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The longer the title, the less important the job.

McGovern's Law

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Anything is edible if it is chopped finely enough.

Mrs. Weiler's Law

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A lone dime always gets the number nearly right.

Phone Booth Rule

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Things equal to nothing else are equal to each other.

First Postulate of Isomurphism

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The length of any meeting is inversely proportional to the length of the agenda for that meeting.

McLaughlin's Law (see Parson's Third Law)

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Just sometimes, every damn thing goes right.

Yhprum’ Law

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Creativity varies inversely with the number of cooks involved with the broth.

Fitz-Gibbon's Law

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The first myth of management is that it exists.
The second myth of management is that success equals skill.
Corollary (Johnson) – Nobody really knows what is going on anywhere within your organization.

Heller's Myths of Management

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The damage rarely exceeds the deductible.

Webster’s Law

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1. The more general the title of a course, the less you will learn from it. 2. The more specific a title is, the less you will be able to apply it.

Rominger's Rules for Students

Education Murphy’s Laws School

The only time you come up with a great solution is after somebody else has solved the problem.

Law of the Great Idea

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History does not repeat itself; historians simply repeat each other.

History Murphy’s Laws Time Historians Otto Bettman

Our customer's paperwork is profit. Our own paperwork is loss.

Brown's Law of Business Success

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A malfunctioning car will stop displaying symptoms of imminent breakdown when driven to within one-quarter mile of a garage.

Rawson’s Third Law

Autos Murphy’s Laws Problems Things (Hugh Rawson)

If there isn’t a law there will be.

Faber’s First Law

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Good judgment comes from experience; experience comes from poor judgment.

Higdon's Law

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Experience Judgment

When things are going well, something will go wrong.

Chisholm's Second Law

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People who park on the cast side of a football stadium will invariably have seats on the west side.

Gilbert's Conclusion

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Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.

Thoreau's Rule

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A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.

Trischmann's Paradox (Axiom of the Pipe)

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Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 86)

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

The longer the title, the less important the job.

Anything is edible if it is chopped finely enough.

A lone dime always gets the number nearly right.

Things equal to nothing else are equal to each other.

The length of any meeting is inversely proportional to the length of the agenda for that meeting.

Just sometimes, every damn thing goes right.

Creativity varies inversely with the number of cooks involved with the broth.

The first myth of management is that it exists.
The second myth of management is that success equals skill.
Corollary (Johnson) – Nobody really knows what is going on anywhere within your organization.

The damage rarely exceeds the deductible.

1. The more general the title of a course, the less you will learn from it. 2. The more specific a title is, the less you will be able to apply it.

The only time you come up with a great solution is after somebody else has solved the problem.

History does not repeat itself; historians simply repeat each other.

Our customer's paperwork is profit. Our own paperwork is loss.

A malfunctioning car will stop displaying symptoms of imminent breakdown when driven to within one-quarter mile of a garage.

If there isn’t a law there will be.

Good judgment comes from experience; experience comes from poor judgment.

When things are going well, something will go wrong.

People who park on the cast side of a football stadium will invariably have seats on the west side.

Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.

A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.