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Here are some great quotes and “laws” from The Complete Murphy’s Law by Arthur Bloch — classic, cynical, and funny takes on everyday life:
✅ Classic Murphy’s Laws
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Murphy’s Law:
Anything that can go wrong, will. -
Finagle’s Law:
Anything that can go wrong, will—at the worst possible moment. -
O’Toole’s Commentary on Murphy’s Law:
Murphy was an optimist.
😅 Life & Work
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The First Law of Office Murphology:
Important letters that contain no errors will develop errors in the mail. -
The Law of the Perversity of Nature:
You cannot successfully determine beforehand which side of the bread to butter. -
Murphy’s Technology Law:
If there is a wrong way to do something, someone will do it. -
Peter Principle (cited often in the book):
In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
📚 Education & Learning
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The Law of the Result:
When you try to prove to someone that a machine won’t work, it will. -
Tuit’s Theorem:
The amount of expertise varies in inverse proportion to the number of statements understood by the general public.
💡 Observation, Irony, & Timing
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Law of Selective Gravity:
An object will fall so as to do the most damage. -
Law of the Lost Item:
You always find what you're not looking for. -
Law of Probability (according to Murphy):
The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act. -
Law of Mechanical Repair:
After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch.
🔄 Corollaries & Comments
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Bloch’s Corollary:
Where Murphy left off, Finagle began. -
Mason’s First Law of Synergism:
The one day you’d sell your soul for something, souls are a glut. -
Gumperson’s Law:
The probability of something happening is inversely proportional to its desirability.
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