Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 76)

Nine times out of ten in the arts, as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.

A theory is better than an explanation.

Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.

(1918 – 1990) American aerospace engineer

When a person with experience meets a person with money, the person with experience will get the money and the person with the money will get some experience.

Never say “oops” while your patient is conscious.

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

At any particular time, there are more horse's asses in the world than horses.

Those who express random thoughts to legislative committees are often surprised and appalled to find themselves the instigators of law.

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

If enough data is collected, anything may be proven by statistical methods.

Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all.

Less is more.

The real objective of a committee is not to reach a decision, but to avoid it.

Traffic increases to fill the road space available.

Undetectable errors are infinite in variety, in contrast to detectable errors, which by definition are limited.

If you think the problem is bad now, just wait until we've solved it.

The colder the x-ray table, the more of your body is required on it.

There is always a way… and it usually doesn’t work.

Any object that is accidentally dropped will hide under a larger object.

The conclusions of most good operations research studies are obvious.

Confusion creates jobs.