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Grace Brewster Murray Hopper (née Murray; December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral. One of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, she was a pioneer of computer programming who invented one of the first compiler related tools. She popularized the idea of machine-independent programming languages, which led to the development of COBOL, an early high-level programming language still in use today.

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Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew.

Down, Leadership, Loyalty, Street, Two

I had a running compiler and nobody would touch it. They told me computers could only do arithmetic.

Arithmetic, Computer, Computers, Nobody, Running, Touch

It's easier to apologize than ask for permission.

Apologize, Apologizing, Apology, Ask, Easier

The glass is neither half empty nor half full. It's simply larger than it needs to be. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission

Forgiveness, Glass, Glasses, Half, Needs

I'm totally against women in combat, because we live in a culture and a society that imposes on every man the concept of women and children first. . . If you had a man and a woman trying to go through some dangerous woods, the man's instinct would be to protect the woman. Therefore you weaken the man.

Children, Combat, Instinct, Men, Sex, Woman

It's always easier to apologize for something you've already done than to get approval for it in advance.

Already, Approval, Business, Done, Easier

Manage things. Lead people.

Lead, Manage, People, Things

If you do something once, people will call it an accident. If you do it twice, they call it a coincidence. But do it a third time and you've just proven a natural law!

Coincidence, Law, People, Twice, Workout

One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.

Expert, Experts, Measurement, Opinions, Women, Worth

We've tended to forget that no computer will ever ask a new question.

Computer, Forget, Technology, Tended

We're just getting started. We're just beginning to meet what will be the future-we've got the Model T.

Beginning, Change, Getting Started, Meet, Model, Model T

If one ox could not do the job they did not try to grow a bigger ox, but used two oxen. When we need greater computer power, the answer is not to get a bigger computer, but. . . to build systems of computers and operate them in parallel.

Build, Computers, Jobs, Operate, Oxen, Two

I've always been more interested in the future than in the past

Future, Interested, Past

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

Built, Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Safe, Ships

I am now going to make you a gift that will stay with you the rest of your life. For the rest of your life, every time you say, "We've always done it that way," my ghost will appear and haunt you for twenty-four hours.

Done, Life, Rest, Stay, Time, Twenties

If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologise than it is to get permission.

Ahead, Apology, Business, Easier, Ideas, Permission

It is easier to apologize than to get permission.

Apologize, Apologizing, Easier, Permission

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership.

Lead, Leadership, Management, Overboard, People, Things

No computer is ever going to ask a new, reasonable question. It takes trained people to do that.

Ask, Computer, People, Reasonable, Takes

Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way. ' I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise.

Change, Education, Humans, Running, Runs, Say

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