Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 13)

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If you view your problem closely enough, you will recognize yourself as part of the problem.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Self

Any change looks terrible at first.

Murphy’s Laws

The item you had your eye on the minute you walked in will be taken by the person in front of you.

Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws

In matters of dispute, the bank's balance is always smaller than yours.

Money Murphy’s Laws

There is no such thing as a ‘little bit of garlic.’

Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws

An executive will always return to work from lunch early if no one takes him.

Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws Work

Last but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

Leftover nuts never match leftover bolts.

Murphy’s Laws

A good place to start from is where you are.

Murphy’s Laws

Once you overcome your fear of public speaking, you’ll never be asked to speak again.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Speech

The one piece that holds the whole thing together will be missing.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Things

The probability of winning is inversely proportional to the amount of the wager.

Money Murphy’s Laws

There is no substitute for good manners… except, perhaps, fast reflexes.

Murphy’s Laws

No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.

Congress Government Murphy’s Laws Politics

If you want a track team to win the high jump you find one person who can jump seven feet, not seven people who can jump one foot.

Murphy’s Laws Sports Success

Organizations always have too many managers.

Murphy’s Laws

Intelligent people, when assembled into an organization, will tend toward collective stupidity.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws People Stupidity Wisdom

All battles are fought at the junction of two or more map sheets… printed at different scales.

Military Murphy’s Laws

The more cordial the buyer’s secretary, the greater the odds that the competition already has the order.

Murphy’s Laws

Computing power increases as the square of the cost; if you want to do it twice as cheaply, you have to do it four times slower.

Computers Money Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather Situations Things

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

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems