's Business Law
Anderson's Law and Koestler's Motto
Sheila translated Peter Nordbo's Dutch for me:
"'Sind Sie wirklich Menschen?... Gud Jesu, endelig! Hvor langst, hvor langst -'" (p. 267)
"Are you really people?... Good Jesus, at last! Long wished for, long wished for -'"
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That's a nice bit of extrapolation there -- the language is sort of a Scandinavian-influenced German, I think.
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