All new ideas begin in a non-conforming mind that questions some tenet of the conventional wisdom.

Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous impatience.

The man in charge must concern himself with details. If he does not consider them important, neither will his subordinates.

Success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches.

Human experience shows that people, not organizations or management systems, get things done

It is a human inclination to hope things will work out, despite evidence or doubt to the contrary. A successful manager must resist this temptation.

Any one detail, followed through to its source, will usually reveal the general state of readiness of the whole organization.

More than ambition, more than ability, it is rules that limit contribution; rules are the lowest common denominator of human behavior. They are a substitute for rational thought.

When the men in Russia foul up, they are dismisses, sometimes losing their necks. But we protect those who fail and press them to the government bosom.

Trying to make things work in government is sometimes like trying to sew a button on a custard pie.

Half-truths are like half a brick - they can be thrown farther.

An iron? Was he kidding? God

When God pushes you off a cliff, it is your faith He wants you to use as wings.

Don't limit a child to your own learning for he was born in another time.

I like champagne because it always tastes as though my foot's asleep.

I'm just the least funny person in a room full of funny people, which is basically every single day of work for me.

They wouldn't play my records on American radio because I had spiky hair. They said, 'Punk rock doesn't sell advertising, it won't make any money.'

A teacher in search of his/her own freedom may be the only kind of teacher who can arouse young persons to go in search of their own

Stop being who you were and become who you are.

Mature? Yeah, I get told that a lot. I don't know if it's true. I guess I try to be bright.

Ask me no reason why I love you; for though Love use Reason for his physician, he admits him not for his counsellor.