Norman Augustine Quotes (9 Quotes)

In my view the organization has been far more successful than I dreamed it would be. But my view is also that it's still an unproved experiment.

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.

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 3-12 days each per week except for leap year, when it will be made available to the Marines for the extra day.

The last 10 percent of performance generates one-third of the cost and two-thirds of the problems.

The most unsuccessful four years in the education of a cost-estimator is fifth grade arithmetic.

One-tenth of the participants produce over one-third of the output. Increasing the number of participants merely reduces the average output.

The average regulation has a life span one-fifth as long as a chimpanzee's and one-tenth as long as a human's - but four times as long as the official's who created it.

A recent government publication on the marketing of cabbage contains, according to one report, 26,941 words. It is noteworthy in this regard that the Gettysburg Address contains a mere 279 words while the Lord's Prayer comprises but 67.

The process of competitively selecting contractors to perform work is based on a system of rewards and penalties, all distributed randomly.