Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 78)

The only time you come up with a great solution is after somebody else has solved the problem.

Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don’t let anyone know it.

Those who cannot teach – administrate.

If it moves, salute it; if it doesn't move, pick it up; if you can't pick it up, paint it.

Any product cut to length will be too short.

You can’t get here from there.

Being frustrated is disagreeable, but the real disasters in life begin when you get what you want.

No matter how long it takes for you to get back to pick up the shoes the shoemaker will tell you that they won't be ready until tomorrow.

Envelopes and stamps which don't stick when you lick them will stick to other things when you don't want them to.

No shoelace ever broke being untied.

Look after the molehills and the mountains will look after themselves.

If the law-makers make a compromise, the place where it will be felt most is the taxpayer’s pocket.

Everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.

If you start walking, the bus will come when you are precisely halfway between stops.

The less you do, the less can go wrong.

Whatever you did, that's what you planned.

The chance of the bread falling with the butter side down is directly proportional to the value of the carpet.

About sentence fragments.

Every employee begins at his level of competence.

No matter how clear the skies are, a thunderstorm will move in 5 minutes after the papers are delivered.

If an experiment works, something has gone wrong.