Subject: Murphy’s Laws

Murphy’s Laws:

Various “laws,” axioms, principles and observations that usually convey a cynical view of life and an underlying sense of futility. Most do not prove, or even explain anything, but rather simply state a maxim – usually that things will go wrong.

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Necessity never made a good bargain.

Murphy’s Laws

The amount of work to be done increases in proportion to the amount of work already completed.

Murphy’s Laws Work

No amount of genius can overcome a preoccupation with detail.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

Success can be insured only by devising a defense against failure of the contingency plan.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Success

An expert really doesn't know anymore than you do. He is merely better organized and has slides.

Murphy’s Laws People

Second-rate people hire third-rate people.

Murphy’s Laws People Work

After a salary raise, you will have less money at the end of the month than you had before.

Money Murphy’s Laws Work

About one-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.

Government Murphy’s Laws

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

Murphy’s Laws Situations

Good judgment comes from experience; experience comes from poor judgment.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

Of two possible events, only the undesired one will occur.

Murphy’s Laws

All probabilities are 50%; either a thing will happen or it won't.

Murphy’s Laws

If you ask your husband to pick up five items at the store and then you add one more as an afterthought, he will forget two of the first five.

Husbands Murphy’s Laws Shopping Wives

Nothing matters very much, and very few things matter at all.

Murphy’s Laws

Once you overcome your fear of public speaking, you’ll never be asked to speak again.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Speech

The probability of winning is inversely proportional to the amount of the wager.

Money Murphy’s Laws

All pluses have their minuses.

Murphy’s Laws

A bird in the hand is safer than one overhead.

Language Murphy’s Laws

When the going gets tough, everyone leaves.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations

Everybody wants to peel his own banana.

Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws

To estimate the time it takes to do a task, estimate the time you think it should take, multiply by two, and change the unit of measure to the next highest unit. (Example: allocate two days for a one-hour task)

Murphy’s Laws Time Work