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1. If you must make a decision, delay it.
2. If you can authorize someone else to avoid a decision, do so.
3. If you can form a committee, have them avoid the decision.
4. If you can otherwise avoid a decision, avoid it immediately.

Rangnekar's Modified Rules Concerning Decisions

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What men learn from history is that men do not learn from history.

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If you ask your husband to pick up five items at the store and then you add one more as an afterthought, he will forget two of the first five.

Murphy's First Law for Wives

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It will always break just when you need it the most.

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Life is a game, the object of which is to discover the object of the game.

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The real objective of a committee is not to reach a decision, but to avoid it.

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The only way to avoid hitting a tree is to aim at it.

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Scientists who dislike the restraints of highly organized research like to remark that a truly great research worker needs only three pieces of equipment – a pencil, a piece of paper, and a brain… but they quote this maxim more often at academic banquets than at budget hearings.

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

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The last person who quit or was fired will be held responsible for everything that goes wrong – until the next person quits or is fired.

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1. If you want something badly, that's how you get it. 2. Many "get-rich-quick" schemes make millionaires – out of multi-millionaries.

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If you were forced to read the book in high school, you’ll probably hate the movie too.

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No matter how many rooms there are in the motel, the fellow who starts up his car at five o’clock in the morning is always parked under your window.

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Any inanimate object, regardless of its position, configuration or purpose, may be expected to perform at any time in a totally unexpected manner for reasons that are either entirely obscure or else completely mysterious.

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If you don't say it, they can't repeat it.

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In simple cases, presenting one obvious right way versus one obvious wrong way, it is often wiser to choose the wrong way so as to expedite subsequent revision.

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You can’t get here from there.

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If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

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Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 40)

Given a conflict, Murphy’s Law supersedes Newton’s.

The most important leg of a three legged stool is the one that's missing.

The hardness of the butter is in direct proportion to the softness of the roll.

1. If you must make a decision, delay it.
2. If you can authorize someone else to avoid a decision, do so.
3. If you can form a committee, have them avoid the decision.
4. If you can otherwise avoid a decision, avoid it immediately.

What men learn from history is that men do not learn from history.

If you ask your husband to pick up five items at the store and then you add one more as an afterthought, he will forget two of the first five.

It will always break just when you need it the most.

Life is a game, the object of which is to discover the object of the game.

The real objective of a committee is not to reach a decision, but to avoid it.

The only way to avoid hitting a tree is to aim at it.

Scientists who dislike the restraints of highly organized research like to remark that a truly great research worker needs only three pieces of equipment – a pencil, a piece of paper, and a brain… but they quote this maxim more often at academic banquets than at budget hearings.

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

The last person who quit or was fired will be held responsible for everything that goes wrong – until the next person quits or is fired.

1. If you want something badly, that's how you get it. 2. Many "get-rich-quick" schemes make millionaires – out of multi-millionaries.

If you were forced to read the book in high school, you’ll probably hate the movie too.

No matter how many rooms there are in the motel, the fellow who starts up his car at five o’clock in the morning is always parked under your window.

Any inanimate object, regardless of its position, configuration or purpose, may be expected to perform at any time in a totally unexpected manner for reasons that are either entirely obscure or else completely mysterious.

If you don't say it, they can't repeat it.

In simple cases, presenting one obvious right way versus one obvious wrong way, it is often wiser to choose the wrong way so as to expedite subsequent revision.

You can’t get here from there.

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.