Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 58)

Employees in a hierarchy do not really object to incompetence in their colleagues.

It's easier to be a liberal a long way from home.

Clearly stated instructions will consistently produce multiple interpretations.

Progress is made on alternate Fridays.

Whatever happens, look as if it was intended.

Paper is always strongest at the perforations.

Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it.

Never drink anything that’s still on fire.

Fortify your front; you’ll get your rear shot up.

Nine times out of ten in the arts, as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.

Anyone who makes a significant contribution to any field of endeavor, and stays in that field long enough, becomes an obstruction to its progress – in direct proportion to the importance of their original contribution.

The one piece that the plant forgot to ship is the one that supports 75% of the balance of the shipment.

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

After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch.

Sin now – pray later.

The chief cause of problems is solutions.

The one you want is never the one on sale.

Always assume that your assumption is invalid.

Anything worth doing is worth doing in excess.

The more ridiculous a belief system, the higher the probability of its success.

The quantity which must be multiplied by, divided by, added to or subtracted from the answer you get to give the answer you should have got.