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When you look for something you will not find it, but when you are looking for something else you will.

Stabler’s Law

Murphy’s Laws Laurence Stabler

Washington is a much better place if you are asking questions rather than answering them.

Dean's Law of the District of Columbia

Murphy’s Laws Places Questions Washington

All the good ones are taken.

Harris's Lament

Murphy’s Laws Situations

It isn't that things will necessarily go wrong (Murphy's Law), but rather that they will take so much more time and effort than you think if they are not to go wrong.

Wolf's Law

Murphy’s Laws Problems Time Effort

Some people fish in the Sea of Life without bait.

Grandma Soderquist's Rumination

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Stupidity

Bad regulation begets worse regulation.

Mobil's Maxim

Murphy’s Laws Bureaucracy Regulation

Laziness is the mother of nine inventions out of ten.

Saunders's Discovery

Ideas Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Inventions Laziness

To make an enemy, do someone a favor.

McClaughry's Codicil on Jones's Motto

Murphy’s Laws People Enemies Favor

Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

The Peter Principle

Murphy’s Laws Incompetence

Folks playing leapfrog must complete all jumps.

The Nudist Colony Rule

Murphy’s Laws Situations Nudists

While the difficulties and dangers of problems tend to increase at a geometric rate, the knowledge and manpower qualified to deal with these problems tend to increase linearly.

Dror's First Law

Murphy’s Laws Problems Science/Weather Difficulties Increasing rate

Negative expectations yield negative results; positive expectations yield negative results.

Non-Reciprocal Law of Expectations

Murphy’s Laws Expectations

Remember that not all the faculty have all their faculties.

Rahilly's Law of Academic Administration

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

In matters of dispute, the bank's balance is always smaller than yours.

Checkbook Balancer's Law

Money Murphy’s Laws Banks

You know you're getting old when everything dries up or leaks.

Witcoff's Truism

Age Murphy’s Laws Old

Go where the money is.

Sutton's Law

Money Murphy’s Laws (Willie Sutton)

Surprise is an event that takes place only in the mind of a commander.

A Murphy's Military Law

Military Murphy’s Laws

Any horizontal surface is soon piled up.

Ringwald's Law of Household Geometry

Murphy’s Laws

Facts without theory are trivia. Theory without facts is bullshit.

Beiser’s Brass Tack

Beliefs Facts Murphy’s Laws

Exceptions prove the rule… and wreck the budget.

Anonymous Murphy's Law

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Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 71)

The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.

When you look for something you will not find it, but when you are looking for something else you will.

Washington is a much better place if you are asking questions rather than answering them.

All the good ones are taken.

It isn't that things will necessarily go wrong (Murphy's Law), but rather that they will take so much more time and effort than you think if they are not to go wrong.

Some people fish in the Sea of Life without bait.

Bad regulation begets worse regulation.

Laziness is the mother of nine inventions out of ten.

To make an enemy, do someone a favor.

Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

Folks playing leapfrog must complete all jumps.

While the difficulties and dangers of problems tend to increase at a geometric rate, the knowledge and manpower qualified to deal with these problems tend to increase linearly.

Negative expectations yield negative results; positive expectations yield negative results.

Remember that not all the faculty have all their faculties.

In matters of dispute, the bank's balance is always smaller than yours.

You know you're getting old when everything dries up or leaks.

Go where the money is.

Surprise is an event that takes place only in the mind of a commander.

Any horizontal surface is soon piled up.

Facts without theory are trivia. Theory without facts is bullshit.

Exceptions prove the rule… and wreck the budget.