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Regulations grow at the same rate as weeds.

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Norman Ralph Augustine
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: July 27
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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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Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
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Hardware works best when it matters the least.
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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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One should expect that the expected can be prevented, but the unexpected should have been expected.
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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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There are no lazy veteran lion hunters.
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The more one produces, the less one gets.
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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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One cannot legislate problems out of existence. It has been tried.
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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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By the time the people asking the questions are ready for the answers, the people doing the work have lost track of the questions.
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A billion saved is a billion earned.
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Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water. The other third is covered with auditors from headquarters.
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If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
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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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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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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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All too many consultants, when asked, 'What is 2 and 2?' respond, 'What do you have in mind?'
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