There are no lazy veteran lion hunters.

Law Number XLIV: Aircraft flight in the 21st century will always be in a westerly direction, preferably supersonic, crossing time zones to provide the additional hours needed to fix the broken electronics.

We believe in the wisdom once expressed by the hockey star Wayne Gretzky, who explained his success by saying, 'I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.'

One should expect that the expected can be prevented, but the unexpected should have been expected.

Law Number XIV: After the year 2015, there will be no airplane crashes. There will be no takeoffs either, because electronics will occupy 100 percent of every airplane's weight.

Law Number XXXIX: Never promise to complete any project within six months of the end of the year, in either direction.

Rank does not intimidate hardware. Neither does the lack of rank.