Norman Ralph Augustine
Norman Ralph Augustine
Norman Ralph Augustineis a U.S. aerospace businessman who served as Under Secretary of the Army from 1975 to 1977. Augustine served as chairman of the Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth27 July 1935
CountryUnited States of America
Norman Ralph Augustine quotes about
fitness motivation talent
Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
funny humor expression
One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'
should-have unexpected has-beens
One should expect that the expected can be prevented, but the unexpected should have been expected.
law ideas numbers
Law Number IX: Acronyms and abbreviations should be used to the maximum extent possible to make trivial ideas profound ... Q.E.D.
rewards penalties process
The process of competitively selecting contractors to perform work is based on a system of rewards and penalties, all distributed randomly.
law time-zones numbers
Law Number XLIV: Aircraft flight in the 21st century will always be in a westerly direction, preferably supersonic, crossing time zones to provide the additional hours needed to fix the broken electronics.
law numbers talking
Law Number XLVIII: The more time you spend talking about what you have been doing, the less time you have to spend doing what you have been talking about. Eventually, you spend more and more time talking about less and less until finally you spend all your time talking about nothing.
marine air years
Law Number XVI: In the year 2054, the entire defense budget will purchase just one aircraft. This aircraft will have to be shared by the Air Force and Navy 3-1/2 days each per week except for leap year, when it will be made available to the Marines for the extra day.
law numbers
Law Number XXVIII: It is better to be the reorganizer than the reorganizee.
law two numbers
Law Number XV: The last 10 percent of performance generates one-third of the cost and two-thirds of the problems.
government united-states workers
By the time of the United States Tricentennial, there will be more government workers than there are workers.
problem existence has-beens
One cannot legislate problems out of existence. It has been tried.
engineering opposites action
For every scientific (or engineering) action, there is an equal and opposite social reaction.
ears way purses
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.