Murphy's laws, page 74
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 the telephone operator leaves the board on night mode all the calls would land only on your desk.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about night
When you are attending a client call on a colleagues desk, and need to jot down urgently, none of the pens on his desk would write if not you wouldn't find a piece of paper within your reach.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about customers, need, contentment
You'd find the important Phone number/e-mail ID you had been looking for, only after you had got in touch with that person by some other means.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about numbers, contentment, people
Only on the rarest of the days you come late, you'd bump into your boss smoking at the entrance.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about smokers, heads, day, contentment
The floppy which worked perfectly alright few minutes ago on your machine will not open in your boss's or client's machine.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about customers, heads
The coffee machine will be empty, when you need coffee most.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about need, contentment
After a really hard day of work, when starting your car at 11:00 pm in the night to leave office, you'll realize that you've run out of gas.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about night, work, day, contentment
The frequency of mailing performed by a person varies in inverse proportion to the amount of work at hand.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about man, people, work
The authority of a person is inversely proportional to the number of functions in his pocket calculator.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about authority, numbers, people
When there are two possible forms to fill out on any given matter, the wrong form is always filled out at first.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about bad
The wrong form is not discovered until it has been signed by all parties concerned, sealed, and delivered.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about bad
The first 90% of a project requires 90% of the allotted time. The remaining 10% takes another 90% of the allotted time.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about time
If you'll watch your team during a crucial game they will lose.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about games, contentment
The rate of instrument failure/breakdown is inversely proportional to the ease of finding a repairman.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about failure
If it doesn't fit, force it, if it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about force, police
