 A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an artist. |
| The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the data authenticity. |
| Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water. The other third is covered with auditors from headquarters. |
| If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice. |
| Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases. |
| There are many highly successful businesses in the United States. There are also many highly paid executives. The policy is not to intermingle the two. |
| Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread. |
| If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster is not left to chance. |
| If today were half as good as tomorrow is supposed to be, it would probably be twice as good as yesterday was. |
| A billion saved is a billion earned. |
| People do not win people fights. Lawyers do. |
| The more one produces, the less one gets. |
| It is very expensive to achieve high unreliability. It is not uncommon to increase the cost of an item by a factor of ten for each factor of ten degradation accomplished. |
| It costs a lot to build bad products. |
| People working in the private sector should try to save money. There remains the possibility that it may someday be valuable again. |
| Bulls do not win bull fights. People do. |
| The optimum committee has no members. |
| Motivation will almost always beat mere talent. |
| If today was half as good as tomorrow is supposed to be, it would probably be twice as good as yesterday was. |
| All too many consultants, when asked, 'What is 2 and 2?' respond, 'What do you have in mind?' |
