Hyman G. Rickover Quotes on Consequences
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The tools of the academic designer are a piece of paper and a pencil with an eraser. If a mistake is made, it can always be erased and changed. If the practical-reactor designer errs, he wears the mistake around his neck; it cannot be erased. Everyone sees it.
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It is said that a wise man who stands firm is a statesman, and a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
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Nature is not as forgiving as Christ.