Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 17)

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You never know who's right, but you always know who's in charge.

Murphy’s Laws

The one time during the day you lean back and relax is the one time the boss walks by.

Murphy’s Laws Work

All trails have more uphill sections than they have level or downhill sections.

Activities Murphy’s Laws

If everybody wants it, nobody gets it.

Murphy’s Laws Situations

Everything will go wrong at one time.

Corollary: That time is always when you least expect it.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Time

For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.

Beliefs Murphy’s Laws Opinion

Inside every small problem is a large problem struggling to get out.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

When the issue is trivial, and everyone understands it, debate is almost interminable.

Murphy’s Laws Time

Never make a decision that you can get someone else to make.

Murphy’s Laws

The sumptuousnss of a company's annual report is in inverse proportion to its profitability that year.

Books Communication Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

Super-competence is more objectionable than incompetence.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws Problems

In any human endeavour, once you have exhausted all possibilities and fail, there will be one solution, simple and obvious, highly visible to everyone else.

Murphy’s Laws

The most expensive component is the one that breaks.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

Communication History Murphy’s Laws Speech

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

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Success

One cannot have too large a party.

Murphy’s Laws

If you want your name spelled wrong, die.

Communication Death Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

If you help a friend in need, he is sure to remember you… the next time he’s in need.

Friends Murphy’s Laws Old People

Any ship can be a minesweeper… once.

Arms Military Murphy’s Laws War

Procrastination shortens the job and places the responsibility for its termination on someone else (i.e., the authority who imposed the deadline.)

Murphy’s Laws

Adding manpower to a late technology project only makes it later.

Murphy’s Laws People Time