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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
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Norman Ralph Augustine
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: July 27
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A billion saved is a billion earned.
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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 XV: The last 10 percent of performance generates one-third of the cost and two-thirds of the problems.
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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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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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Regulations grow at the same rate as weeds.
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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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It costs a lot to build bad products
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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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By the time of the United States Tricentennial, there will be more government workers than there are workers.
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If you can afford to advertise, you don't need to.
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It's easy to get a loan unless you need it.
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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 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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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.
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For every scientific (or engineering) action, there is an equal and opposite social reaction.
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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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