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Norman Ralph Augustine Biography

Norman Ralph Augustine (born July 27, 1935) is a U.S. aerospace businessman who served as United States Under Secretary of the Army from 1975 to 1977. Augustine served as chairman of the Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee.

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One should expect that the expected can be prevented, but the unexpected should have been expected.

Expect, Expected, Literature, Prevented, Should Have, Unexpected

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

Government, States, Time, United, United States, Workers

Soloist are inspiring in Opera and perhaps even in small entreprenurial ventures, but there is no place for them in large corporations.

Corporations, Entreprenurial, Opera, Teamwork, Venture

Law Number XXXIX: Never promise to complete any project within six months of the end of the year, in either direction.

Law, Number, Numbers, Promise, Year, Years

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

Completed, Estimated, Literature, More Time, Tasks, Time

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.

Address, Marketing, Men, Mere, Prayer

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

Asked, Consultants, Euthanasia, Mind, Respond

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.

Chance, Layers, Literature, Management, Numbers, Top

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.

Data, Giving, Greater, Order, Precision, Quoted

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.

Aggravation, Cost, Degradation, High, Ten, Uncommon

People working in the private sector should try to save money. There remains the possibility that it may someday be valuable again.

Literature, Money, People, Remains, Someday, Trying

If today were half as good as tomorrow is supposed to be, it would probably be twice as good as yesterday was.

Yesterday, Half, Today, Supposed, Tomorrow

The optimum committee has no members.

Committee, Committees, Inspiration, Members, Optimum

Law Number XXXII: Hiring consultants to conduct studies can be an excellent means of turning problems into gold, your problems into their gold.

Conduct, Gold, Hiring, Law, Mean, Numbers

Simple systems are not feasible because they require infinite testing.

Simple, Infinite, Testing, Systems, Require

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

Bird, Eaten, Gets, Inspiration, Worm, Worms

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

Artist, Athlete, Schedule, Schedules, Season

People do not win people fights. Lawyers do.

Fighting, Fights, People, Win, Winning

Law Number XXIX: Executives who do not produce successful results hold on to their jobs only about five years. Those who produce effective results hang on about half a decade.

Jobs, Law, Results, Successful, Years

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

Down, Expression, Expressions, Funny, Humor, Modern

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