Thoughts arising from practical experience may be a bridle or a spur.

Any one detail, followed through to its source, will usually reveal the general state of readiness of the whole organization.

The tools of the academic designer are a piece of paper and a pencil with an eraser. If a mistake is made, it can always be erased and changed. If the practical-reactor designer errs, he wears the mistake around his neck; it cannot be erased. Everyone sees it.

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

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

Success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches.

To doubt one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. Don't defend past actions; what is right today may be wrong tomorrow. Don't be consistent; consistency is the refuge of fools.