Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 19)

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

Murphy’s Laws

Make it sufficiently difficult for people to do something, and most people will stop doing it.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

The best simple-minded test of expertise in a particular area is the ability to win money in a series of bets on future occurrences in that area.

Money Murphy’s Laws

No matter what goes wrong, there is always somebody who knew it would.

Murphy’s Laws People Problems

When working on a project, if you put away a tool that you're certain you're finished with, you will need it instantly.

Murphy’s Laws Things Time

A place you want to get to is always just off the edge of the map you happen to have handy.

Murphy’s Laws Things

The total attention paid to an instructor is a constant regardless of the size of the class.

Education Murphy’s Laws School

Trivial matters are handled promptly; important matters are never resolved.

Murphy’s Laws Time

When you move something to a more logical place, you only can remember where it used to be and your decision to move it.

Murphy’s Laws

1. If reproducibility may be a problem, conduct the test only once.
2. If a straight line fit is required, obtain only two data points.

Murphy’s Laws

The one you want is never the one on sale.

Activities Murphy’s Laws Shopping

The only thing worse than a husband who never notices what you cook or what you wear is a husband who always notices what you cook and what you wear.

Appearance Cooking Food/Drink Husbands Marriage Murphy’s Laws

Your own car uses more gas and oil than anyone else's.

Autos Murphy’s Laws Things

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

An expert is a person who avoids the small errors while sweeping on to the grand fallacy.

Failure Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems

Science is Truth. Don't be misled by fact.

Beliefs Facts Honesty Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather Truth

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

Murphy’s Laws

After things have gone from bad to worse, the cycle will repeat itself.

Murphy’s Laws

Things are never as bad as they turn out to be.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations

If only two cars are left in a vast parking lot, one will be blocking the other.

Autos Murphy’s Laws Things

The illness you come down with is the one ailment your company-covered insurance does not cover.

Health Murphy’s Laws