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

Regulations grow at the same rate as weeds.

One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'

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

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.

All too many consultants, when asked, 'What is 2 and 2?' respond, 'What do you have in mind?'

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.