Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 26)

The only people making money these days are the ones who sell computer paper.

The scratch on the record is through the song you like most.

Success means only doing what you do well, letting someone else do the rest.

There is a tendency for the person in the most powerful position in an organization to spend all his time serving on committees and signing letters.

A body at rest tends to watch television.

Things always go from bad to worse.

The most valuable quotation will be the one for which you cannot determine the source.

When our friends get into power, they aren’t our friends any more.

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

Only someone who understands something absolutely can explain it so no one else can understand it.

To err is human – to blame it on someone else is even more human.

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

Almost anything is easier to get into than out of.

No matter how many beautifully crafted, near-to-perfection baked goods you crank out on a regular basis, the moment one such item becomes required in some official capacity, it will flop.

Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.

1. Nothing minor ever happens to a car on the weekend. 2. Nothing minor ever happens to a car on a trip. 3. Nothing minor ever happens to a car.

The length of a progress report is inversely proportional to the amount of progress.

Any ship can be a minesweeper… once.

Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.

Everything else causes cancer in rats.

The bus that left the stop just before you got there is your bus.