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

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.

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

It's time, my childrenWhen the waves rise high When the waters run deepWhen the clock strikes midnightYou'll feel the mark of Zero HourAnd you'll never be the same again

If your love didn't always contain the possibility of loss, it would be very different from human love as we know it.

NBC's The West Wing is an icon for bad stories; Gitmo is a place where we keep an eye on evil, dangerous people who want to kill us.

To be a teacher you have to have a very giving, selfless personality. I don't think I'm that selfless and giving.

I like photographs which leave something to the imagination.

Second violins can play a concerto perfectly if they're in their own home and nobody's there.

You're all welcome in California.

I never stole a joke in my life. I just find them before they're lost.

All the haters are just jealous, so they're trying to bring me down. I'm young, handsome, successful, wealthy. You could say I'm a role model – I'm the American dream!

For though the camomile, the more it is trodden on the faster it grows, yet youth, the more it is wasted, the sooner it wears.