Law Number XXIX: Executives who do not produce successful results hold on to their jobs only about five years. Those who produce effective results hang on about half a decade.

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

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.

One cannot legislate problems out of existence. It has been tried.

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

Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases.

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