The first myth of management is that it exists. Johnson’s Corollary: Nobody really knows what is going on anywhere within the organization.

Those who live closest arrive latest.

In a three-story building served by one elevator, nine times out of ten the elevator car will be on a floor where you are not.

A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.

You never know who’s right, but you always know who’s in charge.