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Difficulties
Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings… and lawyers.
Richard Pryor
(1940 – 2005) comedian & movie actor
Emotions
Government
Law
Lawyers
Marriage
Difficulties
Harder than braiding a mule's tail during fly season.
Buddy Ebsen
(1908 – 2003) American actor & dancer
TV/Movie Quotes
As Jed Clampett in “The Beverly Hillbillies”
Difficulties
The mountain gets steeper as you get closer.Frothingham’s Corollary: The mountain looks closer than it is.
Michehl’s Rule for Prospective Mountain Climbers
Murphy’s Laws
Difficulties
Mountains
Proximity
While the difficulties and dangers of problems tend to increase at a geometric rate, the knowledge and manpower qualified to deal with these problems tend to increase linearly.
Dror's First Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Science/Weather
Difficulties
Increasing rate
A woman is like a tea bag… you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.
Eleanor Roosevelt
(1884 – 1962) diplomat & reformer & first lady
People
Women
Difficulties
Tea bags
The easier it is to do the harder it is to change.
Eng's Principle
Murphy’s Laws
Difficulties
Easier
A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
Thomas Mann
(1875 – 1955) German writer
People
Difficulties
Writer
When I did this three years ago, it was like death. When I did it last year, it was like near death. This year, it was just really hard.
John Howie
wheelchair athlete
Sports
After finishing his third 10-kilometer race
Difficulties
Tolerances will accumulate unidirectionally toward maximum difficulty of assembly.
Klipstein's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Assembly
Difficulties
Tolerances
In a social situation, the most difficult thing to do is usually the right thing to do.
Meyers’s Law
Murphy’s Laws
Difficulties
Good
Social situations