Arthur Bloch
Arthur Bloch
Arthur Blochis an American writer, author of the Murphy's Law books. He has also written a self-help satire called Healing Yourself with Wishful Thinking. Since 1986 he has been the producer/director of the Thinking Allowed PBS television series...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
jobs cost experts
An expert is the one who predicts the job will take the longest and cost the most.
adversity damage causes
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.
thinking important looks
If your project doesn't work, look for the part that you didn't think was important.
adversity tools needs
When working on a project, if you put away a tool that you're certain you're finished with, you will need it instantly.
memories program given
Any given program will expand to fill all available memory.
failure finals units
A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection.
schedules lasts firsts
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.
clarification
Every clarification breeds new questions.
funny friendship humor
Friends come and go but enemies accumulate.
long progress enough
If you improve or tinker with something long enough, eventually it will break or malfunction.
problem murphys-law solutions
Every solution breeds new problems.
years giants onions
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.
support research enough
Enough research will tend to support your conclusions.
hammers force bigger
Don't force it... get a bigger hammer.