American - Author | July 27, 1935 -
The optimum committee has no members.
Norman Ralph Augustine
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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.
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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.
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Rank does not intimidate hardware. Neither does the lack of rank.
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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.
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Simple systems are not feasible because they require infinite testing.
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Hardware works best when it matters the least.
BestMattersHardwareLeastWorks
A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an artist.
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Any task can be completed in only one-third more time than is currently estimated.
TimeMoreTaskOnlyThanAny
Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread.
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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.
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If today were half as good as tomorrow is supposed to be, it would probably be twice as good as yesterday was.
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