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• Never say "The White House wants"- buildings don't "want." -- Donald Rumsfeld
• If you try to please everybody, somebody is not going to like it. -- Donald Rumsfeld
• The only promotion rules I can think of are that a sense of shame is to be avoided at all costs and there is never any reason for a hustler to be less cunning than more virtuous men.
  Oh yes ... whenever you think you've got something really great, add ten per cent more....
• Don't speak ill of your predecessors (or successors) - you did not walk in their shoes.
  -- Donald Rumsfeld...
• With the press, it is safest to assume that there is no "off the record." -- Donald Rumsfeld
• You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about ten to the twelfth to one.
  -- E. Rutherford...
• I have two rules about smoking. The first is that I never smoke while I'm sleeping.
  The second is that I never smoke more than one cigar at a time. -- Mark Twai...
• Keep your sense of humor about your position. -- Donald Rumsfeld
• Never use a tool that's more intelligent than you are.