Subject: Problems (Page 3)

Batteries die at the most critical time of the most complex problem.

For one brief moment today I thought I was winning in the game of life… but there was a flag on the play!

cartoon character, Peanuts, Charles Schulz (1922 – 2000) cartoonist

Husbands are awkward things to deal with; even keeping them in hot water will not make them tender.

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When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, "Did you sleep good?" and I said, "No, I made a few mistakes."

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Marriage is an attempt to solve problems together which you didn't even have when you were on your own.

(1892 – 1964) singer, dancer, comedian, actor & songwriter

Nothing is as easy as it looks.

When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.

The worst thing about accidents in the kitchen is that you usually have to eat them.


A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention, with the possible exceptions of handguns and Tequila.

journalist, media executive & entrepreneur

There are no personal problems which cannot be solved through suitable application of high explosives.

However much a shower control may rotate, the degree of rotation required to change from ice-cold to scalding is never more than one millimeter.

(1957 – ) New Zealand writer

When you’ve made gravy under gunfire, you can do anything.

(1916 – 2000) English music hall performer, comedian & actor

A failure will not appear till a unit has passed final inspection.

The effort expended by the bureaucracy in defending any error is in direct proportion to the size of the error.

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity… another man’s, I mean.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

A conference is just an admission that you want somebody to join you in your troubles.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

When all else fails, follow instructions.

I have made mistakes, but have never made the mistake of claiming I never made one.

(1841 – 1918) publisher of the New York Herald

Nature never makes any blunders, when she makes a fool she means it.

(1772 – 1851) American Presbyterian theologian & professor

One cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs… but it is amazing how many eggs one can break without making a decent omelette.

(1916 – 2000) Egyptian-American academic economist & historian

The squeaky wheel gets replaced.