Act as if you are going to live for ever and cast your plans way ahead. You must feel responsible without time limitations, and the consideration of whether you may or may not be around to see the results should never enter your thoughts.

As a guide to engineering ethics, I should like to commend to you a liberal adaptation of the injunction contained in the oath of Hippocrates that the professional man do nothing that will harm his client.

Optimism and stupidity are nearly synonymous.

How the hell are you supposed to know what God wants you to do with your life, eh?

If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't.

What it takes to do a job will not be learned from management courses. It is principally a matter of experience, the proper attitude, and common sense — none of which can be taught in a classroom... Human experience shows that people, not organizations or management systems, get things done.

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