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

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars

The magnitude of the goof is in direct proportion to the cost of the fabric.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy

The intensity of the tantrum is directly proportional to the amount of people around to witness.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about nation, people

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 availability of daycare is directly proportionate to how badly you need it.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about need, contentment

Creative inspiration flows in inverse proportion to the distance from the studio.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about inspiration

The frequency of mailing performed by a person varies in inverse proportion to the amount of work at hand.

Quote 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.

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

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about numbers, time

A horse's misbehavior will be in direct proportion to the number of people who are watching.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about numbers, people

A conductor's hearing loss is directly proportional to how many percussionists are started each year.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy

The chances of a conductor asking a section to play a passage by themselves in the rehearsal, is directly proportional to the difficulty of the passage and how well the people can play it.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about nation, difficulties, chance, people

Wind velocity increases in direct proportion to how well your hat fits.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy

The amount of work that went into planning your new campaign is inversely proportional to how many people will want to play it.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about work, people

The percent of time spent bickering over what to do next is inversely proportional to the importance of the subject being fought over.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about being, time

The chance of a plan being set aside by player choice is directly proportional to the amount of time spent working on it.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about chance, being, time