Law Number XV: The last 10 percent of performance generates one-third of the cost and two-thirds of the problems.

Regulations grow at the same rate as weeds.

If today were half as good as tomorrow is supposed to be, it would probably be twice as good as yesterday was.

The more one produces, the less one gets.

The process of competitively selecting contractors to perform work is based on a system of rewards and penalties, all distributed randomly.

If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster is not left to chance.

Law Number XVI: In the year 2054, the entire defense budget will purchase just one aircraft. This aircraft will have to be shared by the Air Force and Navy 3-1/2 days each per week except for leap year, when it will be made available to the Marines for the extra day.