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

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

Time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee ... I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the power for what I must do now.

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

Simply put: love does.

I would love to collect art at some point, but I think the whole rap/art world thing is getting kind of corny.

A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.

Action that is clearly right needs no justification.

First, you have to be visible in the community. You have to get out there and connect with people. It's not called net-sitting or net-eating. It's called networking. You have to work at it.

All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are very personal.

Do we have to stare death in the face to make us stand up and confront Resistance?

Were still gonna do those things not because weve got nothing to lose.. were still gonna do them because.. WERE RICH BIATCH!!