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Edward A. Murphy, Jr. Quotes

Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong

Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong

Edward A. Murphy, Jr.
Murphys Law

Every aquarium will eventually leak.

Edward A. Murphy, Jr.
Aquariums, Leaks, Thrive

If there are two or more ways to do something and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.

Edward A. Murphy, Jr.
Success, Two, Way
"Jargon File". Book by Eric S. Raymond and Guy L. Steele Jr., 1983.

The first thing you'll have to do, is the last thing you wished.

Edward A. Murphy, Jr.
Lasts, Firsts, Thrive

If there is a wrong way to do something, then someone will do it.

Edward A. Murphy, Jr.
Science, Way, Wrong Way
"Murphy Lives!" by Robert L. Forward, Science magazine, p. 78, January-February 1983.

If there is any way for that man to do the job wrong, he'll do it that way.

Edward A. Murphy, Jr.
Jobs, Men, Way

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Edward A. Murphy, Jr.
Ifs
"The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs". Book edited by J. A. Simpson, p. 4, 1982.