Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 75)

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Anytime you wish to demonstrate something, the number of faults is proportional to the number of viewers.

Murphy’s Laws People Problems

Success can be insured only by devising a defense against failure of the contingency plan.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Success

A body at rest tends to watch television.

Entertainment Murphy’s Laws Television

You can get away with anything as long as you tell someone about it.

Communication Murphy’s Laws

You can't fall off the floor.

Alcohol Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws

Of two possible events, only the undesired one will occur.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

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

Murphy’s Laws People

No project was ever completed on time and within budget.

Money Murphy’s Laws Time

There comes a time when one must stop suggesting and evaluating new solutions, and get on with the job of analyzing and finally implementing one pretty good solution.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

1. Incompetence knows no barriers of time or place.
2. Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.
3. If at first you don't succeed, try something else.

Murphy’s Laws People Work

Everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.

Murphy’s Laws

One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.

America Murphy’s Laws People

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.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

The cussedness of inanimate objects is beyond understanding.

Murphy’s Laws Things

Before ordering a test, decide what you will do if it is (1) positive or (2) negative. If both answers are the same, don't take the test.

Murphy’s Laws

Any military project will take twice as long as planned, cost twice as much, and produce only half of what is wanted.

Military Murphy’s Laws

Security isn’t. Management can’t. Sales promotions don’t. Customer assistance doesn’t. Worker’s won’t.

Murphy’s Laws Work

If you do a job twice, it’s yours.

Murphy’s Laws Work

The problem-solving process will always break down at the point at which it is possible to determine who caused the problem.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

If you have only one nail, it will bend.

Murphy’s Laws

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works.

Murphy’s Laws