Subject: Problems (Page 3)

The shortest measurable interval of time is the time between the moment one puts a little extra aside for a sudden emergency and the arrival of that emergency.

Money Murphy’s Laws Problems Time

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

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Things

If you're already in a hole, there's no use to continue digging.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

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

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems

It’s not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is the same damn thing over and over.

(1892 – 1950) poet
Life Problems

Husbands are awkward things to deal with; even keeping them in hot water will not make them tender.

author
Husbands Marriage Problems

A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.

(1909 – 1995) American journalist
Failure Government Problems

You can always tell you're in trouble when the good option involves a prosthetic leg.

blogger (Standing Room Only)
Problems Situations

My marriage is on the rocks again, yeah, my wife just broke up with her boyfriend.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor
Activities Marriage Problems Shopping Wives

If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a procedure can go wrong and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

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

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist
Problems Situations Work

To err is human – to blame it on someone else is even more human.

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems

If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.

(1903 – 1968) movie actress
Death Mistakes Problems

If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist
Mistakes 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

I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated.

(1926 – 2001) American science fiction writer
Problems

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer
Money Problems

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

Men Murphy’s Laws People Problems

There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
America Congress Government Places Problems

Washing machines only break down during the wash cycle.
Corollary: All breakdowns occur on the plumber's day off.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems

Everything goes wrong all at once.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Time