So much time is currently spent in worrying about the future that the present is allowed to go to hell.

To manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately.

Successful problem solving requires finding the right solution to the right problem. We fail more often because we solve the wrong problem than because we get the wrong solution to the right problem.

It is far better to do the right thing wrong than to do the wrong thing right.

We can only learn from mistakes, by identifying them, determining their source, and correcting them... people learn more from their own mistakes than from the successes of others.

Managers who don't know how to measure what they want settle for wanting what they can measure.

Every problem interacts with other problems and is therefore part of a set of interrelated problems, a system of problems. I choose to call such a system a mess.

No problem stays solved in a dynamic environment.

Creativity is the ability to identify self-imposed constraints, remove them, and explore the consequences of their removal.

The lower the rank of managers, the more they know about fewer things. The higher the rank of managers, the less they know about many things.

Nothing is harder to topple than a fact that supports a deeply held prejudice denied by its holder.

You're like a tornado of bullshit right now. We'll talk again when your bullshit dies out over someone else's house.

Be your sacred-self.

Aging masters emotions, but with experiences of aging

Having a baby, it's like a five year commitment.

A free ride and free food are two of the three things no pilot ever turns down.

In the ten years I was president of the Teamsters, I had raised the membership from eight hundred thousand to more than 2 million and made it the largest single labor union the world.

I'm thrilled to be in sci-fi because they write the women very strong, and you don't often get that on television.

A man's true delight is to do the things he was made for.

You might not believe it...but you make the world a better place when you smile.

I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.