Subject: Problems (Page 3)

If you think the problem is bad now, just wait until we've solved it.

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

The problem-solving process will always break down at the point at which it is possible to determine who caused the problem.

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

(1908 – 1970) American professor of psychology

To err is human; to really foul things up takes a computer.

When life gives you lemons, just say ‘Fuck the lemons’ and bail.

(1969 - ) American actor, comedian, & screenwriter

Mechanics, not microbes, are the menace to civilization.

(1868 – 1952) British writer

Assumption is the mother of all foul-ups.

When you’ve made gravy under gunfire, you can do anything.

(1916 – 2000) English music hall performer, comedian & actor

Murphy’s Law only fails when you try to demonstrate it.


When the going gets tough, everyone leaves.

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

No matter what goes wrong, there’s always someone who will say he knew it would.

Envelopes and stamps which don't stick when you lick them will stick to other things when you don't want them to.

No matter how careful one is in resealing the inner liner in a cereal box, it will tear where it is glued to the box.

Man is the only kind of varmint who sets his own trap, baits it, then steps on it.

(1902 – 1968) novelist

It will always break just when you need it the most.

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

(1935 – ) American cartoonist

No one is listening until you make a mistake.

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