That's the first rule of command; be consistent! You can be sadistic, you can be lazy, you can be stupid, but if you're consistent the crew will still let you sit in when they play dominoes.

Lawyers will always buckle under to something, whether its bribes, violence, court orders, or the weight of their own bullshit.

Some see the glass half full, some see it half empty, and some see it crawling with toxic alien parasites who want to devour your pancreas.

I do not care about the greatest good for the greatest number . . . Most people are poop-heads I do not care about them at all.

The way past despair and false hope is just letting go. It doesn't improve your odds of survival, but it doesn't waste mental energy.

What kind of programmer is so divorced from reality that she thinks she'll get complex software right the first time?

Don't be a little paranoid; worry about everything, or let it all go.