Quotes about War by Edward A. Murphy, page 4
191 quotes about War by Edward A. Murphy
Edward A. Murphy Engineer working on Air Force Project MX981
Never stand when you can sit, never sit when you can lie down, never stay awake when you can sleep.
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The most dangerous thing in the world is a Second Lieutenant with a map and a compass.
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Everything always works in your HQ, everything always fails in the Colonel's HQ.
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The worse the weather, the more you are required to be out in it.
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Whenever you have plenty of ammo, you never miss. Whenever you are low on ammo, you can't hit the broad side of a barn.
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The more a weapon costs, the farther you will have to send it away to be repaired.
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The complexity of a weapon is inversely proportional to the IQ of the weapon's operator.
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If enough data is collected, a board of inquiry can prove anything.
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Air strikes always overshoot the target, artillery always falls short.
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When reviewing the radio frequencies that you just wrote down, the most important ones are always illegible.
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The tough part about being an officer is that the troops don't know what they want, but they know for certain what they don't want.
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To steal information from a person is called plagiarism. To steal information from the enemy is called gathering intelligence.
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The weapon that usually jams when you need it the most is the M60.
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