Most hierarchies are nowadays so cumbered with rules and traditions, and so bound in by public laws, that even high employees do not have to lead anyone anywhere, in the sense of pointing out the direction and setting the pace. They simply follow precedents, obey regulations, and move at the head of the crowd. Such employees lead only in the sense that the curved wooden figurehead leads the ship .

Give a child enough rope and he will trip you up.

Incompetence plus incompetence equals incompetence.

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.

When I want your opinion I'll give it to you.

The unexpected always happens.

Middle age is when anything new in the way you feel is most likely a symptom.