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.

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

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.

What appears strange and complex becomes stranger and more complicated once you begin to investigate it. That's the true nature of the world.

There is always a moment in our lives when we are destined to fall the way we ever feared of.

When you are fully conscious, drama does not come into your life anymore.

God wants to accomplish the calling of winners, he wants us to establish His victory on earth

If Jana had been given to putting her thoughts into words, she might have told Laxmi that without someone to love, there was no reason to live.

I still like the relationship part of any story. You don't want your character to figure everything out and then at the end of the day, go home and eat soup from a can by herself.

I would never put a movie on YouTube unless the funding was right, or unless YouTube paid for it or something.

The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius.

It did not matter, after all. He was only one man. One man's fate is not important. "If it is not, what is?" He could not endure those remembered words.

Being an artist is supposed to be a scam, not a career.