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• Inventing is easy for staff outfits. Stating a problem is much harder.
  Instead of stating problems, people like to pass out half-accurate statements together with half-available solutions which they can't finish and which they want you to finish....
• Brevity and superficiality are often concomitants. -- Amrom Katz
• Where are the calculations that go with the calculated risk? -- Amrom Katz
• People in groups tend to agree on courses of action which as individuals, they know are stupid.
• I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake--which I also keep handy.
  -- W. C. Field...
• Most organizations can't hold one idea at a time...
  Thus complementary ideas are always regarded as competitive....
• Try to find out who's doing the work, not who's writing about it, controlling it, or summarizing it.
  -- Amrom Katz...
• Watch out for formal briefings, they often produce an avalanche.
  (Definition: A high-level snow job of massive and overwhelming proportions.) -- Amrom Katz...
• ALWAYS tell the truth - Unless something better is handy.