Subject: Problems (Page 18)

When life hands you lemons, make whisky sours.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer
Alcohol Food/Drink Life Problems

No problem is so big or so complicated that it can't be run away from!

cartoon character in, Peanuts, by Charles Schulz (1922 – 2000)
Problems

If you know something can go wrong, and take due precaution to prevent it, something else will go wrong.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

Automation takes more people to correct the mistakes.

Mistakes Problems

Things always fall at right angles.

Accidents Murphy’s Laws Problems Things

It is better to have a horrible ending than to have horrors without end.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations

When you're up to your nose, keep your mouth shut.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations

Don't ever make the same mistake twice, unless it pays.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol
Mistakes Problems

When any mechanical contrivance fails, it will do so at the most inconvenient possible time.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Time

The greater the funding, the longer it takes to make the mistake.

Mistakes Money Murphy’s Laws Problems Time

A computer makes as many mistakes in two seconds as 20 men working 20 years.

Computers Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Things Time

Byrne's Law: In any electrical circuit, appliances and wiring will burn out to protect fuses.

(1930 – ) American author and billiard player, teacher & commentator
Failure Murphy’s Laws Things

If you think you're wrong, you're wrong

Corollary: If you think you're wrong, you're right.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws Problems

A component’s degree of reliability is directly proportional to its ease of accessibility (i.e., the harder it is to get to, the more often it breaks down).

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Things

A solved problem creates two new problems, and the best prescription for happy living is not to solve any more problems than you have to.

(1925 – ) columnist & journalist
Emotions Life Problems Success

When the going gets tough, everyone leaves.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations

Undetectable errors are infinite in variety, in contrast to detectable errors, which by definition are limited.

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems

That’s one of the remarkable things about life… it’s never so bad that it can’t get worse.

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)
Life Problems

Fuses never blow during daylight hours.
Corollary: Only after fuses blow do you discover the flashlight batteries are dead and you’re out of candles, or matches, or both.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

If we really learned from our past mistakes, most of us would never get out of bed in the morning.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine
Education History Learning Mistakes

Trouble strikes in series of threes, but when working around the house the next job after a series of three is not the fourth job – it's the start of a brand new series of three.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Work