Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 72)

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

The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.

A block grant is a solid mass of money surrounded on all sides by governors.

It is better to have a horrible ending than to have horrors without end.

The rush job you spent all night on won't be needed for at least two days.

Every solution breeds new problems.

The grass is brown on both sides of the fence.

All things being equal, you lose.
Corollary: All things being in your favor, you still lose.

Sin now – pray later.

Following the path of least resistance is what makes men and rivers crooked.

The only time you've had enough is when you've just finished.

When a body is immersed in water, the telephone will ring.

The only things that start on time are those that you're late for.

The minute you sign a client is the minute you start to lose him.

The probability of someone watching you is proportional to the stupidity of your action.

Any action for which there is no logical explanation will be deemed "company policy."

Merely because the group is in formation does not mean that the group is on the right course.

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.

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

What this world needs is a damned good plague.

The snapshots you take of your husband are always more flattering than the ones he takes of you.