Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 16)

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A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never sure.

Murphy’s Laws Things Time

If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.

Murphy’s Laws

When a problem goes away, the people working to solve it do not.

Murphy’s Laws People Problems

If everything seems to be coming your way, you're probably in the wrong lane.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws Situations

Social innovations tend to the level of minimum tolerable well-being.

Murphy’s Laws

Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low.

Education Government Murphy’s Laws Politics

The amount of time required to complete a government project is precisely equal to the length of time already spent on it.

Government Murphy’s Laws Time

To make an enemy, do someone a favor.

Murphy’s Laws People

The greater the funding, the longer it takes to make the mistake.

Mistakes Money Murphy’s Laws Problems Time

Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish yourself as an expert.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Situations

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

Corollary: If there is a worse time for something to go wrong, it will happen then.

Murphy’s Laws

Fortify your front; you’ll get your rear shot up.

Military Murphy’s Laws

1. All bicycles weigh 50 pounds.
2. 30-pound bicycle needs a 20-pound lock and chain.
3. A 40-pound bicycle needs a 10-pound lock and chain.
4. A 50-pound bicycle needs no lock or chain.

Murphy’s Laws Things

The army with the smartest dress uniform will lose.

Conflict Military Murphy’s Laws

The successful pundit is provided more opportunities to say things than he has things worth saying.

Murphy’s Laws

Creativity varies inversely with the number of cooks involved with the broth.

Murphy’s Laws People

All pluses have their minuses.

Murphy’s Laws

The new hardware will break down as soon as the old is disconnected and out.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations Things

If you can't learn to do it well, you should learn to enjoy doing it badly.

Education Learning Murphy’s Laws Success

The candy bar you planned to eat on the way home from the market is hidden at the bottom of the grocery bag.

Murphy’s Laws Shopping

You can always find what you're not looking for.

Murphy’s Laws