Norman Ralph Augustine Quotes

It costs a lot to build bad products.
Norman Ralph Augustine

Bad, Build, Costs

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

High, Achieve, Ten

It's easy to get a loan unless you need it.
Norman Ralph Augustine

Easy, Unless, Loan

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

Start, Off, Projects

One cannot legislate problems out of existence. It has been tried.
Norman Ralph Augustine

Cannot, Problems, Tried

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

Money, May, Try

Rank does not intimidate hardware. Neither does the lack of rank.
Norman Ralph Augustine

Neither, Lack, Rank

Regulations grow at the same rate as weeds.
Norman Ralph Augustine

Same, Grow, Weeds

Simple systems are not feasible because they require infinite testing.
Norman Ralph Augustine

Simple, Infinite, Systems

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

Nothing, Law, Difficult

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

Money, Best, True

The more one produces, the less one gets.
Norman Ralph Augustine

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

Give, Order, Greater

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

Successful, Two, United

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

Earth, Water, Third

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Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: July 27, 1935

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