Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 9)

Murphy's Law cannot be proven, yet is correct, as when you try to prove Murphy's Law, you will see that the proof is incorrect. This is obviously due to Murphy's Law, therefore Murphy's Law is correct and proven.

A condominium is just an apartment with a down payment.

1. The probability of a cat eating its dinner has absolutely nothing to do with the price of the food placed before it. 2. The probability that a household pet will raise a fuss is directly proportional to the number and importance of your guests.

The incidence of anything worthwhile is either 15-25 percent or 80-90 percent.

No child throws up in the bathroom.

People with money live so damn long.

Every revolutionary idea – in Science, Politics, Art or whatever – evokes three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the three phrases: 1. It is completely impossible; don't waste my time. 2. It is possible, but it is not worth doing. 3. I said it was a good idea all along.

Whenever a system becomes completely defined, someone discovers something which either abolishes the system or expands it beyond recognition.

If a taxpayer thinks he can cheat safely, he probably will.

If you start to clean your desk in the spare bedroom you will probably have to clean the garage to find what you need to finish cleaning the desk.

All general statements are false.

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.

Incoming fire has the right-of-way.

Every instructor assumes that you have nothing else to do except study for that instructor’s course.

1. That which has not yet been taught directly can never be taught directly 2. If at first you don’t succeed, you will never succeed.

No matter which direction you start it’s always against the wind coming back.

There is no such thing as an unattached woman.

Always remember that you are absolutely unique, just like everyone else.

There is only one thing worse than dreaming you are at a conference and waking to find that you are at a conference, and that is the conference where you can't fall asleep.

Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capability of the programmer who must maintain it.

There are no answers, only cross references.