Most projects start out slowly - and then sort of taper off. — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
A hungry dog hunts best. A hungrier dog hunts even better. — Norman Ralph Augustine Animal Copy Share Image
Simply stated, it is sagacious to eschew obfuscation. — Norman Ralph Augustine Inspirational Copy Share Image
Simple systems are not feasible because they require infinite testing. — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
Law Number IX: Acronyms and abbreviations should be used to the maximum extent possible to make trivial ideas profound ... Q.E.D. — Norman Ralph Augustine Abbreviations Copy Share Image
One should expect that the expected can be prevented, but the unexpected should have been expected. — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
Law Number XXXIX: Never promise to complete any project within six months of the end of the year, in either direction. — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.' — Norman Ralph Augustine Computer Copy Share Image
Soloist are inspiring in Opera and perhaps even in small entreprenurial ventures, but there is no place for them in large corporations. — Norman Ralph Augustine Corporations Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Decreased business base increases overhead. So does increased business base. — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
Law Number XIV: After the year 2015, there will be no airplane crashes. There will be no takeoffs either, because electronics will… — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
Law Number L: The average regulation has a life span one-fifth as long as a chimpanzee's and one-tenth as long as a… — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
It is very expensive to achieve high unreliability. It is not uncommon to increase the cost of an item by a factor… — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
Law Number XLIV: Aircraft flight in the 21st century will always be in a westerly direction, preferably supersonic, crossing time zones to… — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
Only by providing leading-edge human capital and knowledge capital can American continue to maintain a high standard of living, including providing national… — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
Law Number V: One-tenth of the participants produce over one-third of the output. Increasing the number of participants merely reduces the average… — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
A recent government publication on the marketing of cabbage contains, according to one report, 26,941 words. It is noteworthy in this regard… — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
If the Earth could be made to rotate twice as fast, managers would get twice as much done. If the Earth could… — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
Law Number XXXVI: The thickness of the proposal required to win a multimillion dollar contract is about one millimeter per million dollars.… — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
Too often technology is perceived as the problem rather than the solution; as something to be avoided rather than embraced. This is… — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
The early bird gets the worm. The early worm... gets eaten. — Norman Ralph Augustine Bird Copy Share Image
One cannot legislate problems out of existence. It has been tried. — Norman Ralph Augustine Existence Copy Share Image
Rank does not intimidate hardware. Neither does the lack of rank. — Norman Ralph Augustine Computers Copy Share Image
By the time the people asking the questions are ready for the answers, the people doing the work have lost track of… — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
Law Number XXVIII: It is better to be the reorganizer than the reorganizee. — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image