Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 6)

Murphy was an optimist.

The specialist learns more and more about less and less until, finally, he knows everything about nothing; whereas the generalist learns less and less about more and more until, finally, he knows nothing about everything.

When all else fails, follow instructions.

Whenever someone you know, or someone you do business with, moves to a new location, it’s always farther away.

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

Anyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible and reasonable – as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead.

Check to see if you any words out.

Don't ever stand up to be counted or someone will take your seat.

A kind heart is of little value in chess.

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.

Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.

Twitter makes you like people you don’t know, and Facebook makes you hate people you do.

When the weight of the paperwork equals the weight of the plane, the plane will fly.

The weight of your pack increases in direct proportion to the amount of food you consume from it; if you run out of food, the pack weight goes on increasing anyway.

1. If it is green or it wiggles – it is Biology.
2. If it stinks – it is Chemistry.
3. If it doesn’t work – it is Physics.

No two identical parts are alike.

The deficiency will never show itself during the dry runs.

If people listened to themselves more often, they'd talk less.

No matter how many times you've had it, if it's offered, take it, because it'll never be quite the same again.

What will get you promoted on one level will get you killed on another.

Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out.