Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 50)

A shortcut is the longest distance between two points.

He who hesitates is last.

No man ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

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

An unexpectedly easy-to-handle sequence of events will be immediately followed by an equally long sequence of trouble.

The sloppier the rebel uniform, the more likely the overthrow of the existing government.

The higher up the organization, the fewer people appreciate Murphy's Law.

You can’t learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.

When traveling with children… at least one child of any number of children will request a rest room stop exactly halfway between any two given rest areas.

If you explain so clearly that nobody can misunderstand, somebody will.

The length of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.

The chief cause of problems is solutions.

No plan survives first contact intact.

Nobody really knows what is going on anywhere within the organization.

Anything may be divided into as many parts as you please.

Space expands to house the people to perform the work that Congress creates.

Only a fool can reproduce another fool’s work.

Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first.

An executive will always return to work from lunch early if no one takes him.

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