Acheson's Rule of Bureaucracy: A memorandum is written not to
inform the reader but to protect the writer.

Acheson's Rule of Bureaucracy: A memorandum is written not to
inform the reader but to protect the writer.

Agnes Allen's Law: Almost anything is easier to get into than
out of.

Agnes Allen's Law: Almost anything is easier to get into than
out of.

A real person has two reasons for doing anything . . . a good
reason and the real reason.

A real person has two reasons for doing anything . . . a good
reason and the real reason.

Allen's Law: Almost anything is easier to get into than out of.

Allen's Law: Almost anything is easier to get into than out of.

A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until
the resulting unreliability becomes intolerable.

A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until
the resulting unreliability becomes intolerable.

Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you recognize a
mistake when you make it again.

Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you recognize a
mistake when you make it again.

A free agent is anything but.

A free agent is anything but.

A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.

A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.

Abbott's Admonitions: (1) If you have to ask, you're not
entitled to know. (2) If you don't like the read more

Abbott's Admonitions: (1) If you have to ask, you're not
entitled to know. (2) If you don't like the answer, you
shouldn't have asked the question.