Management problems are not respecters of the company organization, nor of the talents of the people appointed to solve them.

The purpose of a system is what it does. There is after all, no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to do.

It is terribly important to appreciate that some things remain obscure to the bitter end.

Too close a view may interfere with one's grasp of an overall problem or concept.

Instead of trying to specify a system in full detail, specify it only somewhat. You can then ride on the dynamics of the system in the direction you want to go.

If cybernetics is the science of control, management is the profession of control.

It is the concept of likelihood that a real understanding of probability resides, and we must learn how to measure it.

A slowly moving queue does not move uniformly. Rather, waves of motion pass down the queue. The frequency and amplitude of these waves is inversely related to the speed at which the queue is served.

The system of transportation is not coherent; it is not treated as integral. Roads compete with with railroads and airlines in chaotic fashion, and at immense cost to the nation.

The strategies that managers employ are at least as important as the facilities at their disposal.

A stochastic process is about the results of convolving probabilities-which is just what management is about, as well.

The cause of most of man's unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now.

Your attitudes towards others affect what you think about yourself.

I don't believe moviegoers don't have patience. Screenwriters are told a scene can't be longer than three minutes, that you have to cut to the chase. Not true!

It's not a drug problem, until you run out of money. Until then it's just drugs.

Geoff Nelder inhabits Science Fiction the way other people inhabit their clothes.

A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.

I think [my kids] are runners. They definitely have the background. I try to help them as much as I can.

For a traveler going from any place toward the north, that pole of the daily rotation gradually climbs higher, while the opposite pole drops down an equal amount.

The element of harmony is super important.

Men of great conversational powers almost universally practise a sort of lively sophistry and exaggeration which deceives for the moment both themselves and their auditors.