Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 70)

The man who knows "how" will always have a job. The man who knows "why" will always be his boss.

The leak in the roof is never in the same location as the drip.

When you look for something you will not find it, but when you are looking for something else you will.

On successive charts of the same organization the number of boxes will never decrease.

Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capabilities of the programmer who must maintain it.

The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts.

Just between you and I, case is important.

Never read any book in which the author’s name appears in gold or silver on the cover.

Food consumed standing up always has ten times the calorific intake of food consumed sitting down.

In my opinion I think that the author when he is writing should not get into the habit of making use of too many unnecessary words which he does not really need.

The object or bit of information most needed will be least available.

No matter how early you arrive, someone else is in line first.

The fewer functions any device is required to perform, the more perfectly it can perform those functions.

No amount of genius can overcome a preoccupation with detail.

The first bug to hit a clean windshield lands directly in front of your eyes.

Whenever a superstar is traded to your favorite team, he fades. Whenever your team trades away a useless no-name, he immediately rises to stardom.

About one-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.

If it jams, force it; if it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.

A meeting lasts at least 1 1/2 hours, however short the agenda.

Much work, much food; little work, little food; no work, burial at sea.

The more studying you did for the exam, the less sure you are as to which answer they want.