Quotes by Norman Ralph Augustine

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Regulations grow at the same rate as weeds.

Norman Ralph Augustine

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.

Norman Ralph Augustine

Rank does not intimidate hardware. Neither does the lack of rank.

Norman Ralph Augustine

There are many highly successful businesses in the United States. There are also many highly paid executives. The policy is not to intermingle the two.

Norman Ralph Augustine

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.

Norman Ralph Augustine

A billion saved is a billion earned.

Norman Ralph Augustine

A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an artist.

Norman Ralph Augustine

Decreased business base increases overhead. So does increased business base.

Norman Ralph Augustine

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.

Norman Ralph Augustine

By the time of the United States Tricentennial, there will be more government workers than there are workers.

Norman Ralph Augustine

One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'

Norman Ralph Augustine

If today was half as good as tomorrow is supposed to be, it would probably be twice as good as yesterday was.

Norman Ralph Augustine

If today were half as good as tomorrow is supposed to be, it would probably be twice as good as yesterday was.

Norman Ralph Augustine

Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread.

Norman Ralph Augustine

People do not win people fights. Lawyers do.

Norman Ralph Augustine

By the time the people asking the questions are ready for the answers, the people doing the work have lost track of the questions.

Norman Ralph Augustine

Any task can be completed in only one-third more time than is currently estimated.

Norman Ralph Augustine

People working in the private sector should try to save money. There remains the possibility that it may someday be valuable again.

Norman Ralph Augustine

Bulls do not win bull fights. People do.

Norman Ralph Augustine

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.

Norman Ralph Augustine