A system must be managed. It will not manage itself.

If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.

Put a good person in a bad system and the bad system wins, no contest.

Quality comes not from inspection, but from improvement of the production process.

Two basic rules of life are: 1) Change is inevitable. 2) Everybody resists change.

The greatest waste … is failure to use the abilities of people…to learn about their frustrations and about the contributions that they are eager to make.

In God we trust; all others bring data.

It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.

Management by results - like driving a car by looking in rear view mirror.

Stamping out fires is a lot of fun, but it is only putting things back the way they were.

Improve quality, you automatically improve productivity.

Is the music broke, Mommy?

I blame feminism and Facebook for the death of the American automobile. I'm a Republican, so I blame everything on feminism - or commies.

Brain cells create ideas. Stress kills brain cells. Stress is not a good idea

The easiest thing to feel is sadness.

I think Assange has been very courageous. I've also defended Bradley Manning. I think they've been tremendously courageous in telling the truth, and the public has the right to the truth.

A frog in love would not be enchanted to learn that her beloved had turned into Prince Charming.

Success is not measured by what you do compared to what others do, it is measured by what you do with the ability God gave you.

Not a visible enthusiasm but a hidden one, an excitement burning with a cold flame.

Possible or not, they tried to turn me into a Nick McNugget. (Nick)

But most days, I wander around feeling invisible. Like I'm a speck of dust floating in the air that can only be seen when a shaft of light hits it.