Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 60)

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In order for something to become clean, something else must become dirty.

Murphy’s Laws

The successful pundit is provided more opportunities to say things than he has things worth saying.

Murphy’s Laws

Never murder a man who is committing suicide.

Government Murphy’s Laws Politics Situations

A Woman's Rule of Thumb: If it has tires or testicles, you're going to have trouble with it.

Murphy’s Laws Signs

Intelligent people, when assembled into an organization, will tend toward collective stupidity.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws People Stupidity Wisdom

A simple story, however inaccurate or misleading, is preferred to a complicated explanation, however true.

Communication Murphy’s Laws

When you drop change at a vending machine, the pennies will fall nearby, while all the other coins will roll out of sight.

Money Murphy’s Laws

Success is the result of behavior that completely contradicts the usual expectations about the behavior of a successful person.

Murphy’s Laws Success

No matter what goes wrong, there is always somebody who knew it would.

Murphy’s Laws People Problems

The wages of sin are unreported.

Money Murphy’s Laws Taxes

The only time suppressive fire works is when it is used on abandoned positions.

Military Murphy’s Laws War

The most interesting paper will be scheduled simultaneously with the second most interesting paper.

Murphy’s Laws

A kind heart is of little value in chess.

Activities Murphy’s Laws

No matter what goes wrong, there’s always someone who will say he knew it would.

Murphy’s Laws People Problems

Absolutum obsoletum – If it works, it’s out of date.

Murphy’s Laws Things Time

The more zeros found in the price tag for a government program, the less Congressional scrutiny it will receive.

Congress Government Money Murphy’s Laws

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

Beliefs Murphy’s Laws

The illness you come down with is the one ailment your company-covered insurance does not cover.

Health Murphy’s Laws

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.

(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician
Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations Things

If you are forward of your position, the artillery will fall short.

Military Murphy’s Laws

The “Consumer Report” on the item will come out a week after you’ve made your purchase.
Corollaries: 1. The one you bought will be rated “unacceptable.”. 2. The one you almost bought will be rated “best buy.”

Murphy’s Laws Shopping