Subject: Problems (Page 15)

Mechanics, not microbes, are the menace to civilization.

(1868 – 1952) British writer
Problems

Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s this day-to-day living that wears you out.

(1860 – 1904) Russian short-story writer, playwright & physician
Problems

Never create a problem for which you do not have the answer.

Corollary: Create problems for which only you have the answer.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

How come dumb stuff seems so smart while you're doing it?

cartoon character, created by Hank Ketcham (1920 – 2001)
Problems Situations

If all else fails, try the obvious.

Problems Proverbs Situations

I've often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming.

(1924 – ) 39th U.S. president & humanitarian
Marriage Problems Wives

Marriage is an attempt to solve problems together which you didn't even have when you were on your own.

(1892 – 1964) singer, dancer, comedian, actor & songwriter
Marriage Problems

The most delicate component will be dropped.

Accidents Murphy’s Laws Things

Status Quo: Latin for “the mess we’re in.”

Definitions Problems

Important letters that contain no errors will develop errors in the mail.
Corollary: Corresponding errors will show up in the duplicate while the boss is reading it.

Communication Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems

Some mistakes are too fun to make only once.

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems

We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road; they get run over.

(1897 – 1960) Welsh labor leader & politician
Accidents Beliefs Opinion Problems

Things always fall at right angles.

Accidents Murphy’s Laws Problems Things

When working toward the solution of a problem, it always helps if you know the answer.

Corollary: Provided, of course, that you know there is a problem.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

Nobody notices the big errors.

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems

To err is human – to blame it on someone else is even more human.

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems

Things are never as bad as they turn out to be.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations

This is a crisis, a large crisis. In fact… it’s a twelve-story crisis with a magnificent entrance hall, carpeted throughout; twenty-four hour porterage and an enormous sign on the roof saying ‘This is a Large Crisis.’

(1955 – ) English actor
Problems TV/Movie Quotes

If most auto accidents happen within five miles of home, why don’t we move ten miles away?

Accidents Autos Problems Things

There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling, and golf. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with golf.

Golf Problems Sports

When the inventor of the drawing board messed things up, what did he go back to?

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer
Mistakes Things