Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 83)

The illness you come down with is the one ailment your company-covered insurance does not cover.

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

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

Those who cannot teach – administrate.

The most expensive component is the one that breaks.

The spirit of public service will rise, and the bureaucracy will multiply itself much faster, in time of grave national concern.

Whenever two fishing lines are contiguous, they will become continuous.

Anything that can be changed will be changed up until there is no time left to change anything.

When you move something to a more logical place, you only can remember where it used to be and your decision to move it.

If you can't learn to do it well, you should learn to enjoy doing it badly.

Go where the money is.

A man should be greater than some of his parts.

There's no special reason; it's just government policy.

The usefulness of any meeting is in inverse proportion to the attendance.

Trust everybody, but cut the cards.

You can make it foolproof, but you can't make it damnfoolproof.

Government intervention in the free market always leads to a lower national standard of living.

Pills to be taken in twos always come out of the bottle in threes.

All buses heading in the opposite direction drive off the face of the earth and never return.

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

The worst golf shots always occur when playing with someone you are trying to impress.