Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.
It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community.
War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
I loved Adam Sandler's early stuff. I thought it was so cool how irreverent and weird he would get.
The nations of the West hope that by means of steam communication all the world will become as one family.
The mob's not coming back in the Teamsters Union. We've gotten rid of them, and we're free to be free of government supervision.
Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
Free enterprise, individual opportunity, limited government. They made America great; only they can keep America strong.
I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government.
Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit the size of their government.
The bottom line is that the human body is complex and subtle, and oversimplifying - as common sense sometimes impels us to do - can be hazardous to your health.
Curious patients are more receptive to new ideas, and those who engage their health practitioners in a dialogue are much more likely to adhere to these recommendations.
If a severe pandemic materializes, all of society could pay a heavy price for decades of failing to create a rational system of health care that works for all of us.
It's not just the right-wing crazies who oppose health reform. In addition, there are many sane Americans who worry about committing a trillion dollars to it.
In economic terms, health care is a highly successful industry - profitable, growing, and virtually recession-proof - but it's a massive burden on the rest of the economy.
It's quite nice to have a place to leave things. You can be a permanent gypsy, but it's nice to go home.
My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds.
Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
I'm a firm believer that no matter how small an object is, you can find interesting things out about it and its history.
I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player.
