Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 18)

If the probability of success is not almost one, then it is damn near zero.

Expansion means complexity; and complexity decay.

Virtue is its own punishment.

Everything takes more time and money.

Far-away talent always seems better than home-developed talent.

The faster a computer is, the faster it will reach a crashed state.

A prerequisite for a desired course will be offered only during the following semester.

The bigger they are, the harder it is to see your shoes.

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Most jobs resemble a sled dog team: no one gets a change of scenery, except the lead dog.

The probability of anything happening is in inverse ratio to its desirability.

Just sometimes, every damn thing goes right.

1. Everything is cold except what should be. 2. Everything, including the corn flakes, is greasy.

The less you do, the less can go wrong.

Everything you read in the newspapers is absolutely true except for that rare story of which you happen to have firsthand knowledge.

Anything asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

The local density of mosquitos is inversely proportional to your remaining repellent.

All bridge hands are equally likely, but some are more equally likely than others.

An unwatched pot boils immediately.

Enough research will tend to support your theory.

All politics is local.