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.

Success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches.

Free discussion requires an atmosphere unembarrassed by any suggestion of authority or even respect.

Those involved with practical reactors, humbled by their experiences, speak less and worry more.

Be ever questioning. Ignorance is not bliss. It is oblivion. You don't go to heaven if you die dumb. Become better informed. Lean from others' mistakes. You could not live long enough to make them all yourself.

When doing a job — any job — one must feel that he owns it, and act as though he will remain in that job forever.

The devil is in the details, and everything we do in the military is a detail.