Any task can be completed in only one-third more time than is currently estimated. – Norman Ralph Augustine
If today was half as good as tomorrow is supposed to be, it would probably be twice as good as yesterday was. – Norman Ralph Augustine
One should expect that the expected can be prevented, but the unexpected should have been expected. – Norman Ralph Augustine
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
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
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
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
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
One of the most feared expressions in modern times is ‘The computer is down.’ – Norman Ralph Augustine
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
By the time of the United States Tricentennial, there will be more government workers than there are workers. – Norman Ralph Augustine
If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice. – Norman Ralph Augustine
All too many consultants, when asked, ‘What is 2 and 2?’ respond, ‘What do you have in mind?’ – Norman Ralph Augustine
If today were half as good as tomorrow is supposed to be, it would probably be twice as good as yesterday was. – Norman Ralph Augustine
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
