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In life your dreams may not come true, but sooner or later one of your nightmares will.
Richard Jeni
(1957 – 2007) American stand-up comedian & actor
Activities
Problems
Sleep
Dreams
Nightmares
Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.
Ronald Reagan
(1911 – 2004) 40th U.S. president & actor
Government
Problems
The only problem with having nothing to do is you can't stop and rest.
Franklin Jones
(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist
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Situations
Work
Rest
Make it sufficiently difficult for people to do something, and most people will stop doing it.
No. 3 Pencil Principle
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Some guy hit my fender and I said "be fruitful and multiply" but not in those words.
Woody Allen
(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian
Accidents
Autos
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Swearing
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill
(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator
Characteristics
Failure
Success
Enthusiasm
No matter what goes wrong, it will probably look right.
Scott's First Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Every solution breeds new problems.
Murphy's Second Corollary
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Solutions
If your project doesn't work, look for the part you didn't think was important.
Biondi's Law
Failure
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.
Cyril Connolly
(1903 – 1974) English intellectual, literary critic & writer
Failure
Problems
Potential
Promise
When any mechanical contrivance fails, it will do so at the most inconvenient possible time.
Johnson's First Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Time
Mechanical
I broke a leg one time… spilled coffee all over.
Steven Wright
(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
Accidents
Problems
You only have a problem if you think it is a problem.
Mueller's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.
James Reston
(1909 – 1995) American journalist
Failure
Government
Problems
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
Warren Buffett
(1930 – ) financier & investment businessman
Characteristics
Problems
Trouble
Sex: The thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.
John Barrymore
(1882 – 1942) American actor
Problems
Sex
Time
Trouble
According to my calculations the problem doesn't exist.
Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Intelligence
Problems
Calculations
Exist
One cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs – but it is amazing how many eggs one can break without making a decent omelette.
Issawi's Law of Frustration
Accidents
Mistakes
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
That which cannot be taken apart will fall apart.
Rudnicki's Rule
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Things
If it jams, force it; if it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
Lowery's Law
Accidents
Failure
Murphy’s Laws
Alimony is a system by which, when two people make a mistake, one of them continues to pay for it.
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
(1893 – 1957) American actress & celebrity
Marriage
Mistakes
Money
Alimony
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