Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous impatience.

When the men in Russia foul up, they are dismisses, sometimes losing their necks. But we protect those who fail and press them to the government bosom.

All men are by nature conservative but conservatism in the military profession is a source of danger to the country. One must be ready to change his line sharply and suddenly, with no concern for the prejudices and memories of what was yesterday. To rest upon formula is a slumber that, prolonged, means death.

Human experience shows that people, not organizations or management systems, get things done

Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous impatience.

I have the charisma of the chipmunk. I never have thought I was smart. I thought the people I dealt with were dumb.

Good ideas and innovations must be driven into existence by courage and patience.