Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 19)

At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle arrive last.

Foundation of a party signals the dissolution of the movement.

You will need three umbrellas: one to leave at the office, one to leave at home, and one to leave on the train.

Every great idea has a disadvantage equal to or exceeding the greatness of the idea.

The day of the big heat wave is the day the office air conditioning breaks down.

The tire is only flat on the bottom.

One important fact about Murphy's Law was that it was not actually coined by Murphy, but by another man of the same name.

Virtue is just vice at rest.

1. If you can only do one thing well there is no market for it.

2. You can never do just one thing.

As soon as you’re doing what you wanted to be doing, you want to be doing something else.

Expenditure rises to meet income.

No matter what stage of completion one reaches in a North Sea (oil) field, the cost of the remainder of the project remains the same.

After you’ve mailed your last card, you will receive a card from someone you overlooked.

When things are going well, something will go wrong.

Everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.

The man who knows "how" will always have a job. The man who knows "why" will always be his boss.

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

 If you can tell the difference between good advice and bad advice, you don't need advice.

The information conveyed is less important than the impression.

Never worry about the bullet with your name on it; instead, worry about shrapnel addressed to 'occupant.’

When you want to unlock a door but only have one hand free, the keys will be in the opposite pocket.