Murphys Law Quotes

• Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Sports, Humor

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• Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Humor, Justice

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Every solution breeds new problems.

  Arthur Bloch

  Idaho, Problem, Solutions

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

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• If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Life, Humor

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• To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.

  Paul R. Ehrlich

  Inspirational, Funny, Witty

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• An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less.

  Nicholas Murray Butler

  Funny, Encouraging, Education

  Commencement address at Columbia University

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• Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Inspirational, Life, Failure

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• Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Education, Hate, Humor

  Attributed without source in "Message Passing Server Internals" by Bill Blunden, (p. 15), 2003.

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

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Success, Clever

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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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• Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong

  Edward A. Murphy, Jr.

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• If there are two or more ways to do something and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.

  Edward A. Murphy, Jr.

  Success, Two, Way

  "Jargon File". Book by Eric S. Raymond and Guy L. Steele Jr., 1983.

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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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• If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

  Laurence J. Peter

  Funny, Witty, Revenge

  Laurence J. Peter (1979). “Peter's people”, W. Morrow

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• Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to it himself.

  A. H. Weiler

  Men, Sloth, Laziness

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• When all else fails, read the instructions.

  Agnes Allen

  Failing, Instruction, When All Else Fails

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• The Rule of Accuracy: When working toward the solution of a problem, it always helps if you know the answer.

  John Peers

  Peers, Answers, Helping

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• To the pessimist the light at the end of the tunnel is another train.

  Joan Rivers

  Humor, Las Vegas, Tunnels

  Joan Rivers (1997). “Bouncing back: I've survived everything-- and I mean everything-- and you can too!”, Thorndike Pr

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• Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Science, Technology, Possible And Impossible

  Letter to the editor, Science, 19 Jan. 1968.

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• When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder.

  James H. Boren

  Funny, Business, Humor

  In 'New York Times' 8 November 1970, p. 45

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• That great philosopher anonymous once said, never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference.

  Tucker Carlson

  Differences, People, Might

  "The Situation" with Tucker Carlson, www.nbcnews.com. December 15, 2005.

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• No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.

  Mark Twain

  Life, Trust, Freedom

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• Seems like the light at the end of the tunnel may be you.

  Steven Tyler

  Humor, Vegas, Tunnels

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• Know what you are talking about.

  Pope John Paul II

  Knowledge, Knowing Jesus, Talking

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• Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way.

  Clint Smith

  Military, Gun, Fire

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