The strategies that managers employ are at least as important as the facilities at their disposal.

The system of transportation is not coherent; it is not treated as integral. Roads compete with with railroads and airlines in chaotic fashion, and at immense cost to the nation.

Instead of trying to specify a system in full detail, specify it only somewhat. You can then ride on the dynamics of the system in the direction you want to go.

It is terribly important to appreciate that some things remain obscure to the bitter end.

There is, then, a logical priority about the arrangements, and logic has nothing to do with time.

Certain management policies-stretching of credit resources, for example-may lead to great progress in good conditions; but, like the Grand Prix car in comparison with the Land Rover, they may not be robust enough to survive when the going gets tough.

It is the concept of likelihood that a real understanding of probability resides, and we must learn how to measure it.