Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 63)

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

Under any conditions, anywhere, whatever you are doing, there is some ordinance under which you can be booked.

A man should be greater than some of his parts.

For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.

(1966 – ) American magazine editor

Indecision is the key to flexibility.

When your cat has fallen asleep on your lap and looks utterly content and adorable, you will suddenly have to go to the bathroom.

The total attention paid to an instructor is a constant regardless of the size of the class.

He who shouts loudest has the floor.

Even paranoids have enemies.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man tired in mid afternoon.

No matter how strong the breeze when you leave the dock, once you have reached the furthest point from port the wind will die.

Whenever you lose contact with the enemy, look behind you.

1. Any great truth can – and eventually will – be expressed as a cliche.

2. Half of being smart is knowing what you're dumb at.

People who park on the cast side of a football stadium will invariably have seats on the west side.

If you make something idiot-proof, the world will create a better idiot.

The number of different hypotheses erected to explain a given biological phenomenon is inversely proportional to the available knowledge.

You only have a problem if you think it is a problem.

Some object to the fan dancer, others to the fan.

The bigger they are, the harder they hit.

No real problem has a solution.

If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.