Knowing more about the public effects his work will have, the engineer ought to consider himself an "officer of the court" and keep the general interest always in mind.

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

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

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

In Greek mythology, Antaeus was a giant who was strong as long as he had contact with the earth. When he was lifted from the earth he lost strength. So it is with engineers. They must not become isolated from the real world...

Success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches.

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