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(1913 – 1983) journalist & author

Money Murphy’s Laws Things Lost Value

You don’t start traditions – traditions start.

Skinnell’s Rule

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If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will have more than your fair share to take.

A Murphy's Military Law

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If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.

Stein’s Law

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The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.

Ninety-ninety Rule of Project Schedules

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Hypocrisy is the Vaseline of social intercourse.

Newman's Law

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Typesetters always correct intentional errors, but fail to correct unintentional ones.

Otten's Law of Typesetting

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When you're not in a hurry, the traffic light will turn green as soon as your vehicle comes to a complete stop.

McKee's Law

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No plan survives first contact intact.

A Murphy's Military Law

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No books are lost by loaning except those you particularly wanted to keep.

Fourteenth Corollary of Atwood's General Law of Dynamic Negative

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The amount of work done varies inversely with the amount of time spent in the office.

Cropp's Law

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Inanimate objects are scientifically classified into three major categories – those that don’t work, those that break down and those that get lost.

Russell Baker

(1925 – ) columnist & journalist

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Any horizontal surface is soon piled up.

Ringwald's Law of Household Geometry

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Whatever you want, you can’t have, what you can have, you don’t want.

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You should have seen it when I got it.

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An enterprise employing more than 1000 people becomes a self-perpetuating empire, creating so much internal work that it no longer needs any contact with the outside world.

Parkinson's Law of 1000

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The amount of trash accumulated within the space occupied is exponentially proportional to the number of living bodies that enter and leave within any given amount of time.

First Law of Dormitory Life

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Secret sources are more credible.

Nessen's Law

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Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 23)

Never drink anything that’s still on fire.

Birthday parties always end in tears.

A professional is one who does a good job even when he doesn't feel like it.

Anything you lose automatically doubles in value.

You don’t start traditions – traditions start.

If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will have more than your fair share to take.

If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.

The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.

Hypocrisy is the Vaseline of social intercourse.

Typesetters always correct intentional errors, but fail to correct unintentional ones.

When you're not in a hurry, the traffic light will turn green as soon as your vehicle comes to a complete stop.

No plan survives first contact intact.

No books are lost by loaning except those you particularly wanted to keep.

The amount of work done varies inversely with the amount of time spent in the office.

Inanimate objects are scientifically classified into three major categories – those that don’t work, those that break down and those that get lost.

Any horizontal surface is soon piled up.

Whatever you want, you can’t have, what you can have, you don’t want.

You should have seen it when I got it.

An enterprise employing more than 1000 people becomes a self-perpetuating empire, creating so much internal work that it no longer needs any contact with the outside world.

The amount of trash accumulated within the space occupied is exponentially proportional to the number of living bodies that enter and leave within any given amount of time.

Secret sources are more credible.