Institutions mistake good intentions for objectives. They say "health care"; that's an intention, not an objective.

The computer is a moron.

No organization can depend on genius; the supply is always scarce and unreliable. It is the test of an organization to make ordinary people perform better than they seem capable of, to bring out whatever strength there is in its members, and to use each person's strength to help all the other members perform.

They wrongly believe that good intentions move mountains. Bulldozers move mountains. But there are exceptions.

Concentration is the key to economic results. No other principle of effectiveness is violated as constantly today as the basic principle of concentration.... Our motto seems to be, "Let's do a little bit of everything."

You cannot predict the future, but you can create it.

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.