Murphy's law is an adage or epigram that is typically stated as:
"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong".
It is used as either a purely sarcastic musing that things always go wrong, or, less frequently, a reflection of the mathematical idea that, given a sufficiently long time, an event which is possible (non-zero probability) will almost surely take place. Although, in this case, emphasis is put on the possible bad occurrences.
Murphy's Laws:- If anything can go wrong, it 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 just cannot go wrong, it will anyway
- 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
- Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse
- If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something
- Nature always sides with the hidden flaw
- Mother nature is a bitch
- The Murphy Philosophy
Smile . . . tomorrow will be worse. - Quantization Revision of Murphy's Laws
Everything goes wrong all at once. - Murphy's Constant
Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value - Murphy's Law of Research
Enough research will tend to support whatever theory. - Research supports a specific theory depending on the amount of funds dedicated to it.
- Addition to Murphy's Laws
In nature, nothing is ever right. Therefore, if everything is going right ... something is wrong.