All New Ideas Begin In A Non-conforming

The Tools Of The Academic Designer Are A Piece Of Paper And A Pencil With An Eraser. If A Mistake Is Made, It Can Always Be Erased And Changed. If The Practical-reactor Designer Errs, He Wears The Mistake Around His Neck; It Cannot Be Erased. Everyone Sees It.

Those Involved With Practical Reactors, Humbled By Their Experiences, Speak Less And Worry More.

A System Under Which It Takes Three Men To Check What One Is Doing Is Not Control; It Is Systematic Strangulation.

How The Hell Are You Supposed To Know What God Wants You To Do With Your Life, Eh?

When Doing A Job — Any Job — One Must Feel That He Owns It, And Act As Though He Will Remain In That Job Forever.