Takeoff Quotes by Norman Ralph Augustine

Regulations grow at the same rate as weeds.

— Norman Ralph Augustine

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

— Norman Ralph Augustine

Law Number XXXIX: Never promise to complete any project within six months of the end of the year, in either direction.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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

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

The most unsuccessful three years in the education of cost estimators appears to be fifth-grade arithmetic.

— Norman Ralph Augustine

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

— 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

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

— Norman Ralph Augustine

Law Number XXVIII: It is better to be the reorganizer than the reorganizee.

— Norman Ralph Augustine

If you can afford to advertise, you don't need to.

— Norman Ralph Augustine

For every scientific (or engineering) action, there is an equal and opposite social reaction.

— Norman Ralph Augustine

A billion saved is a billion earned.

— Norman Ralph Augustine