Hyman Rickover

If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't.

Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.

In Greek mythology Antaeus was a giant who was strong as long as he had contact with the earth. When he was lifted from the earth he lost strength. So it is with engineers. They must not become isolated from the real world...

If you're going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy; God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't.