Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 53)

On successive charts of the same organization the number of boxes will never decrease.

In any collection of data, the figure most obviously correct, beyond all need of checking, is the mistake.

For every complex problem, there is a solution that is clear, simple, and wrong.

Your best golf shots always occur when playing alone.

Opportunity always knocks at the least opportune moment.

Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish yourself as an expert.

The most important leg of a three legged stool is the one that's missing.

For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.

If you don't care where you are, you ain't lost.

The best laid plans of mice and men are usually about equal.

1. When in charge ponder
2. When in trouble delegate
3. When in doubt mumble.

Hockey is a game played by six good players and a home team.

When in doubt, predict that the present trend will continue.

Virtue is its own punishment.

Neutral countries – aren’t.

The enemy diversion you are ignoring is the main attack.

On the way to the corner, any dropped tool will first strike your toes.

Virtue is just vice at rest.

The business contact that you have developed at great expense is the first person to be let go in any corporate reorganization.

There's nothing to scratch but the surface.

Those who express random thoughts to legislative committees are often surprised and appalled to find themselves the instigators of law.