Norman R. Augustine Quotes

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Law Number II: 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 I: The best way to make a silk purse from a sow's ear is to begin with a silk sow. The same is true of money.

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One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'

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Law Number X: Bulls do not win bullfights; people do. People do not win people fights; lawyers do.

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Law Number XXII: If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.

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Law Number VI: A hungry dog hunts best. A hungrier dog hunts even better.

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Law Number XVII: Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the Second Law of Thermodynamics; i.e., it always increases.

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Law Number XLIII: Hardware works best when it matters the least.

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Law Number XLIX: Regulations grow at the same rate as weeds.

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Law Number XXI: It's easy to get a loan unless you need it.

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Law Number XIX: Although most products will soon be too costly to purchase, there will be a thriving market in the sale of books on how to fix them.

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Law Number XL: Most projects start out slowly, and then sort of taper off.

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Law Number LI: By the time of the United States Tricentennial, there will be more government workers than there are workers.

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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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Law Number XLVII: Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water. The other third is covered with auditors from headquarters.

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Law Number XXXV: 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 XXVII: Rank does not intimidate hardware. Neither does the lack of rank.

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Law Number VII: Decreased business base increases overhead. So does increased business base.

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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.

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Law Number IV: If you can afford to advertise, you don't need to.

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Law Number XXIII: Any task can be completed in only one-third more time than is currently estimated.

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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 XXXIV: The process of competitively selecting contractors to perform work is based on a system of rewards and penalties, all distributed randomly.

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Law Number XXIV: The only thing more costly than stretching the schedule of an established project is accelerating it, which is itself the most costly action known to man.

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Law Number XX: In any given year, Congress will appropriate the amount of funding approved the prior year plus three-fourths of whatever change the administration requests, minus 4-percent tax.

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