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

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

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

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

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

Success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches.

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.