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Murphy’s Laws
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The man who knows "how" will always have a job. The man who knows "why" will always be his boss.
Law of Selective Advancement
Murphy’s Laws
Work
The leak in the roof is never in the same location as the drip.
Cannon's Cogent Comment
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Sources
When you look for something you will not find it, but when you are looking for something else you will.
Stabler’s Law
Murphy’s Laws
Laurence Stabler
On successive charts of the same organization the number of boxes will never decrease.
Anonymous Murphy's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Charts
Organizations
Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capabilities of the programmer who must maintain it.
Laws of Computer Programming VII
Computers
Murphy’s Laws
Things
Complexity
Programers
The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts.
Ehrlich's Rule
Activities
Murphy’s Laws
Parts
Saving
Tinkering
Just between you and I, case is important.
The 19 Rules for Good Riting - 2
Communication
Language
Murphy’s Laws
Reading/Writing
Never read any book in which the author’s name appears in gold or silver on the cover.
Gove's Law of Gaudy Book Covers
Books
Communication
Murphy’s Laws
Reading/Writing
Author
Cover
Food consumed standing up always has ten times the calorific intake of food consumed sitting down.
Gove's Law of Canapés
Eating
Food/Drink
Murphy’s Laws
Calories
Standing
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 19 Rules for Good Riting - 17
Communication
Language
Murphy’s Laws
Reading/Writing
The object or bit of information most needed will be least available.
Snafu Equation II
Murphy’s Laws
Information
No matter how early you arrive, someone else is in line first.
Heid's Law of Lines
Murphy’s Laws
Lines
The fewer functions any device is required to perform, the more perfectly it can perform those functions.
The Principle Concerning Multifunctional Devices
Murphy’s Laws
Things
Functions
No amount of genius can overcome a preoccupation with detail.
Levy's Eighth Law
Intelligence
Murphy’s Laws
Details
Genius
The first bug to hit a clean windshield lands directly in front of your eyes.
Drew's Law of Highway Entomology
Autos
Driving
Murphy’s Laws
Things
Bugs
Windshield
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.
Knox's Principle of Star Quality
Failure
Murphy’s Laws
Sports
Success
About one-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.
Kennedy’s Law
Government
Murphy’s Laws
(Robert F. Kennedy)
Opposition
If it jams, force it; if it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
Lowery's Law
Accidents
Failure
Murphy’s Laws
A meeting lasts at least 1 1/2 hours, however short the agenda.
Parson's Third Law
Murphy’s Laws
Time
Agendas
Meetings
Much work, much food; little work, little food; no work, burial at sea.
Cook's Law
Food/Drink
Life
Murphy’s Laws
Work
Rules
The more studying you did for the exam, the less sure you are as to which answer they want.
Second Law of Applied Terror
Education
Murphy’s Laws
School
Exams
Studying
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