Norman Ralph Augustine

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A billion saved is a billion earned.

Simple systems are not feasible because they require infinite testing.

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.

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.

A billion saved is a billion earned.

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

Simple systems are not feasible because they require infinite testing.

Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread.

The optimum committee has no members.

If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.

The optimum committee has no members.

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

By the time the people asking the questions are ready for the answers, the people doing the work have lost track of the questions.

All too many consultants, when asked, 'What is 2 and 2?' respond, 'What do you have in mind?'

Regulations grow at the same rate as weeds.

Hardware works best when it matters the least.

It costs a lot to build bad products.

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.

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.

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.

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