Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 56)

Use it or lose it.

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

Wear the right costume and the part plays itself.

Don't use no double negatives.

Any significant military action will occur at the junction of two or more map sheets.

Leftover nuts never match leftover bolts.

It ain't necessarily so.

Nature will tell you a direct lie if she can.

At least fifty percent of the human race doesn’t want their mother-in-law within walking distance.

One missed photographic opportunity creates a desire to purchase two additional pieces of equipment.

The difficulty of finding any given trail marker is directly proportional to the importance of the consequences of failing to find it.

All life is 6 to 5 against.

Whenever one word or letter can change the entire meaning of a sentence, the probability of an error being made will be in direct proportion to the embarrassment it will cause.

Exciting plays occur only while you are watching the scoreboard or out buying a hot dog.

The longer the title, the less important the job.

The bigger they are, the harder they hit.

If only one price can be obtained for any quotation, the price will be unreasonable.

The cream rises to the top. So does the scum.

If anything can go wrong it will go wrong when Mr. Murphy is out of town.

Experts in advanced countries underestimate by a factor of 2 to 4 the ability of people in underdeveloped countries to do anything technical.

The effort expended by the bureaucracy in defending any error is in direct proportion to the size of the error.