Robert K. Cooper Quotes

Resting On What's Considered Great Has Always Been A Recipe For Decline. I Remember Touring Rome With A Guide Who Pointed Out One Marvelous Achievement After Another Of The First Roman Emperor, Augustus. Augustus Was Said To Have Inherited A City Of Brick And Left A City Of Marble, With Twelve Entrances On Twelve Hills. He Built Nearly A Thousand Glorious New Structures - Bridges, Buildings, Monuments, And Aqueducts. As We Marveled At The Remnants Of Augustus's Grand Designs, Our Guide Exclaimed With Pride That This Era Marked The Pinnacle Of Rome's Greatness.
What Came Next?' I Asked.
After An Awkward Silence, The Guide Said, 'Slow Ruin.

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