Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 80)

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When a person says that, in the interest of saving time, he will summarize his prepared statement, he will talk only three times as long as if he had read the statement in the first place.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Speech Time

If you have to travel on a Titanic, why not go first-class?

Murphy’s Laws

If an idea can survive a bureaucratic review and be implemented, it wasn't worth doing.

Murphy’s Laws

All-weather close air support doesn't work in bad weather.

Military Murphy’s Laws

Assumption is the mother of all foul-ups.

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems

1. If it should exist, it doesn't.
2. If it does exist, it's out of date.
3. Only documentation for useless programs transcends the first two laws.

Murphy’s Laws

Nothing is ever done for the right reason.

Murphy’s Laws

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

Communication Murphy’s Laws

Performance is directly affected by the perversity of inanimate objects.

Murphy’s Laws Things

The snapshots you take of your husband are always more flattering than the ones he takes of you.

Husbands Murphy’s Laws Self Things Wives

Virtue is its own punishment.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws

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

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Things

1 + 1 hardly ever equals 2.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

An expert is anyone from out of town.

Murphy’s Laws

Toothaches tend to start on Saturday night.

Health Murphy’s Laws

You only have a problem if you think it is a problem.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

The world is more complicated than most of our theories make it out to be.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Places World

It is impossible to distinguish, from a distance, whether the bureaucrats associated with your project are simply sitting on their hands, or frantically trying to cover their asses.

Murphy’s Laws Situations

The shortest route has the steepest hills.

Activities Murphy’s Laws

One cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs – but it is amazing how many eggs one can break without making a decent omelette.

Murphy’s Laws

Never create a problem for which you do not have the answer.

Corollary: Create problems for which only you have the answer.

Murphy’s Laws Problems