Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 77)

The obvious answer is always overlooked.

A good place to start from is where you are.

The faster the plane, the narrower the seats.

Any member introducing a dog into the Society’s premises shall be liable to a fine of one pound. Any animal leading a blind person shall be deemed to be a cat.

Law expands in proportion to the resources available for its enforcement.

The tire is only flat on the bottom.

Expressways aren’t.

Everything depends.

Negative expectation thwarts realization, and self-congratulation guarantees disaster. (Or, simply put… if you think of it, it won't happen quite that way.)

Men and nations will act rationally towards each other only after all other possibilities have been exhausted.

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.

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

Passengers on elevators constantly rearrange their positions as people get on and off so there is at all times an equal distance between all bodies.

You never find anything until you replace it.

The first example of superior principle is always inferior to the developed example of inferior principle.

Good salesmen and good repairmen will never go hungry.

1. Trial balances don't.
2. Working capital doesn't.
3. Liquidity tends to run out.
4. Return on investments won't.

If at first you don’t succeed, read the manual.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

The degree of failure is in direct proportion to the effort expended and to the need for success.

The average time between throwing something away and needing it badly is two weeks. This time can be reduced to one week by retaining the thing for a long time first.