Subject: Problems (Page 22)

It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

To err is human, to forgive is human.

Mistakes Proverbs

Some guy hit my fender and I said "be fruitful and multiply" but not in those words.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian
Accidents Autos Things

Getting caught is the mother of invention.

(1930 – ) American author and billiard player, teacher & commentator
Mistakes Problems Situations

Any system or program, however complicated, if looked at in exactly the right way, will become even more complicated.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

The shortest distance between any two points on a golf course is a straight line that passes directly through the center of a very large tree.

Golf Murphy’s Laws Problems Sports

To the man who only has a hammer, every problem starts looking like a nail.

(1908 – 1970) American professor of psychology
Problems

I was a trapeze artist…. but I was let go.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer
Problems Work

Like most of those who study history, he [Napoleon III] learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

(1906 – 1990) British historian
Mistakes Problems

Accident: When presence of mind is good, but absence of body is better.

Accidents Definitions Problems

Super-competence is more objectionable than incompetence.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws Problems

What a pity human beings can't exchange problems; everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's.

(1918 - 2002) American author
People Problems

An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.

(1885 – 1962) Danish physicist
Mistakes People Problems

Any bus that can be the wrong bus will be the wrong bus. All others are out of service or full.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

The one piece that holds the whole thing together will be missing.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Things

If your project doesn't work, look for the part you didn't think was important.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems

Nobody ever grew despondent looking for trouble.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Characteristics Problems

The good Lord never gives you more than you can handle… unless you die of something.

(1935 – ) American cartoonist
Beliefs Death God Life Problems

You can't fall off the floor.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

Experience varies directly with equipment ruined.

Accidents Murphy’s Laws Problems

The effort of catching a falling object will cause more destruction than if the object had been allowed to fall in the first place.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Science/Weather Things