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The complexity of a weapon is inversely proportional to the IQ of the weapon's operator.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, complexity

The combat worth of a unit is inversely proportional to the smartness of its outfit and appearance.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war

The self-importance of a superior is inversely proportional to his position in the hierarchy as is his deviousness and mischievousness.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, hierarchy, self-control

The seriousness of a wound in a fire-fight is inversely proportional to the distance to any form of cover.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, fight, fire, fire brigade

The speed at which you respond to a fight call is inversely proportional to how long you've been a cop.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police, speed, fight, contentment

The time it takes to respond to an emergency is inversely proportional to the importance of the call.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police, time

The self-importance of a Deputy Captain is inversely proportional to his actual importance in the chain of command.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about fire brigade, self-control

The self-importance of a client is inversely proportional to his position in the hierarchy as is his deviousness and mischievousness.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about photography, hierarchy, customers, self-control

The success of an assignment is inversely proportional to the product of its importance and the number of people watching.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about photography, numbers, success, people

The amount of clean linen available is inversely proportional to your immediate needs.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine

In any accident, the degree of injury suffered by a patient is inversely proportional to the amount and volume of agonized screaming produced by that patient.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine

The amount of space which is needed to work on a patient varies inversely with the amount of space which is available to work on that patient.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, univers, work

The temperature of vinyl seat covers is inversely proportional to the length of your skirt or shorts.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars

The louder you speak and the more you repeat something is inversely proportional to the amount of information taken in.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about contentment

The amount of sound from the other room is inversely proportional to the amount of trouble the child is getting into.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about problems, children

The authority of a person is inversely proportional to the number of functions in his pocket calculator.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about authority, numbers, people

The legibility of a copy is inversely proportional to its importance.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy

The rate of instrument failure/breakdown is inversely proportional to the ease of finding a repairman.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about failure

The distance to your departure gate is directly proportional to the weight of your carry on luggage and inversely proportional to the time remaining before your flight.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about flight, time

The number of the departure gate is inversely proportional to the time available to get there.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about numbers, time