Sayre’s Law: “The politics of the university are so intense because the stakes are so low.”
Attributed to Wallace Stenley Sayre (1905-1972), US political scientist and professor at Columbia University, although similar quotes predate from woodrow wilson and others (see below).
Stigler’s Law of Eponymy: “No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer.”
exemplifying his own law, Stigler attributed this idea to sociologist robert k. merton, although earlier citations exist = Epon-and-on-and-onymy!
Great Exudations 