You could generally inform a real close friend: when you have manufactured a idiot of on your own he does not truly feel you've finished a long lasting job.
There are two sorts of losers - the good loser, and the one who can't act.
A bureaucrat's idea of cleaning up his files is to make a copy of every paper before he destroys it.
In most hierarchies, supercompetence is more objectionable than incompetence.
Only mediocrities rise to the top in a system that won't tolerate wave making.
All science is concerned with the relationship of cause and effect. Each scientific discovery increases man's ability to predict the consequences of his actions and thus his ability to control future events.