Subject: Problems (Page 3)

If there is anything disagreeable going on, men are sure to get out of it.

Men Murphy’s Laws People Problems

Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States; ask any Indian.

(1927 – ) magician & comedy writer
America Places Problems

Machines that have broken down will work perfectly when the repairman arrives.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Things

The mistake you make is in trying to figure it out.

(1911 – 1983) playwright
Mistakes Problems

Never create a problem for which you do not have the answer.

Corollary: Create problems for which only you have the answer.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it’s the light of the oncoming train.

Accidents Murphy’s Laws

If you view your problem closely enough, you will recognize yourself as part of the problem.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Self

Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents’ shortcomings.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer
Failure Family

All great discoveries are made by mistake

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

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems

The deficiency will never show itself during the dry runs.

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Murphy’s Laws Problems

Everything is in a state of utter dishevelment.

Life Murphy’s Laws Problems

An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.

(1885 – 1962) Danish physicist
Mistakes People Problems

Whoops: An exclamation that translates roughly into “get a sponge.”

Accidents Definitions Problems

However much a shower control may rotate, the degree of rotation required to change from ice-cold to scalding is never more than one millimeter.

(1957 – ) New Zealand writer
Murphy’s Laws Problems

If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Success

Dear Randolph, utterly unspoilt by failure.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter
Failure Insults

When the going gets tough, everyone leaves.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations

It’s absolutely stupid that we live without an ozone layer; we have men, we’ve got rockets, we’ve got Saran Wrap – FIX IT!

Problems Science/Weather

Anytime you wish to demonstrate something, the number of faults is proportional to the number of viewers.

Murphy’s Laws People Problems

The shortest distance between any two points on a golf course is a straight line that passes directly through the center of a very large tree.

Golf Murphy’s Laws Problems Sports

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

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations