Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 82)

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The incidence of anything worthwhile is either 15-25 percent or 80-90 percent.

Murphy’s Laws Situations

The only thing more dangerous than an amateur economist is a professional economist.

Murphy’s Laws Occupations Work

A watched pot never boils over.

Murphy’s Laws

No boss will keep an employee who is right all the time.

Murphy’s Laws

A writer mustn’t shift your point of view.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

Exceptions prove the rule, and destroy the battle plan.

Military Murphy’s Laws

Byrne's Law: In any electrical circuit, appliances and wiring will burn out to protect fuses.

(1930 – ) American author and billiard player, teacher & commentator
Failure Murphy’s Laws Things

Chicken Little only has to be right once.

Murphy’s Laws

The faster a computer is, the faster it will reach a crashed state.

Computers Failure Murphy’s Laws Things

Claim victory and retreat.

Conflict Murphy’s Laws War

All inanimate objects can move just enough to get in your way.

Murphy’s Laws Things

Your best golf shots always occur when playing alone.

Golf Murphy’s Laws People Sports

A professional is one who does a good job even when he doesn't feel like it.

Murphy’s Laws Occupations Work

1. If the facts are against you, argue the law. 2. If the law is against you, argue the facts. 3. If the facts and the law are against you, yell like hell.

Government Intelligence Law Murphy’s Laws

Life is a game, the object of which is to discover the object of the game.

Games Life Murphy’s Laws

An unbreakable toy is useful for breaking other toys.

Murphy’s Laws Things

The deficiency will never show itself during the dry runs.

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Murphy’s Laws Problems

A computer makes as many mistakes in two seconds as 20 men working 20 years.

Computers Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Things Time

No experiment is ever a complete failure – it can always serve as a negative example.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems

At any public relations luncheon, the quality of the food is inversely related to the quality of the information.

Food/Drink Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

A rumor will travel fastest to the place where it will cause the greatest harm.

Murphy’s Laws