- Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
- If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.
- If there is a worse time for something to go wrong, it will happen then.
- Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.
- Everything goes wrong all at once.
- If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
- Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first.
- Every solution breeds new problems.
- No matter how long or how hard you shop for an item, after you’ve bought it, it will be on sale somewhere cheaper.
- On the road, the other line always moves faster.
- Anything you try to fix will take two times longer than you thought unless you think it’s easy, then it will take three times.
- You will always find something in the last place you look.
- The chance of the bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.
- When working on a project, if you put away a tool that you’re certain you’re finished with, you will need it instantly.
- The most dangerous thing in the combat zone is an officer with a map.
- Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he’ll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he’ll have to touch to be sure.
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