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The faster a computer is, the faster it will reach a crashed state.
Anonymous
Computers
Failure
Murphy’s Laws
Things
Discussion: A method of confirming others in their errors.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication
Definitions
Language
Mistakes
People
Discussions
If your project doesn't work, look for the part you didn't think was important.
Biondi's Law
Failure
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
The squeaky wheel gets replaced.
Lafayette's Reprisal
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Situations
Squeaky wheel
A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once.
Phyllis Diller
(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress
Marriage
Mistakes
Bachelor
When taking something apart to fix a minor malfunction, you will cause a major malfunction.
Murphy's Second Law of Construction
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Repairs
America is the country where you buy a lifetime supply of aspirin for one dollar and use it up in two weeks.
John Barrymore
(1882 – 1942) American actor
America
Places
Problems
My marriage is on the rocks again, yeah, my wife just broke up with her boyfriend.
Rodney Dangerfield
(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor
Activities
Marriage
Problems
Shopping
Wives
Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out.
Hoare's Law of Large Problems
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Situations
Coach: Hey Norm, how’s the world been treating you?
Norm: Like a baby treats a diaper.
Norm
George Wendt (1948 – ) American actor
Life
Problems
TV/Movie Quotes
As Norm Peterson in “Cheers”
Any new activity will cause more trouble than you can possibly imagine.
Bouchier’s Columbus Principle
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Situations
(David Bouchier)
Never say “oops” while your patient is conscious.
Stettner's Law for Surgeons
Doctors
Health
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Patients
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Douglas Adams
(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician
Fools
Intelligence
Mistakes
People
Problems
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Ingenuity
If you put a spoonful of wine in a barrel full of sewage, you get sewage. If you put a spoonful of sewage in a barrel full of wine, you get sewage.
Schopenhauer's Law of Entropy
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
To err is dysfunctional, to forgive co-dependent.
Berton Averre
(1953 – ) American musician
Mistakes
Problems
Err
If you fall and break your legs, don't come running to me.
Samuel Goldwyn
(1879 – 1974) film producer
Accidents
Problems
Oxymorons
I have made mistakes, but have never made the mistake of claiming I never made one.
James Gordon Bennett
(1841 – 1918) publisher of the New York Herald
Mistakes
Problems
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade… and then throw it in the face of the person who gave you the lemons until they give you the oranges you originally asked for.
Cassandra Clare
(1973 – ) American author of young adult fiction,
Life
Problems
The good Lord never gives you more than you can handle… unless you die of something.
Dick Guindon
(1935 – ) American cartoonist
Beliefs
Death
God
Life
Problems
If you use a pole saw to saw a limb while standing on an aluminum ladder borrowed from your neighbor, the limb will fall in such a way as to bend the ladder before it knocks you to the ground.
Anonymous Murphy’s Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
When a doctor makes a mistake, it's best to bury the subject.
Woody Allen
(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian
Doctors
Health
Mistakes
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