Wednesday 21 November 2007

Collected Laws

CONWAY'S LAW

In any organization there will always be one person who knows what is going on. This person must be fired


DEMIAN'S OBSERVATION

There is always one item on the screen menu that is mislabeled and should read "ABANDON HOPE ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE".

GREEN'S LAW OF DEBATE

Anything is possible if you don't know what you're talking about.

HELLER'S LAW

The first myth of management is that it exists.

JENKINSON'S LAW

It won't work.

LIEBERMAN'S LAW

Everybody lies; but it doesn't matter since nobody listens.

MESKIMEN'S LAW

There's never time to do it right, but always time to do it over.

WHITEHEAD'S LAW

The obvious answer is always overlooked.

From Edward S. Hume, M.D., J.D. General Adult Psychiatry, Collected "Laws"

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