The more urgent the need for a decision to be made, less apparent become the identity of the decision maker.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, identity, need
Murphy's laws, page 16
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
When working on a motor vehicle engine, any tool dropped will land directly under the center of the engine.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, tools
Never trust modern technology. Trust it only when it is old technology.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, old, olderness
The new version always manages to change the one feature you need most.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, change, need
In today's fast-moving tech environment, it is a requirement that we forget more than we learn.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, fasting
Multi-million pound technology is worthless in the hands of morons.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology
The chance a copy machine will brake down is proportional to the importance of the material that needs to be copied and inversely proportional to the amount of time till the material will be needed.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, chance, time
No matter how clever and complete your research is, there is always someone who knows more.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, intelligence, research
The less intelligent the idea, and the person stating it, the more likely it will be funded.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, idea, people
The more knowledge you gained, the less certain you are of it.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, knowledge
The repairman fixes your machine to break down the next day and charges for a new machine.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, day
The repairman will have never seen a model quite like yours before.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology
Any given program will expand to fill all the available memory.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, memory
The value of a program is inversely proportional to the weight of its output.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, value
Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capability of the programmer who must maintain it.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, complexity
Bugs will appear in one part of a working program when another “unrelated” part is modified.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers
The subtlest bugs cause the greatest damage and problems.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, problems
