Norman Ralph Augustine
At Human Space Flight Review Committee meeting, Washington City, 17 June 2009. NASA photo by Paul E. Alers
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- Law Number X: Bulls do not win bullfights; people do. People do not win people fights; lawyers do. permalink
Norman R. Augustine - Augustine's Laws (1983) - Law Number XI: 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. permalink
Norman R. Augustine - Augustine's Laws (1983) - Law Number XII: It costs a lot to build bad products. permalink
Norman R. Augustine - Augustine's Laws (1983) - Law Number XIII: 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. permalink
Norman R. Augustine - Augustine's Laws (1983) - Law Number XIV: After the year 2015, there will be no airplane crashes. There will be no takeoffs either, because electronics will occupy 100 percent of every airplane's weight. permalink
Norman R. Augustine - Augustine's Laws (1983) - Law Number XIX: 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. permalink
Norman R. Augustine - Augustine's Laws (1983) - Law Number XL: Most projects start out slowly, and then sort of taper off. permalink
Norman R. Augustine - Augustine's Laws (1983) - Law Number XLI: The more one produces, the less one gets. permalink
Norman R. Augustine - Augustine's Laws (1983) - Law Number XLII: Simple systems are not feasible because they require infinite testing. permalink
Norman R. Augustine - Augustine's Laws (1983) - Law Number XLIII: Hardware works best when it matters the least. permalink
Norman R. Augustine - Augustine's Laws (1983) - 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. permalink
Norman R. Augustine - Augustine's Laws (1983) - Law Number XLIX: Regulations grow at the same rate as weeds. permalink
Norman R. Augustine - Augustine's Laws (1983) - Law Number XLV: One should expect that the expected can be prevented, but the unexpected should have been expected. permalink
Norman R. Augustine - Augustine's Laws (1983) - Law Number XLVI: A billion saved is a billion earned. permalink
Norman R. Augustine - Augustine's Laws (1983) - Law Number XLVII: Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water. The other third is covered with auditors from headquarters. permalink
Norman R. Augustine - Augustine's Laws (1983)
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