I have the charisma of the chipmunk. I never have thought I was smart. I thought the people I dealt with were dumb.
Hyman RickoverTrying to make things work in government is sometimes like trying to sew a button on a custard pie.
Hyman RickoverWhen 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.
Hyman RickoverIt troubles me that we are so easily pressured by purveyors of technology into permitting so-called "progress" to alter our lives without attempting to control it-as if technology were an irrepressible force of nature to which we must meekly submit.
Hyman RickoverWhat 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.
Hyman Rickover