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The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the data authenticity.
Norman Ralph Augustine
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Norman Ralph Augustine
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: July 27
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Norman R. Augustine
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Law Number XXXIX: Never promise to complete any project within six months of the end of the year, in either direction.
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Regulations grow at the same rate as weeds.
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Law Number XXXII: Hiring consultants to conduct studies can be an excellent means of turning problems into gold, your problems into their gold.
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One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'
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People working in the private sector should try to save money. There remains the possibility that it may someday be valuable again.
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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.
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All too many consultants, when asked, 'What is 2 and 2?' respond, 'What do you have in mind?'
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Law Number XV: The last 10 percent of performance generates one-third of the cost and two-thirds of the problems.
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Hardware works best when it matters the least.
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