Or you or I must yield up his life to Ahrimanes. I would rather it were you. I should have no hesitation in sacrificing my own life to spare yours, but we take stock next week, and it would not be fair on the company.

In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence ... in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties ... Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their

The ideal voice for radio may be defined as showing no substance, no sex, no owner, and a message of importance for every housewife.

Words have a longer life than deeds.

XLI: The more one produces, the less one gets. XLII: Simple systems are not feasible because they require infinite testing. XLIII: Hardware works best when it matters the least. XLIV: Aircraft flight in the 21st century will always be in a we

[Maturity consists in the discovery that] there comes a critical moment where everything is reversed, after which the point becomes to understand more and more that there is something which cannot be understood.

What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

One good turn deserves another.

Time goes, you say? Ah no! Time stays, *we* go.

Woman is generally so bad that the difference between a good and a bad woman scarcely exists.

"You mean, if you allow the master to be uncivil, to treat you any old way he likes, and to insult your dignity, then he may deem you fit to hear his view of things?" "Quite the contrary. You must defend your integrity, assuming you have integrit

Our policy is, when in doubt, do the right thing.

It is through symbols that man consciously or unconsciously lives, works and has his being.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skill.

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

Please try to limit the amount of "this room doesn't have any bazingas" until you are told that those rooms are "punched out." Once punched out, we have a right to complain about atrocities, missing bazingas, and such.

It is sweet to let the mind unbend on occasion.

Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife - chopping off what's incomplete and saying: "Now it's complete because it's ended here."

The greatest productive force is human selfishness.

Knowledge is power.

A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.

The seven deadly sins ... Food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes, respectability and children. Nothing can lift those seven milestones from man's neck but money; and the spirit cannot soar until the milestones are lifted.

Two can Live as Cheaply as One for Half as Long.

Why be a man when you can be a success?

God help those who do not help themselves.

A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.

The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts.

Small is beautiful.

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

When a fellow says, "It ain't the money but the principle of the thing," it's the money.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

Destiny is a good thing to accept when it's going your way. When it isn't, don't call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.

Among all savage beasts, none is found so harmful as woman.

You get what you pay for.

The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.

To add insult to injury.

"The jig's up, Elman." "Which jig?"

The error of youth is to believe that intelligence is a substitute for experience, while the error of age is to believe experience is a substitute for intelligence.

Two heads are better than one.

He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news.

Well, we'll really have a party, but we've gotta post a guard outside.

Mental power tended to corrupt, and absolute intelligence tended to corrupt absolutely, until the victim eschewed violence entirely in favor of smart solutions to stupid problems.

It is the quality rather than the quantity that matters.

Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

Trust in Allah, but tie your camel.

He who fears the unknown may one day flee from his own backside.

You can't run away forever, But there's nothing wrong with getting a good head start.