Subject: Problems (Page 2)

Trying is the first step towards failure.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)
Failure Problems Situations

If your project doesn't work, look for the part you didn't think was important.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems

When the product is destined to fail, the delivery system will perform perfectly.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Things

The leading cause of hot air balloon crashes is blowing an open flame into a f**king cloth balloon with a basket attached.

(1973 – ) American writer, stand-up comedian, actor, director & producer
Accidents Problems Things

The degree of failure is in direct proportion to the effort expended and to the need for success.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Success

This island is mainly made of coal and surrounded by fish; only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time.

(1897 – 1960) Welsh labor leader & politician
Places Problems

It’s not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is the same damn thing over and over.

(1892 – 1950) poet
Life Problems

It's an ill will that blows when you leave the hairdresser.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress
Problems Situations

Your marriage is in trouble if your wife says, 'You're only interested in one thing,' and you can't remember what it is.

(1908 – 2002) comedian, radio & television actor
Marriage Memory Problems Sex Wives

If you think you're wrong, you're wrong

Corollary: If you think you're wrong, you're right.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws Problems

The bag that breaks is the one with the eggs.

Accidents Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws

The time it takes to rectify a situation is inversely proportional to the time it took to do the damage.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations

If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

I made a wrong mistake.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Misspokements Mistakes Problems Yogi-isms

When the going gets tough, everyone leaves.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations

Experience: The name an older man gives to his mistakes.

Definitions Mistakes

Make it sufficiently difficult for people to do something, and most people will stop doing it.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them.

(1923 – ) American quote & quip writer
Congress Government Mistakes Problems

We learn something every day, and lots of times it’s that what we learned the day before was wrong.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor
Characteristics Education Learning Problems Time

There are only two problems with people: One is that they don't think; The other is that they do.

Murphy’s Laws People Problems Thinking

A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.

(1909 – 1995) American journalist
Failure Government Problems