Subject: Problems (Page 19)

Super-competence is more objectionable than incompetence.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws Problems

Yesterday I accidentally hit a little kid with my car; it wasn’t serious – nobody saw me.

(1978 – ) American writer & stand-up comedian
Accidents Problems

Automatic simply means that you can’t repair it yourself.

(1897 – 1991) Italian-born American film director
Problems Situations Things

If you pick up a chunk of broken concrete and try to pitch it into an adjacent lot, it will hit a tree limb and come down right on the driver’s side of your car windshield.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

A paint drip will always find the hole in the newspaper and land on the carpet underneath (and will not be discovered until it has dried).

Accidents Murphy’s Laws

Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts.

(1943 – 1971) rock singer
Life Mistakes

Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.

(1741 – 1794) French writer
Problems

Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Age Problems Young

A dropped power tool will always land on the concrete instead of the soft ground (if outdoors) or the carpet (if indoors) – unless it is running, in which case it will fall on something it can damage (like your foot).

Accidents Murphy’s Laws Things

I'm desperately trying to figure out why kamikaze pilots wore helmets.

actor, writer & editor
Accidents Problems War

Well, I screwed it up real good, didn't I?

(1913 – 1994) 37th U.S. president
Mistakes People Problems Self

What a pity human beings can't exchange problems; everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's.

(1918 - 2002) American author
People Problems

It's not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get in line.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist
Problems

If the probability of success is not almost one, then it is damn near zero.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Success

1. Anyone else who can be blamed should be blamed.
2. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong faster with computers.
3. Whenever a computer can be blamed, it should be blamed.

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems

It isn't that things will necessarily go wrong (Murphy's Law), but rather that they will take so much more time and effort than you think if they are not to go wrong.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Time

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator
Accidents Failure Situations

The only problem with having nothing to do is you can't stop and rest.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist
Problems Situations Work

If you're in a hole, stop digging.

Problems Situations

If anything can go wrong, it will do so in triplicate.

Government Murphy’s Laws Problems