Subject: Problems (Page 3)

Any attempt to print Murphy's laws will jam the printer.

I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

If a dish is dropped while removing it from the cupboard, it will hit the sink, breaking the dish and chipping or denting the sink in the process.

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

As you grow older, you stand for more and fall for less.

If you're in a hole, stop digging.

When the product is destined to fail, the delivery system will perform perfectly.

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

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

One cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs… but it is amazing how many eggs one can break without making a decent omelette.

(1916 – 2000) Egyptian-American academic economist & historian

Things always fall at right angles.

Nobody notices the big errors.

Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity… another man’s, I mean.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

A conference is just an admission that you want somebody to join you in your troubles.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

If you mess with something long enough, it'll break.

It's human to make mistakes and some of us are more human than others.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Failure has gone to his head.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

Specialists are people who always repeat the same mistakes.

(1883 – 1969) German architect & founder of the Bauhaus School

There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling, and golf. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with golf.