Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 7)

No amount of genius can overcome a preoccupation with detail.

Less is more.

In a surplus labor economy, the squeaking wheel does not get the grease; it gets replaced.

You will never find any more loose change than you have already lost.

What will get you promoted on one level will get you killed on another.

Don't abbrev.

Remember that not all the faculty have all their faculties.

There is no such thing as a ‘little bit of garlic.’

In letters themes reports articles and stuff like that we use commas to keep strings apart.

It never heals correctly.

A high paying rush job comes in only after you've committed to a low paying rush job.

It is a simple task to make things complex, but a complex task to make them simple.

It always takes longer to get there than to get back.

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

All general statements are false.

A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never sure.

Glory may be fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

These pills can't be habit-forming; I've been taking them for years.

If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a procedure can go wrong and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop.

Authorization for a project will be granted only when none of the authorizers can be blamed if the project fails but when all of the authorizers can claim credit if it succeeds.

In order to get a loan you must first prove you don't need it.