Subject: Problems (Page 17)

A conference is just an admission that you want somebody to join you in your troubles.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator
People 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

Things are gradually falling into place on top of me.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist
Problems Situations

If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.

(1903 – 1968) movie actress
Death Mistakes Problems

If all else fails, try the obvious.

Problems Proverbs Situations

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Age Problems Young

You can always hit what you don't aim at.

Accidents Murphy’s Laws Problems

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

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations

If a man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor
Problems

There are no personal problems which cannot be solved through suitable application of high explosives.

Problems

The shortest measurable interval of time is the time between the moment one puts a little extra aside for a sudden emergency and the arrival of that emergency.

Money Murphy’s Laws Problems Time

An undefined problem has an infinite number of solutions.

(1947 – ) American author
Problems

Ninety percent of all mental errors are in your head.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Mistakes Yogi-isms

Everything will go wrong at one time.

Corollary: That time is always when you least expect it.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Time

Whoops: An exclamation that translates roughly into “get a sponge.”

Accidents Definitions Problems

Nothing you can’t spell will ever work.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator
Problems

Where do the homeless have 90 per cent of their accidents?

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer
Accidents Failure People

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist
Characteristics Honesty Mistakes Problems

Anything dropped in the bathroom will fall in the toilet.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist
Accidents Problems

Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts.

(1943 – 1971) rock singer
Life Mistakes

Experiments should be reproducible… they should all fail in the same way.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems