Hyman George Rickover Quotes

I have the charisma of the chipmunk. I never have thought I was smart. I thought the people I dealt with were dumb.

It is necessary for us to learn from others’ mistakes. You will not live long enough to make them all yourself.

If you're going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy, God will forgive you but the bureaucracy.

Uneducated citizens are potentially as dangerous to the proper functioning of our democratic institutions as are uneducated workers when they handle complicated machinery.

The Devil is in the details, but so is salvation.

Act as if you are going to live for ever and cast your plans way ahead. You must feel responsible without time limitations, and the consideration of whether you may or may not be around to see the results should never enter your thoughts.

Through concentrating on a specialty too early in life, a man becomes a kind of useful machine, but not a harmoniously developed personality. It is essential that the student acquire an understanding for, and a lively feeling for values. Otherwise, with his specialized knowledge, he more closely resembles a well-trained