Norman Ralph Augustine Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“A billion saved is a billion earned.”

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