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The sumptuousnss of a company's annual report is in inverse proportion to its profitability that year.

Hale's Rule

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Law expands in proportion to the resources available for its enforcement.

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The shortest measurable interval of time is the time between the moment one puts a little extra aside for a sudden emergency and the arrival of that emergency.

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In any collection of data, the figure most obviously correct, beyond all need of checking, is the mistake.

Finagle's Third Law

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If you have only one nail, it will bend.

Bowersox's Law of the Workshop

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If you buy bananas or avocados before they are ripe, there won't be any left by the time they are ripe. If you buy them ripe, they rot before they are eaten.

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Regardless of whether a mission expands or contracts, administrative overhead continues to grow at a steady rate.

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The intelligence of any discussion diminishes with the square of the number of participants.

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The less you do, the less can go wrong.

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Birthday parties always end in tears.

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Never eat prunes when you're hungry.

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How to locate the slow-moving traffic lane or check-out land: Get in it.

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Glory may be fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

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You don’t start traditions – traditions start.

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If an experiment works, something has gone wrong.

Finagle's First Law

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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.

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Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 35)

In a bureaucracy, accomplishment is inversely proportional to the volume of paper used.

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

There are two types of people: those who divide people into two types, and those who don't.

It is morally wrong to allow suckers to keep their money.

The time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.

The sumptuousnss of a company's annual report is in inverse proportion to its profitability that year.

Law expands in proportion to the resources available for its enforcement.

The shortest measurable interval of time is the time between the moment one puts a little extra aside for a sudden emergency and the arrival of that emergency.

In any collection of data, the figure most obviously correct, beyond all need of checking, is the mistake.

If you have only one nail, it will bend.

If you buy bananas or avocados before they are ripe, there won't be any left by the time they are ripe. If you buy them ripe, they rot before they are eaten.

Regardless of whether a mission expands or contracts, administrative overhead continues to grow at a steady rate.

The intelligence of any discussion diminishes with the square of the number of participants.

The less you do, the less can go wrong.

Birthday parties always end in tears.

Never eat prunes when you're hungry.

How to locate the slow-moving traffic lane or check-out land: Get in it.

Glory may be fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

You don’t start traditions – traditions start.

If an experiment works, something has gone wrong.

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.