Law Number XV: The last 10 percent of performance generates one-third of the cost and two-thirds of the problems..

Hardware works best when it matters the least..

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent..

The process of competitively selecting contractors to perform work is based on a system of rewards and penalties, all distributed randomly..

Most projects start out slowly - and then sort of taper off..

All too many consultants, when asked, 'What is 2 and 2?' respond, 'What do you have in mind?'.

There are many highly successful businesses in the United States. There are also many highly paid executives. The policy is not to intermingle the tw….

Regulations grow at the same rate as weeds..

The early bird gets the worm. The early worm... gets eaten..

Law Number XXVIII: It is better to be the reorganizer than the reorganizee..

Decreased business base increases overhead. So does increased business base..

It costs a lot to build bad products.

Law Number XXXIX: Never promise to complete any project within six months of the end of the year, in either direction..

The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the data authent….

If today were half as good as tomorrow is supposed to be, it would probably be twice as good as yesterday was..

By the time the people asking the questions are ready for the answers, the people doing the work have lost track of the questions..

Rank does not intimidate hardware. Neither does the lack of rank..

Law Number XXIV: The only thing more costly than stretching the schedule of an established project is accelerating it, which is itself the most costl….

Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread..

A recent government publication on the marketing of cabbage contains, according to one report, 26,941 words. It is noteworthy in this regard that the….

People do not win people fights. Lawyers do..