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Murphy was an optimist.
O'Toole's Commentary
Characteristics
Murphy’s Laws
Optimism
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.
Donsen's Law
Education
Learning
Murphy’s Laws
Generalists
Knowledge
Specialists
When all else fails, follow instructions.
Allen's Axiom
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Instructions
Whenever someone you know, or someone you do business with, moves to a new location, it’s always farther away.
Springer’s Law
Murphy’s Laws
People
Sherwood Springer
The chance of forgetting something is directly proportional to… to…
Lane Hurewitz's Memory Principle
Intelligence
Memory
Murphy’s Laws
Anyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible and reasonable – as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead.
Schiller's Dictum
Fools
Individuals
Intelligence
Murphy’s Laws
People
Crowds
Check to see if you any words out.
The 19 Rules for Good Riting - 16
Communication
Language
Murphy’s Laws
Reading/Writing
Don't ever stand up to be counted or someone will take your seat.
Engle's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Seats
A kind heart is of little value in chess.
La Rochefoucauld's Law
Activities
Murphy’s Laws
Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.
Historian's Rule
Murphy’s Laws
Situations
Time
Events
Historians
Inevitability
Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.
Cohen's Law of Alienation
Government
Murphy’s Laws
Politics
Candidates
Voters
Twitter makes you like people you don’t know, and Facebook makes you hate people you do.
Shawn’s Observation
Murphy’s Laws
Things
Shawn Holland
Twitter
When the weight of the paperwork equals the weight of the plane, the plane will fly.
Douglas's Law of Practical Aeronautics
Murphy’s Laws
Paperwork
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.
Barber's First Law of Backpacking
Activities
Murphy’s Laws
Backpacking
Camping
Hiking
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.
Young's Handy Guide to the Modern Sciences
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Science/Weather
Biology
Chemistry
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No two identical parts are alike.
Beach's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Repairs
The deficiency will never show itself during the dry runs.
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Boyle's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Deficiencies
If people listened to themselves more often, they'd talk less.
Courtois's Rule
Communication
Murphy’s Laws
People
Speech
No matter how many times you've had it, if it's offered, take it, because it'll never be quite the same again.
John Cameron's Law
Murphy’s Laws
What will get you promoted on one level will get you killed on another.
Fox on Levelology
Murphy’s Laws
Work
Promotion
Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out.
Hoare's Law of Large Problems
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Situations
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