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It's not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get in line.
Ashleigh Brilliant
(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist
Problems
It’s absolutely stupid that we live without an ozone layer; we have men, we’ve got rockets, we’ve got Saran Wrap – FIX IT!
Problems
Science/Weather
Ozone layer
You can always hit what you don't aim at.
Dumb Luck Rule
Accidents
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Problems
There is nothing wrong with the car except that it is on fire.
Murray Walker
(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Auto racing
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Problems
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Fire
All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.
Edgar Watson Howe
(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor
Marriage
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To err is dysfunctional, to forgive co-dependent.
Berton Averre
(1953 – ) American musician
Mistakes
Problems
Err
I am a poor man, but I have this consolation: I am poor by accident, not by design.
Josh Billings
(1818 – 1885) humorist
Accidents
Money
Poverty
First of all, I don't see America having problems.
George W. Bush
(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
America
Places
Problems
When anything is used to its full potential, it will break.
Poulsen's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Potential
There is a solution to every problem; the only difficulty is finding it.
Evvie Nef's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
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A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.
James Reston
(1909 – 1995) American journalist
Failure
Government
Problems
If you pick up a chunk of broken concrete and try to pitch it into an adjacent lot, it will hit a tree limb and come down right on the driver’s side of your car windshield.
Anonymous Murphy’s Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Like most of those who study history, he [Napoleon III] learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
A.J.P. Taylor
(1906 – 1990) British historian
Mistakes
Problems
Napoleon
Experience: The name an older man gives to his mistakes.
Anonymous
Definitions
Mistakes
Experience
The man has a 70% approval rate, which makes sense to me because he's pretty much done everything I expected him to do: the economy's in the toilet, we're at war and everything's on fire.
Wanda Sykes
(1964 – ) American writer, stand-up comedian, actress, television host
People
Problems
George W. Bush
Things always go from bad to worse.
Hunter's Corollary to Murphy's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
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Flying pests are more likely to enter the ears, eyes, nose and throat when
both
hands are in use.
Wright on Flying Insects
Animals
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Jonathan Wright
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task since it consists principally in dealing with men.
Joseph Conrad
(1857 – 1924) English (Polish-Ukrainian-born) novelist
Men
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The leak in the roof is never in the same location as the drip.
Cannon's Cogent Comment
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
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Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.
Proverb
Failure
Murphy’s Laws
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Privacy
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Success is a public affair; failure is a private funeral.
Rosalind Russell
(1907 – 1976) American actress
Failure
Success
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The leak in the roof is never in the same location as the drip.