Subject: Problems (Page 7)

The easiest way to solve a problem is to pick an easy one.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist
Problems

There is no job so simple that it cannot be done wrong.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

The time it takes to rectify a situation is inversely proportional to the time it took to do the damage.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations

The chief cause of problems is solutions.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

Things are gradually falling into place on top of me.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist
Problems Situations

The shortest distance between two points is a downward spiral.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems

An undefined problem has an infinite number of solutions.

(1947 – ) American author
Problems

If men have a smell it's usually an accident.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality
Accidents Characteristics Men People

Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.

(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)
Characteristics Failure Intelligence Mistakes People

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

(1946 – ) singer, songwriter, author & businessman
Characteristics Intelligence Problems

Specialists are people who always repeat the same mistakes.

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

Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue.

(1961 – ) English comedian, actor, director, producer & writer
Problems Situations TV/Movie Quotes

Things are gradually falling into place on top of me.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist
Problems Self

If I could kick the person in the tail that causes me the most problems I could not sit down for a week.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator
People Problems Self

If not controlled, work will flow to the competent man until he submerges.

Murphy’s Laws People Problems Work

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 you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Problems

For every human problem, there is a neat, simple solution and it is always wrong.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist
Murphy’s Laws Problems

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

(1908 – 1999) English writer
Failure Problems Success

Dear Randolph, utterly unspoilt by failure.

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

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