If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, destruction, civilization
Murphy's laws, page 15
1791 quotes by Edward A. Murphy
Edward A. Murphy - engineer working on Air Force Project MX981
Was born on 11 jan 1918.
Died on 17 jul 1990, at 72 years old.
Died on 17 jul 1990, at 72 years old.
Origin country: United States
The opulence of the front office decor varies inversely with the fundamental solvency of the firm.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology
An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, nothing
Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, nothing
A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, events, meetings
A failure will not appear till a unit has passed final inspection.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, failure
We don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology
Some people manage by the book, even though they don't know who wrote the book or even what book.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, people
The primary function of the design engineer is to make things difficult for the fabricator and impossible for the serviceman.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, impossible, things
After all is said and done, a hell of a lot more is said than done.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, hell
Computers are unreliable, but humans are even more unreliable. Any system which depends on human reliability is unreliable.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, reliability, people, computers, human imperfections
Any instrument when dropped will roll into the least accessible corner.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology
Build a system that even a fool can use and only a fool will want to use it.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, use
The degree of technical competence is inversely proportional to the level of management.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology
There is never time to do it right, but always time to do it over.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, time, rightness
The remaining work to finish in order to reach your goal increases as the deadline approaches.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, end, purpose, order, work
