Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 49)

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Facts without theory are trivia. Theory without facts is bullshit.

Beliefs Facts Murphy’s Laws

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

Appearance Body Murphy’s Laws

A bird in the hand is safer than one overhead.

Language Murphy’s Laws

The experiment may be considered a success if no more than 50% of the observed measurements must be discarded to obtain a correspondence with theory.

Murphy’s Laws

When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.

Murphy’s Laws

Government intervention in the free market always leads to a lower national standard of living.

Government Murphy’s Laws

No matter what the experiment’s result, there will always be someone eager to: (a) misinterpret it, (b) fake it, or (c) believe it supports his own pet theory.

Murphy’s Laws

Whenever someone you know, or someone you do business with, moves to a new location, it’s always farther away.

Murphy’s Laws People

The amount of time required to complete a government project is precisely equal to the length of time already spent on it.

Government Murphy’s Laws Time

1. If it is green or it wiggles – it is Biology.
2. If it stinks – it is Chemistry.
3. If it doesn’t work – it is Physics.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Science/Weather

Twits beget twits.

Family Murphy’s Laws

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

Murphy’s Laws

No matter what goes wrong, there’s always someone who will say he knew it would.

Murphy’s Laws People Problems

One good turn gets most of the blanket.

Communication Murphy’s Laws

A carelessly planned project takes three times longer to complete than expected; a carefully planned project takes only twice as long.

Murphy’s Laws Time

When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger have handled this?"

Murphy’s Laws Problems

Even paranoids have enemies.

Murphy’s Laws People

The shortest route has the steepest hills.

Activities Murphy’s Laws

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man tired in mid afternoon.

Activities Murphy’s Laws Sleep

No matter which book you need, it's on the bottom shelf.

Books Communication Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

When the product is destined to fail, the delivery system will perform perfectly.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Things