Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 78)

I called my lawyer and said, ‘Can I ask you two questions?’ He said, ‘What’s the second question?

A retreating enemy is probably just falling back and regrouping.

Batteries die at the most critical time of the most complex problem.

At least fifty percent of the human race doesn’t want their mother-in-law within walking distance.

The job that pays the most will be offered when there is no time to deliver the services.

Every organization has an allotted number of positions to be filled by incompetents.

There are four kinds of people: those who sit quietly and do nothing, those who talk about sitting quietly and doing nothing, those who do things, and those who talk about doing things.

We’re all going down the same road in different directions.

If your condition seems to be getting better, it's probably your doctor getting sick.

If mathematically you end up with the incorrect answer, try multiplying by the page number.

He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from the next freeway exit.

Nothing is as easy as it looks.

A conclusion is the place where you get tired of thinking.

An object at rest will be in the wrong place.

Research is reading two books that have never been read in order to write a third that will never be read.

Never worry about the bullet with your name on it; instead, worry about shrapnel addressed to 'occupant.’

In a bureaucracy, accomplishment is inversely proportional to the volume of paper used.

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

Women and elephants never forget an injury.

The crucial memorandum will be snared in the out-basket by the paper clip of the overlying correspondence and go to file.

No matter where or what, there are makers, takers, and fakers.