Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 82)

Never read any book in which the author’s name appears in gold or silver on the cover.

If at first you don't succeed, call in an airstrike.

The truth of a proposition has nothing to do with its credibility, and vice versa.

The last rush-hour express bus to your neighborhood leaves five minutes before you get off work.

All the postmasters in small towns read all the postcards.

You will save yourself a lot of needless worry if you don't burn your bridges until you come to them.

Help a man when he is in trouble and he will remember you when he is in trouble again.


The trouble with resisting temptation is it may never come your way again.

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

The attention span of a computer is only as long as its electrical cord.

The one who snores will fall asleep first.

Democracy is that form of government where everybody gets what the majority deserves.

For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.

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.

Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

It always takes longer to get there than to get back.

He from whom you first ask the way will be a stranger too.

The less you do, the less can go wrong.

Those most opposed to serving on committees are made chairmen.

Toothaches tend to start on Saturday night.

There are two types of people: those who divide people into two types, and those who don't.