Keyword: Distance

Far-away talent always seems better than home-developed talent.


Murphy’s Laws People

Everything is just out of reach.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

Space isn’t remote at all; it’s only an hours drive away if your car could go straight upwards.

(1915 – 2001) English astronomer & mathematician
Science/Weather

The distance to the gate from which your flight departs is inversely proportional to the time remaining before the scheduled departure of the flight.

Activities Murphy’s Laws Time Travel

A shortcut is the longest distance between two points.

Murphy’s Laws

Close distance

Oxymorons

When you drop coins, the pennies will fall nearby, while all the others will roll out of sight.

Murphy’s Laws

Those who live closest arrive latest.

Activities Murphy’s Laws Time Travel

The remaining distance to your chosen campsite remains constant as twilight approaches.

Activities Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather

It’s not too far; it just seems like it is.

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

The splendor of an editor's speech and the splendor of his newspaper are inversely related to the distance between the city in which he makes his speech and the city in which he publishes his paper.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Places Reading/Writing Speech

The farther away from the entrance that you have to park, the closer the space vacated by the car that pulls away as you walk up to the door.

Autos Murphy’s Laws

Far-away talent always seems better than home-developed talent.

Murphy’s Laws People

The better the four-wheel drive, the further away you'll be when you get stuck.

Autos Murphy’s Laws Things

When traveling with children… at least one child of any number of children will request a rest room stop exactly halfway between any two given rest areas.

Activities Children Family Murphy’s Laws Travel

The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer
People

The probability of arriving at the job site without a needed tool or with the wrong hardware are directly proportional with the square of the travel distance.
Corollary: You will always have what you need when the job is next to your shop.

Murphy’s Laws Things Work

Distant relatives are the best kind, and the further the better.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Family Science/Weather

I can still enjoy sex at 74; I live at 75, so it's no distance.

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer
Age Emotions Sex