There is, then, a logical priority about the arrangements, and logic has nothing to do with time.

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.

I couldn’t quite believe how much I seriously loved Aled Last, even if it wasn’t in the ideal way that would make it socially acceptable for us to live together until we die.

We are all lost souls until we are found.

Calling people

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

Faculty Meetings are held whenever the need to show off is combined with the imperative of accomplishing nothing.

I am obsessed with the whole Victoriana thing, the whole Jack the Ripper London era, the grayness of it, the haunted feeling of it, all ancient and bloody.

When did it become something of shame or ridicule to be a self-made man in America?

I don't want to be wondering about how skinny I am, wondering what I'm going to eat because I don't want to gain and I want to look hot and young, always and forever.

I'm basically talking to the audience, standing alone, describing the weather. It's very rudimentary, the dialogue, saying what the weather is like that day.

Any time you do physical stuff, violence, it is controlled. It's a little bit like you block the move.