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Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Motivational, Will, Always, Beat

All too many consultants, when asked, 'What is 2 and 2?' respond, 'What do you have in mind?'

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Mind, Consultants, Too, Asked

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.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Data, Give, Which, Weaker

The early bird gets the worm. The early worm... gets eaten.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Bird, Early Bird, Worm, Eaten

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

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Computers, Most, Times, Expressions

Rank does not intimidate hardware. Neither does the lack of rank.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Rank, Does, Neither, Intimidate

Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Fools, Where, Rush, Tread

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

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Surface, Other, Two-Thirds, Headquarters

Bulls do not win bull fights. People do.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Sports, Win, Fights, Bulls

It is very expensive to achieve high unreliability. It is not uncommon to increase the cost of an item by a factor of ten for each factor of ten degradation accomplished.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Cost, Very, Item, Factor

Most projects start out slowly - and then sort of taper off.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Start, Most, Projects, Taper

There are many highly successful businesses in the United States. There are also many highly paid executives. The policy is not to intermingle the two.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

United States, Executives, Businesses

Decreased business base increases overhead. So does increased business base.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Increases, Increased, Base

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

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Task, One-Third, Currently, Completed

A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an artist.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

New, Schedule, Canvas, Season

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

Private, May, Private Sector, Possibility

If the Earth could be made to rotate twice as fast, managers would get twice as much done. If the Earth could be made to rotate twenty times as fast, everyone else would get twice as much done since all the managers would fly off.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Could, Rotate, Everyone Else, Managers

If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster is not left to chance.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Chance, Other, Each, Assured

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.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Will, Purchase, Thriving, Costly

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

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Stock Market, Expert, Market, Stock

The more one produces, the less one gets.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

More, Less, Gets, Produces

Regulations grow at the same rate as weeds.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Grow, Same, Rate, Regulations

The optimum committee has no members.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Committee, Optimum, Members

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.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Best, Silk, Best Way, Sow

Simple systems are not feasible because they require infinite testing.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Testing, Infinite, Systems, Feasible

There are no lazy veteran lion hunters.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Lazy, Hunters, Veteran, Lion

Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Law, Software, Always, Entropy

A hungry dog hunts best. A hungrier dog hunts even better.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

Pet, Better, Hungry, Hungrier

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

- Norman Ralph Augustine

United States, By The Time, Workers

If you can afford to advertise, you don't need to.

- Norman Ralph Augustine

You, Need, Afford, Advertise

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