Conway's law

"Any organization that designs a system, will produce a design
whose structure is a copy of the organization's communication structure."

Jimmy's law

"A broken, dysfunctional organization, driven by meeting unhealthy goals and metrics
will produce broken, dysfunctional systems, even if the developers in that organization are good."

Kosh (Babylon 5)

"The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote."