Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 55)

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If you think the problem is bad now, just wait until we've solved it.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

Only kings, editors, and people with tapeworm have the right to use the editorial "we."

Murphy’s Laws

The higher the “higher-ups“ are who've come to see your demo, the lower your chances are of giving a successful one.

Murphy’s Laws People Success

You can make a killing in the theatre, but not a living.

Money Murphy’s Laws

The amount of flak received on any subject is inversely proportional to the subject’s true value.

Communication Murphy’s Laws

Unless the results are known in advance, funding agencies will reject the proposal.

Money Murphy’s Laws

Everyone who does not work has a scheme that does.

Murphy’s Laws Work

Any simple idea will be worded in the most complicated way.

Communication Ideas Intelligence Language Murphy’s Laws

Once you overcome your fear of public speaking, you’ll never be asked to speak again.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Speech

Variables won't, constants aren't.

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

When all else fails, try the boss's suggestion.

Murphy’s Laws Work

There are four kinds of people: those who sit quietly and do nothing, those who talk about sitting quietly and doing nothing, those who do things, and those who talk about doing things.

Communication Murphy’s Laws People Speech

The first time you go out after your wife’s birthday, you will see the gift you gave her marked down fifty percent.
Corollary: If she’s with you, she’ll assume you chose it because it was cheap.

Husbands Money Murphy’s Laws Shopping Wives

If it can be borrowed and it can be broken, you will borrow it and you will break it.

Murphy’s Laws

Any decision is better than no decision.

Murphy’s Laws

1. The information you have is not what you want. 2. The information you want is not what you need. 3. The information you need is not what you can obtain. 4. The information you can obtain costs more than you want to pay.

Beliefs Facts Murphy’s Laws

Consistency is always easier to defend than correctness.

Murphy’s Laws

Evil is live spelled backwards.
Corollary: If it feels good, don't do it.

Beliefs Murphy’s Laws

These pills can't be habit-forming; I've been taking them for years.

Murphy’s Laws

What some people lack in intelligence, they more than make up for stupidity.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws