A hungry dog hunts best. A hungrier dog hunts even better.

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

Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water. The other third is covered with auditors from headquarters.

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.

The early bird gets the worm. The early worm... gets eaten.

Law Number XXXVI: The thickness of the proposal required to win a multimillion dollar contract is about one millimeter per million dollars. If all the proposals conforming to this standard were piled on top of each other at the bottom of the Grand Canyon it would probably be a good idea.

By the time of the United States Tricentennial, there will be more government workers than there are workers.