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There are no lazy veteran lion hunters.

Norman Ralph Augustine

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Norman Ralph Augustine
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: July 27
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Denver
Colorado
Norman R. Augustine
Norman Augustine
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For every scientific (or engineering) action, there is an equal and opposite social reaction.
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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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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.
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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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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 spend all of your time talking about nothing.
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If you can afford to advertise, you don't need to.
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Law Number XVI: In the year 2054, the entire defense budget will purchase just one aircraft. This aircraft will have to be shared by the Air Force and Navy 3-1/2 days each per week except for leap year, when it will be made available to the Marines for the extra day.
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If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
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One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'
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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.
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Law Number XIV: After the year 2015, there will be no airplane crashes. There will be no takeoffs either, because electronics will occupy 100 percent of every airplane's weight.
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The most unsuccessful three years in the education of cost estimators appears to be fifth-grade arithmetic.
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People do not win people fights. Lawyers do.
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Law Number XXIX: Executives who do not produce successful results hold on to their jobs only about five years. Those who produce effective results hang on about half a decade.
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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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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.'
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If today were half as good as tomorrow is supposed to be, it would probably be twice as good as yesterday was.
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Law Number IX: Acronyms and abbreviations should be used to the maximum extent possible to make trivial ideas profound ... Q.E.D.
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