Arthur Bloch Quotes

• Enough research will tend to support your conclusions.

  Arthur Bloch

  Support, Research, Enough

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• Every solution breeds new problems.

  Arthur Bloch

  Idaho, Problem, Murphys Law

  Arthur Bloch (2003). “Murphy's Law: The 26th Anniversary Edition: The 26th Anniversary Edition”, p.8, Penguin

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• The universe is simmering down, like a giant stew left to cook for four billion years. Sooner or later we won’t be able to tell the carrots from the onions.

  Arthur Bloch

  Years, Giants, Onions

  Arthur Bloch (1991). “The complete Murphy's law: a definitive collection”, PSS Adult

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• Friends come and go but enemies accumulate.

  Arthur Bloch

  Funny, Friendship, Humor

  Arthur Bloch (2003). “Murphy's Law: The 26th Anniversary Edition: The 26th Anniversary Edition”, p.84, Penguin

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• Don't force it... get a bigger hammer.

  Arthur Bloch

  Hammers, Bigger, Force

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• If your project doesn't work, look for the part that you didn't think was important.

  Arthur Bloch

  Thinking, Perspective, Important

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• First Rule of Acting: Whatever happens, look as if it were intended.

  Arthur Bloch

  Acting, Looks, Firsts

  Arthur Bloch (2003). “Murphy's Law”, p.186, Penguin

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• The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising.

  Arthur Bloch

  Suggestions, Compromise, Never Compromise

  Arthur Bloch (2003). “Murphy's Law: The 26th Anniversary Edition: The 26th Anniversary Edition”, p.43, Penguin

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• An expert is the one who predicts the job will take the longest and cost the most.

  Arthur Bloch

  Jobs, Experts, Cost

  Arthur Bloch (2003). “Murphy's Law: The 26th Anniversary Edition: The 26th Anniversary Edition”, p.26, Penguin

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• If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.

  Arthur Bloch

  Adversity, Damage, Causes

  "Grants: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?". Article by Cecilia Blanford, www.grantprofessionals.org. February 22, 2012.

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• A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection.

  Arthur Bloch

  Failure, Finals, Inspection

  Arthur Bloch (1991). “The complete Murphy's law: a definitive collection”, PSS Adult

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• The Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules - the first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.

  Arthur Bloch

  Tasks, Schedules, Lasts

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• If you improve or tinker with something long enough, eventually it will break or malfunction.

  Arthur Bloch

  Long, Progress, Enough

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• People who can least afford to pay rent, pay rent. People who can most afford to pay rent, build up equity.

  Arthur Bloch

  Money, People, Pay

  Arthur Bloch (1991). “The complete Murphy's law: a definitive collection”, PSS Adult

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• Every clarification breeds new questions.

  Arthur Bloch

  Questioning, Clarification

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• When working on a project, if you put away a tool that you're certain you're finished with, you will need it instantly.

  Arthur Bloch

  Adversity, Needs, Tools

  Arthur Bloch (2003). “Murphy's Law: The 26th Anniversary Edition: The 26th Anniversary Edition”, p.57, Penguin

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• Investment in reliability will increase until it exceeds the probable cause of errors, or until someone insists on getting some useful work done.

  Arthur Bloch

  Work, Errors, Reliability

  Arthur Bloch (1991). “The complete Murphy's law: a definitive collection”, PSS Adult

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• Any given program will expand to fill all available memory.

  Arthur Bloch

  Memories, Program, Given

  Arthur Bloch (1991). “The complete Murphy's law: a definitive collection”, PSS Adult

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