Murphy's laws (some of them)
If anything can go wrong, it will
If anything just cannot go wrong, it will anyway
If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which something can go
wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will
promptly develop
Corollary: It will be impossible to fix the fifth fault, without breaking
the fix on one or more of the others
Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse
If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked
something
Things get worse under pressure.
Everything goes wrong all at once.
Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value
In nature, nothing is ever right. Therefore, if everything is going right
... something is wrong.
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so
ingenious.
Nothing is as easy as it looks.
Everything takes longer than you think.
Everything takes longer than it takes.
If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway.
Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first.
Every solution breeds new problems.
no matter how perfect things are made to appear, Murphy's law will take
effect and screw it up.
You will always find something in the last place you look.
Just when you think things cannot get any worse, they will.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new
discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
Said by Isaac Asimov
Knowing Murphy's Law will never help.
To know Murphy's Law is to draw its attention.
If for some reason Murphy's Law fails to operate, it is building up for
something big.