Nothing is so good that somebody, somewhere will not hate it.

Almost anything is easier to get into than out of.

When working on a project, if you put away a tool that you're certain you're finished with, you will need it instantly.

Those whose approval you seek the most give you the least.

The first pull on the cord ALWAYS sends the drapes in the wrong direction.

The only things that start on time are those that you're late for.

Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

The probability of someone watching you is proportional to the stupidity of your action.

The most important leg of a three legged stool is the one that is missing.

If you need four screws for the job, the first three are easy to find.

Nobody notices when things go right.

An unwatched pot boils immediately.

Nothing is as easy as it looks.

Anything that can go wrong will.

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.

If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway.

If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a procedure can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, you are unprepared for, will promptly develop.

Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.