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Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
Norman Ralph Augustine
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Norman Ralph Augustine
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: July 27
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More quotes by Norman Ralph Augustine
Too often technology is perceived as the problem rather than the solution as something to be avoided rather than embraced. This is about as logical as my daughter's observing, while our family was driving through an unfamiliar city, Trying to read a map while driving causes all the traffic lights to turn green.
Norman Ralph Augustine
We believe in the wisdom once expressed by the hockey star Wayne Gretzky, who explained his success by saying, 'I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.'
Norman Ralph Augustine
One cannot legislate problems out of existence. It has been tried.
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
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
It costs a lot to build bad products
Norman Ralph Augustine
The more one produces, the less one gets.
Norman Ralph Augustine
For every scientific (or engineering) action, there is an equal and opposite social reaction.
Norman Ralph Augustine
Simply stated, it is sagacious to eschew obfuscation.
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 V: One-tenth of the participants produce over one-third of the output. Increasing the number of participants merely reduces the average output.
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
Hardware works best when it matters the least.
Norman Ralph Augustine
A billion saved is a billion earned.
Norman Ralph Augustine
Law Number XXXII: Hiring consultants to conduct studies can be an excellent means of turning problems into gold, your problems into their gold.
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 recent government publication on the marketing of cabbage contains, according to one report, 26,941 words. It is noteworthy in this regard that the Gettysburg Address contains a mere 279 words while the Lord's Prayer comprises but 67.
Norman Ralph Augustine
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
It's easy to get a loan unless you need it.
Norman Ralph Augustine
