Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 35)

The lagging activity in a project will invariably be found in the area where the highest overtime rates lie waiting.

1. That which has not yet been taught directly can never be taught directly 2. If at first you don’t succeed, you will never succeed.

In approaching a double door, you will always go to the one door that is locked, pull when you should have pushed, and push when the sign says pull.

If you knew what you were doing you'd probably be bored.

The client who pays the least complains the most.

Spend sufficient time in confirming the need and the need will disappear.

Intelligent people, when assembled into an organization, will tend toward collective stupidity.

Whatever you did, that's what you planned.

Consistency is always easier to defend than correctness.

Expenditure rises to meet income.

The easy way is always mined.

Indecision is the key to flexibility.

An ounce of image is worth a pound of performance.

Wear the right costume and the part plays itself.

Internal consistency is valued more highly than efficiency.

Any change looks terrible at first.

History does not repeat itself; historians simply repeat each other.

Unlimited warranties are usually neither.

The chance of forgetting something is directly proportional to… to…

When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried.

A committee is the only life form with 12 stomachs and no brain.