Murphy's Law
If anything can go wrong, it will
Murphy's First Law
If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway.
Murphy's Second Law
Everything takes longer than you think.
Murphy's Third Law
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time.
Murphy's Fourth Law
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.
Murphy's Fifth Law
If anything just can't go wrong, it will anyway.
Murphy's Sixth Law
If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
Murphy's Seventh Law
Nothing is as easy as it looks
Murphy's law of thermodynamics
Things get worse under pressure.
Murphy's Philosophy
Smile . . . tomorrow will be worse.
Murphy's Constant
Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value
Murphy's Laws of Research
a)Enough research will tend to support whatever theory.
b)Research supports a specific theory depending on the amount of funds dedicated to it.
Some Murphyisms coined by others
If many things can go wrong, they will all go wrong at the same time.
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
If anything can go wrong, it will
Edward Aloysius Murphy, Jr. (1918 –1990) was an American aerospace engineer who worked on an air travel safety system project. The law is attributed to him as spoken in an adverse circumstance. But various versions of this adage that speaks about the preverse nature of universe were present in the language already. Interestingly much research is carried out on this topic.
One day, after finding fault with a technician he supposedly said, "If there is any way to do it wrong, he'll find it."
Many variants of the law were subsequently formed. Some of them are listed below. The numbering of the laws is arbitrary.
Murphy's First Law
If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway.
Murphy's Second Law
Everything takes longer than you think.
Murphy's Third Law
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time.
Murphy's Fourth Law
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.
Murphy's Fifth Law
If anything just can't go wrong, it will anyway.
Murphy's Sixth Law
If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
Murphy's Seventh Law
Nothing is as easy as it looks
Murphy's law of thermodynamics
Things get worse under pressure.
Murphy's Philosophy
Smile . . . tomorrow will be worse.
Murphy's Constant
Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value
Murphy's Laws of Research
a)Enough research will tend to support whatever theory.
b)Research supports a specific theory depending on the amount of funds dedicated to it.
Some Murphyisms coined by others
If many things can go wrong, they will all go wrong at the same time.
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
