Daniel Burnham Quotations

Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized.

Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.

It was Chicago with its World's Fair which vivified the national desire for civic beauty.

Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die.

Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.

Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood.... Make big plans... aim high in hope and work.

Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably will themselves not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die.

Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably will not themselves be realized.

The only way to handle big business is to delegate, delegate, delegate.

A noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die.

Scuttle no small plans. They have no magic to stir single issue individuals into a group of people against everything.

Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood.

Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir one's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work; remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency.

While we are pleased with meeting our earnings targets for the quarter, we are even more pleased with the company's operating cash flow performance, with continuing operations $600 million ahead of plan for the first half of the year.

Our defense businesses are hitting on all cylinders, having consistently met or exceeded targets for revenue, cash and margin.