"It is a book for manufacturing companies that are fighting desperately for survival and that will go to any length to improve their factories and overcome the obstacles to success. One could even call this book a 'bible' for corporate survival."

“Bill Knott's poems are . . . rhetorical fluff . . . and fake.”

“Your desire for perfection is the cause of anger. Leave room for imperfection. Perfection in action is almost impossible.”

“Feather by feather the goose is plucked.”

Source : John Ray, John Belfour (1813). “A complete collection of English proverbs: also, the most celebrated proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish, and other languages”, p.134

“All history is just one man trying to take something away from another man, and usually it doesn't really belong to either of them.”

Source : Andrew Davidson (2008). “The Gargoyle”, p.237, Canongate Books

“A self made man is a rarity and hated by the parasites that floated to fame thought their parents, relatives and contacts.”

“Most discoveries even today are a combination of serendipity and of searching.”

“Christ took your cup of grief, your cup of the curse, pressed it to his lips, drank it to its dregs, then filled it with his sweet, pardoning, sympathizing love, and gave it back for you to drink, and to drink forever!”

“The areas off the greens are masterpieces. I don't think there's anything like it in North America.”