| The first 90% of the project takes 90% of the time, and the last 10% takes the other 90%. |
| The more time you spend reporting on what you are doing, the less time you have to do anything. Stability is achieved when you spend all your time reporting on the nothing you are doing. |
| Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies. |
| In any organization there will always be one person who knows what is going on. This person must be fired. |