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

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.

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.

A billion saved is a billion earned.

The most unsuccessful three years in the education of cost estimators appears to be fifth-grade arithmetic.

Decreased business base increases overhead. So does increased business base.

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.