For every scientific (or engineering) action, there is an equal and opposite social reaction.

Law Number XX: In any given year, Congress will appropriate the amount of funding approved the prior year plus three-fourths of whatever change the administration requests, minus 4-percent tax.

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.

There are many highly successful businesses in the United States. There are also many highly paid executives. The policy is not to intermingle the two.

It is very expensive to achieve high unreliability. It is not uncommon to increase the cost of an item by a factor of ten for each factor of ten degradation accomplished.

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.

People do not win people fights. Lawyers do.