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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 absurdity of the suggestion is directly proportional to the distance from the bedside.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine

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

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine

The severity of the injury is directly proportional to the weight of the patient.

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

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars

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 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 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

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

The amount of missed attack rolls is inversely proportional to the importance of the battle.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about attack