Arthur Bloch quotes
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“Enough research will tend to support your conclusions.”
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“The universe is simmering down, like a giant stew left to cook for four billion years. Sooner or later we won’t be able to tell the carrots from the onions.”
-- Arthur BlochSource : Arthur Bloch (1991). “The complete Murphy's law: a definitive collection”, PSS Adult
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“Every solution breeds new problems.”
-- Arthur BlochSource : Arthur Bloch (2003). “Murphy's Law: The 26th Anniversary Edition: The 26th Anniversary Edition”, p.8, Penguin
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“An expert is the one who predicts the job will take the longest and cost the most.”
-- Arthur BlochSource : Arthur Bloch (2003). “Murphy's Law: The 26th Anniversary Edition: The 26th Anniversary Edition”, p.26, Penguin
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“Any given program will expand to fill all available memory.”
-- Arthur BlochSource : Arthur Bloch (1991). “The complete Murphy's law: a definitive collection”, PSS Adult
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“Investment in reliability will increase until it exceeds the probable cause of errors, or until someone insists on getting some useful work done.”
-- Arthur BlochSource : Arthur Bloch (1991). “The complete Murphy's law: a definitive collection”, PSS Adult
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“A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection.”
-- Arthur BlochSource : Arthur Bloch (1991). “The complete Murphy's law: a definitive collection”, PSS Adult
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“If you improve or tinker with something long enough, eventually it will break or malfunction.”
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“The Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules - the first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.”
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“People who can least afford to pay rent, pay rent. People who can most afford to pay rent, build up equity.”
-- Arthur BlochSource : Arthur Bloch (1991). “The complete Murphy's law: a definitive collection”, PSS Adult
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“When working on a project, if you put away a tool that you're certain you're finished with, you will need it instantly.”
-- Arthur BlochSource : Arthur Bloch (2003). “Murphy's Law: The 26th Anniversary Edition: The 26th Anniversary Edition”, p.57, Penguin
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“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.”
-- Arthur BlochSource : "Grants: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?". Article by Cecilia Blanford, www.grantprofessionals.org. February 22, 2012.
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“First Rule of Acting: Whatever happens, look as if it were intended.”
-- Arthur BlochSource : Arthur Bloch (2003). “Murphy's Law”, p.186, Penguin
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“If your project doesn't work, look for the part that you didn't think was important.”
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“The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising.”
-- Arthur BlochSource : Arthur Bloch (2003). “Murphy's Law: The 26th Anniversary Edition: The 26th Anniversary Edition”, p.43, Penguin
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“Friends come and go but enemies accumulate.”
-- Arthur BlochSource : Arthur Bloch (2003). “Murphy's Law: The 26th Anniversary Edition: The 26th Anniversary Edition”, p.84, Penguin
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