Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 15)

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The one who does the least work will get the most credit.

Murphy’s Laws Work

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

History Murphy’s Laws People Wisdom

You can make a killing in the theatre, but not a living.

Money Murphy’s Laws

An inexorable upward movement leads administrators to higher salaries and narrower spans of control.

Money Murphy’s Laws

If you have something to do and you put it off for long enough, the chances are someone else will do it for you.

Murphy’s Laws Time

If a research project is not worth doing at all, it is not worth doing well.

Murphy’s Laws

If the first person who answers the phone cannot answer your question, it's a bureaucracy.

Murphy’s Laws

Employees in a hierarchy do not really object to incompetence in their colleagues.

Murphy’s Laws Work

Nothing looks as good close up as it does from far away.

Appearance Murphy’s Laws

Overdoing things is harmful in all cases, even when it comes to efficiency.

Murphy’s Laws

If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Success

Immature poets imitate, mature poets steal.

(1888 – 1965) British (US-born) critic, dramatist & poet
Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

Laziness is the mother of nine inventions out of ten.

Ideas Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

If you start walking, the bus will come when you are precisely halfway between stops.

Murphy’s Laws

If you play with anything long enough, it will break.

Murphy’s Laws Things Time

Pills to be taken in twos always come out of the bottle in threes.

Health Murphy’s Laws

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

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

The damage rarely exceeds the deductible.

Murphy’s Laws

The fury engendered by the misspelling of a name in a (newspaper) column is in direct ratio to the obscurity of the mentionee.

Anger Characteristics Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

Information travels more surely to those with a lesser need to know.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws People

A theory is better than an explanation.

Murphy’s Laws