Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 21)

When one is trying to be elegant and sophisticated, one won't.

On the TV screen, pure drivel tends to drive off ordinary drivel.

People are always available for work in the past tense.

You climb the ladder of success easier when you lay it flat.

You can't fall off the floor.

No man ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

Recoilless rifles – aren’t.

Don't let go of something until you have a hold of something else.

Say no… then negotiate.

Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.

In any group of eagles, you will find some turkeys.

If you haven’t struck oil in twenty minutes, quit boring.

Historical fancy is more persistent than historical fact.

Merely because the group is in formation does not mean that the group is on the right course.

If a headline ends in a question mark, the answer is “no.”

The only way to make up for being lost is to make record time while you are lost.

Never enter a battle of wits half-armed.

Everyone has a scheme that will not work.

The sun always rises in the baby's bedroom window.

All inanimate objects can move just enough to get in your way.

Only after locking your toolbox/shed at the end of a DIY job do you find another tool to return to your toolbox/shed.