Subject: Problems (Page 3)

No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host
Age Emotions Failure Friends

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

(1903 – 1968) movie actress
Death Mistakes Problems

If a dish is dropped while removing it from the cupboard, it will hit the sink, breaking the dish and chipping or denting the sink in the process.

Accidents Murphy’s Laws

Assumption is the mother of all foul-ups.

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator
Characteristics Failure Success

I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity.

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

Everything put together sooner or later falls apart.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Things

The most undesirable things are the most certain (death and taxes).

Death Murphy’s Laws Problems Taxes

Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.

(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)
Characteristics Failure Intelligence Mistakes People

When all else fails, play dead.

(1945 – ) Canadian comedian & actor
Problems TV/Movie Quotes

Nothing you can’t spell will ever work.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator
Problems

If the probability of success is not almost one, then it is damn near zero.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Success

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were.

(1917 – 1963) 35th U.S. president
Characteristics Communication Problems

When your head is in the bear's mouth, it is not the time to be smacking him on the nose.

Communication Problems

The effort expended by the bureaucracy in defending any error is in direct proportion to the size of the error.

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems Time

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

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

Definitions Problems

To err is dysfunctional, to forgive co-dependent.

(1953 – ) American musician
Mistakes Problems

The degree of failure is in direct proportion to the effort expended and to the need for success.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Success

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