Norman Ralph Augustine Quotes

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Norman Ralph Augustine

Profession : Author

Birth : July 27, 1935

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.

Norman Ralph Augustine

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

Norman Ralph Augustine

A hungry dog hunts best. A hungrier dog hunts even better.

Norman Ralph Augustine

If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.

Norman Ralph Augustine

Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water. The other third is covered with auditors from headquarters.

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

Bulls do not win bull fights. People do.

Norman Ralph Augustine

Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases.

Norman Ralph Augustine

Regulations grow at the same rate as weeds.

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

Simple systems are not feasible because they require infinite testing.

Norman Ralph Augustine

It costs a lot to build bad products.

Norman Ralph Augustine

There are no lazy veteran lion hunters.

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

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

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

Norman Ralph Augustine

All too many consultants, when asked, 'What is 2 and 2?' respond, 'What do you have in mind?'

Norman Ralph Augustine

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

Norman Ralph Augustine

Hardware works best when it matters the least.

Norman Ralph Augustine

Although most products will soon be too costly to purchase, there will be a thriving market in the sale of books on how to fix them.

Norman Ralph Augustine