If we are concerned about our great appetite for materials, it is plausible to decrease waste, to make better use of stocks available, and to develop substitutes. But what about the appetite itself? The major cause of the continued deterioration of the global environment is the unsustainable pattern of consumption and production, particularly in industrialised countries

Talk of revolution is one of avoiding reality.

We shall have a race of men who are strong on telemetry and space communications but who cannot read anything but a blueprint or write anything but a computer program.

You will find that [the] State [Department] is the kind of organisation which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly too.

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all.

It is possible that people need to believe they are unmanaged if they are to be managed effectively.

In the market economy the price that is offered is counted upon to produce the result that is sought.