Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 10)

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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

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

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems

No matter how hard you try, every once in a while, something is going right.

Murphy’s Laws

A consultant is someone who, when hired to find out what time it is, borrows your watch to find out.

Money Murphy’s Laws

The longer you wait in line, the greater the likelihood that you are in the wrong line.

Murphy’s Laws

The reliability of machinery is inversely proportional to the number and significance of any persons watching it.

Murphy’s Laws People Problems

The more carefully you plan a project, the more confusion there is when something goes wrong.

Murphy’s Laws

When a politician gets an idea, he usually gets it wrong.

Ideas Murphy’s Laws Politicians

Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.

Murphy’s Laws

Every program has at least one bug and can be shortened by at least one instruction — from which, by induction, one can deduce that every program can be reduced to one instruction which doesn't work.

Computers Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather Things

For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.

Government Murphy’s Laws

For every complex problem, there is a solution that is clear, simple, and wrong.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

A theory is better than an explanation.

Murphy’s Laws

If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most embarrassment will be the one to

Emotions Murphy’s Laws Problems

1. All the IVs are at the other end of the hall.

2. There are two kinds of adhesive tape: the one that won't stay on and the one that won't come off.

Health Murphy’s Laws

Every silver lining has a cloud.

Murphy’s Laws Situations

It is after you have lost your teeth that you can afford to buy steaks.

(1841–1919) French artist
Food/Drink Life Murphy’s Laws

1. Incompetence knows no barriers of time or place.
2. Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.
3. If at first you don't succeed, try something else.

Murphy’s Laws People Work

If the experiment works, you must be using the wrong equipment.

Murphy’s Laws Success

If you have a difficult task, give it to a lazy person – they will find an easier way to do it.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws Work

1. Always hire a rich solicitor.

2. Never buy from a rich salesman.

Lawyers Money Murphy’s Laws Wealth