Tom Collins > Tom's Quotes

“In any bureaucracy, the people devoted to the benefit of the bureaucracy itself always get in control, and those dedicated to the goals the bureaucracy is supposed to accomplish have less and less influence, and sometimes are eliminated entirely.[Pournelle's law of Bureaucracy]”
― Jerry Pournelle

“Excellence must be achieved through the eyes of those who judge us; once achieved it can only be maintained with constant innovation.”
― Tom Collins