It's always easier to apologize for something you've already done than to get approval for it in advance.

The glass is neither half empty nor half full. It's simply larger than it needs to be. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission

If it isn't bolted down, bring it home.

I'm totally against women in combat, because we live in a culture and a society that imposes on every man the concept of women and children first...If you had a man and a woman trying to go through some dangerous woods, the man's instinct would be to protect the woman. Therefore you weaken the man.

I had a running compiler and nobody would touch it. They told me computers could only do arithmetic.

One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.