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> [The more time you spend talking about what you have been doing, the less time you have to do what you have been talking about. Eventually, you spend more and more time talking about less and less until finally you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-ralph-augustine/the-more-time-you-spend-talking-about-what-you-have-been-doing-the/)

[Norman Ralph Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-ralph-augustine/)

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## More by Norman Ralph Augustine

> [Regulations grow at the same rate as weeds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-ralph-augustine/regulations-grow-at-the-same-rate-as-weeds/)

[Norman Ralph Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-ralph-augustine/)

> [By the time of the United States Tricentennial, there will be more government workers than there are workers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-ralph-augustine/by-the-time-of-the-united-states-tricentennial-there-will-be-more/)

[Norman Ralph Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-ralph-augustine/)

> [Law Number XXXIX: Never promise to complete any project within six months of the end of the year, in either direction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-ralph-augustine/law-number-xxxix-never-promise-to-complete-any-project-within-six/)

[Norman Ralph Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-ralph-augustine/)

> [Law Number XIV: After the year 2015, there will be no airplane crashes. There will be no takeoffs either, because electronics will occupy 100…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-ralph-augustine/law-number-xiv-after-the-year-2015-there-will-be-no-airplane-crashes/)

[Norman Ralph Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-ralph-augustine/if-the-earth-could-be-made-to-rotate-twice-as-fast-managers-would-get/)

[Norman Ralph Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-ralph-augustine/people-working-in-the-private-sector-should-try-to-save-money-there/)

[Norman Ralph Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-ralph-augustine/software-is-like-entropy-it-is-difficult-to-grasp-weighs-nothing-and/)

[Norman Ralph Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-ralph-augustine/)

> [The most unsuccessful three years in the education of cost estimators appears to be fifth-grade arithmetic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-ralph-augustine/the-most-unsuccessful-three-years-in-the-education-of-cost-estimators/)

[Norman Ralph Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-ralph-augustine/)

> [Rank does not intimidate hardware. Neither does the lack of rank.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-ralph-augustine/rank-does-not-intimidate-hardware-neither-does-the-lack-of-rank/)

[Norman Ralph Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-ralph-augustine/by-the-time-the-people-asking-the-questions-are-ready-for-the-answers/)

[Norman Ralph Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-ralph-augustine/)

> [All too many consultants, when asked, 'What is 2 and 2?' respond, 'What do you have in mind?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-ralph-augustine/all-too-many-consultants-when-asked-what-is-2-and-2-respond-what-do/)

[Norman Ralph Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-ralph-augustine/)

> [Law Number XXVIII: It is better to be the reorganizer than the reorganizee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-ralph-augustine/law-number-xxviii-it-is-better-to-be-the-reorganizer-than-the/)

[Norman Ralph Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-ralph-augustine/)

> [If you can afford to advertise, you don't need to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-ralph-augustine/if-you-can-afford-to-advertise-you-don-t-need-to/)

[Norman Ralph Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-ralph-augustine/)

> [For every scientific (or engineering) action, there is an equal and opposite social reaction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-ralph-augustine/for-every-scientific-or-engineering-action-there-is-an-equal-and/)

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> [A billion saved is a billion earned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-ralph-augustine/a-billion-saved-is-a-billion-earned/)

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