Here, we’ve compiled a list of the best Norman Ralph Augustine Quotes. Let’s look at these pieces of wisdom. We definitely have something to learn from them!
1
Hardware works best when it matters the least.
2
Rank does not intimidate hardware. Neither does the lack of rank.
3
If today was half as good as tomorrow is supposed to be, it would probably be twice as good as yesterday was.
4
Most projects start out slowly – and then sort of taper off.
5
Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread.
6
People working in the private sector should try to save money. There remains the possibility that it may someday be valuable again.
7
The optimum committee has no members.
8
Regulations grow at the same rate as weeds.
9
Any task can be completed in only one-third more time than is currently estimated.
10
Decreased business base increases overhead. So does increased business base.
11
A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an artist.
12
People do not win people fights. Lawyers do.
13
The more one produces, the less one gets.
14
The early bird gets the worm. The early worm… gets eaten.
15
Two-thirds of the Earth’s surface is covered with water. The other third is covered with auditors from headquarters.
16
One cannot legislate problems out of existence. It has been tried.
17
There are no lazy veteran lion hunters.
18
If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster is not left to chance.
19
Simple systems are not feasible because they require infinite testing.
20
It is very expensive to achieve high unreliability. It is not uncommon to increase the cost of an item by a factor of ten for each factor of ten degradation accomplished.
21
If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
22
If today were half as good as tomorrow is supposed to be, it would probably be twice as good as yesterday was.
23
One of the most feared expressions in modern times is ‘The computer is down.’
24
Bulls do not win bull fights. People do.
25
If the Earth could be made to rotate twice as fast, managers would get twice as much done. If the Earth could be made to rotate twenty times as fast, everyone else would get twice as much done since all the managers would fly off.
