"The lower the rank of managers, the more they know about fewer things. The higher the rank of managers, the less they know about many things."

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Source : Russell L. Ackoff (2006). “A Little Book of F-Laws”, p.2, Triarchy Press Limited

Russell L. Ackoff

“Ron Hubbard was trying to get people out of their body with his HCA courses, but frankly, he was failing badly. When I was a staff member, occasions came up that I was asked to help some member of the graduating class to get a reality on out-of-body experiences...Hubbard would never acknowledge this ability of mine, and after leaving him I did a lot of experimenting.”
“In the 70s, GEORGE CLINTON and PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC and EARTH WIND & FIRE, we were very serious about our music and who we were trying to touch. I think that's why the music of the 70s has not died - because it has a rejuvenating quality to it.”
“Short putts are missed because it is not physically possible to make the little ball travel over uncertain ground for three or four feet with any degree of regularity.”
“Love means attention, which means looking after the things we love. We call this stable management.”
“If I can make people smile, then I have served my purpose for God.”
“The only thing missing from your life is what you're failing to bring to it.”
“The woman is constantly aware for nine months that her body is not wholly her own: the state has conscripted her body for its own ends. Thus, abortion restrictions 'reduce pregnant women to no more than fetal containers.'”
“I had a big background in listening to classical music and I started trying to compose, like I was playing the guitar but I heard an orchestra in my head.”

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