Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 84)

There is no direct relationship between the quality of an educational program and its cost.

If you have the facts on your side, hammer the facts. If you have the law on your side, hammer the law. If you have neither the facts nor the law, hammer the table.

Every solution breeds new problems.

It won't work.

If the experiment works, you must be using the wrong equipment.

Once you open a can of worms, the only way to recan them is to use a bigger can.

Facts without theory are trivia. Theory without facts is bullshit.

There is no such thing as a short beer. (As in, "I'm going to stop off at Joe's for a short beer on the way home.")

If it looks easy, it's tough… if it looks tough, it's near impossible.

Variables won't, constants aren't.

All general statements are false.

Some people fish in the Sea of Life without bait.

Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you; tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch it to be sure.

If you take something apart and put it back together enough times, eventually you will have two of them.

Good salesmen and good repairmen will never go hungry.

As soon as you sit down with a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something that will last until the coffee is cold.

If you think the world is against you – it doesn't necessarily mean that it isn't.

The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.

Actually, it only seems as though you mustn't be deceived by appearances.

Trust everybody, but cut the cards.

The leak in the roof is never in the same location as the drip.