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A consultant is someone who, when hired to find out what time it is, borrows your watch to find out.

Rodriguez's Observation

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The life expectancy of a house plant varies inversely with its price and directly with its ugliness.

Britt's Green Thumb Postulate

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If you dance with a grizzly bear, you had better let him lead.

Law of Volunteering

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One child is not enough, but two children are far too many.

O'Toole's Axiom

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The specialist learns more and more about less and less until, finally, he knows everything about nothing; whereas the generalist learns less and less about more and more until, finally, he knows nothing about everything.

Donsen's Law

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Under any given set of environmental conditions an experimental animal behaves as it damn well pleases.

Murphy's First Law of Biology

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The bigger the discovery, the more likely it was made while testing for something else.

Wingo's Research Principle

Murphy’s Laws Discovery

A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

Acheson's Rule of the Bureaucracy

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He who hesitates is probably right.

Bogovich's Law

Murphy’s Laws Hesitation

Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man.

Bucy's Law

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Eighty percent of all people consider themselves to be above average drivers.

Grelb's Reminder

Beliefs Driving Murphy’s Laws Opinion People

Nothing is as easy as it looks.

Murphy's Third Law

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Don't let your superiors know you're better than they are.

First Rule of Superior Inferiority

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An expert is a person who avoids the small errors while sweeping on to the grand fallacy.

Weinberg's Corollary

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Decisions are justified by the benefits to the organization, but they are made by considering the benefits to the decision-makers.

Fifth Law of Decision Making

Murphy’s Laws Decisions

Almost everything in life is easier to get into than out of.

Agnes' Law

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Spend sufficient time confirming the need and the need will disappear.

Ed's Fifth Rule of Procrastination

Murphy’s Laws Time Confirmation Needs

The most expensive component is the one that breaks.

Law of New Fangled Gadgetry

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All things being equal, you lose.
Corollary: All things being in your favor, you still lose.

Todd’s Law

Murphy’s Laws (also Alan’s Law) Losing

The lights are most likely to come back on at the precise moment you find the flashlight.

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David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author

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Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 66)

When you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal.

A consultant is someone who, when hired to find out what time it is, borrows your watch to find out.

The life expectancy of a house plant varies inversely with its price and directly with its ugliness.

If you dance with a grizzly bear, you had better let him lead.

One child is not enough, but two children are far too many.

The specialist learns more and more about less and less until, finally, he knows everything about nothing; whereas the generalist learns less and less about more and more until, finally, he knows nothing about everything.

Under any given set of environmental conditions an experimental animal behaves as it damn well pleases.

The bigger the discovery, the more likely it was made while testing for something else.

A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

He who hesitates is probably right.

Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man.

Eighty percent of all people consider themselves to be above average drivers.

Nothing is as easy as it looks.

Don't let your superiors know you're better than they are.

An expert is a person who avoids the small errors while sweeping on to the grand fallacy.

Decisions are justified by the benefits to the organization, but they are made by considering the benefits to the decision-makers.

Almost everything in life is easier to get into than out of.

Spend sufficient time confirming the need and the need will disappear.

The most expensive component is the one that breaks.

All things being equal, you lose.
Corollary: All things being in your favor, you still lose.

The lights are most likely to come back on at the precise moment you find the flashlight.