Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 20)

If you can't fix it, feature it.

1. If you can get to the faulty part, you won't have the tool to get it off. 2. If you can get the part off, the parts house will have it back ordered. 3. If it's in stock, it didn't need replacing in the first place.

Go where the money is.

If you live long enough, something will kill you.

Whatever plan one makes, there is a hidden difficulty somewhere.

It is much harder to find a job than to keep one.

A manager cannot tell if he is leading an innovative mob or being chased by it.

1. You can't get anything without working for it.
2. The most you can accomplish by working is to break even.
3. You can only break even at absolute zero.

Never do anything you wouldn’t get caught dead doing.

The length of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.

1. In dealing with their “own” problems, faculty members are the most extreme conservatives 2. In dealing with “other” people's problems, they are the world's most extreme liberals.

Nothing is so good that somebody, somewhere, will not hate it.

Density of fire increases proportionally to the curiousness of the target.

Some people fish in the Sea of Life without bait.

Twitter makes you like people you don’t know, and Facebook makes you hate people you do.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they hit.

Office machines that function perfectly during normal business hours will break down when you return at night to use them for personal business.

Doing it the hard way is always easier.

Never let your studies interfere with your education.

Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.