Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 77)

A high paying rush job comes in only after you've committed to a low paying rush job.

An ounce of image is worth a pound of performance.

You climb the ladder of success easier when you lay it flat.

It is always the partner’s fault.

A biscuit takes up moisture when it goes stale and becomes limp; a cake loses moisture and becomes hard.

Immature poets imitate, mature poets steal.

(1888 – 1965) British (US-born) critic, dramatist & poet

All politics is local.

Nothing is a temporary as that which is called permanent.

Corollary: Nothing is a permanent as that which is called temporary.

When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger have handled this?"

Everything tastes more or less like chicken.

The farther away from the entrance that you have to park, the closer the space vacated by the car that pulls away as you walk up to the door.

A bird in the hand is dead.

The squeaky wheel gets replaced.

When walking a dog, be sure then animal is smaller than you.

No matter what goes wrong, there is always somebody who knew it would.

1. Never play cards with a man called Doc.
2. Never eat at a place called Mom's.
3. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.

Toothaches tend to start on Saturday night.

When both sides are convinced they are about to lose, they're both right.

Things go right so they can go wrong.

When there are sufficient funds in the checking account, checks take two weeks to clear; when there are insufficient funds, checks clear overnight.

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.