Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 35)

At any particular time, there are more horse's asses in the world than horses.

When things are going well, something will go wrong.

Anything that happens enough times to irritate you will happen at least once more.

Politicians who vote huge expenditures to alleviate problems get re-elected; those who propose structural changes to prevent problems get early retirement.

You get the most of what you need the least.

Never characterize the importance of a statement in advance.

Mediocrity imitates.

Go where the money is.

A meeting lasts at least 1 1/2 hours, however short the agenda.

The one you want is never the one on sale.

A Smith and Wesson beats four aces.

In any slide presentation, at least one slide will be upside down or backwards, or both.

Competence always contains the seed of incompetence.

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

If the law-makers make a compromise, the place where it will be felt most is the taxpayer’s pocket.

The first shall be last and the last shall be first, but if you're in the middle, you're stuck there.

The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong – but that’s the way to bet.

The first sample is always the best.

If you break a cup or plate, it will not be the one that was already chipped or cracked.

Nothing is so good that somebody, somewhere, will not hate it.

No matter how great your triumphs or how tragic your defeats – approximately one billion Chinese couldn’t give a shit.