Competition is man's driving force — Men do not desire merely to be rich, but to be richer than other men.

Competition is for losers — all failed companies are the same: they failed to escape competition.

Competition is sure to bring out the best in products and the worst in people.

Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs.

A Deadline is essential to fulfilling goals — a goal without a deadline is just a dream.

The Deadline is the terrible anvil on which one forges one's style.

The Deadline is best loved for the wooshing noise it makes as it goes by.

The Deadline is motivating — a deadline has a wonderful way of concentrating the mind.

Emergency is an oft-exaggerated word — Had there been an actual emergency, you would no longer be here.

Emergency is the wise man's opportunity and the fool's Waterloo.

Emergency is a condition of things requiring one to think like a millstream, look like an idiot and act like an earthquake.

An Emergency alters the situation.