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The man in charge must concern himself with details. If he does not consider them important, neither will his subordinates.
— Hyman Rickover
A system under which it takes three men to check what one is doing is not control; it is systematic strangulation.
— Hyman Rickover
It is a human inclination to hope things will work out, despite evidence or doubt to the contrary. A successful manager must resist this temptation.
— Hyman Rickover
Any one detail, followed through to its source, will usually reveal the general state of readiness of the whole organization.
— Hyman Rickover
A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others.
— Francois De La Rochefoucauld
The Devil is in the details, but so is salvation.
— Hyman G. Rickover
Half-truths are like half a brick - they can be thrown farther.
— Hyman Rickover
Free discussion requires an atmosphere unembarrassed by any suggestion of authority or even respect.
— Hyman Rickover
I've worn some particularly baggy jeans and cowboys boot combinations after coming back from Austin, Texas. This was ill-advised.
— Jamie Cullum
The longing to be holy makes us weep, and we trust tears since they are made of water and come from our body, a double blessing.
— Deborah Keenan
They all have excellent resumes ... So what I'm trying to find out is how they will behave under pressure.
— Hyman G. Rickover
When doing a job - any job - one must feel that he owns it, and act as though he will remain in that job forever.
— Hyman G. Rickover
Know that love is yours, you will not go bankrupt by sharing it.
— E'yen A. Gardner
A child is being properly educated only when he is learning to become independent of his parents.
— Hyman Rickover
She thought that Fontley had suffered as much from a negligent mistress as from an improvident master.
— Georgette Heyer
The job has not been done to Admiral Hyman Rickover's specifications. He admonished, "Nature is not as forgiving as Christ.
— Bernd Heinrich
Optimism and stupidity are nearly synonymous.
— Hyman G. Rickover
Success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches.
— Hyman G. Rickover
I have a son. I love my son. I want everything that I do to be so safe that I would be happy to have my son operating it. That's my fundamental rule.
— Hyman Rickover
All new ideas begin in a non-conforming mind that questions some tenet of the conventional wisdom.
— Hyman Rickover
Trying to make things work in government is sometimes like trying to sew a button on a custard pie.
— Hyman Rickover
If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't.
— Hyman G. Rickover
Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.
— Hyman Rickover
I have the charisma of the chipmunk. I never have thought I was smart. I thought the people I dealt with were dumb.
— Hyman George Rickover