Grace Hopper Quotes

The most damaging phrase in the language is: 'It's always been done that way.'

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

The only phrase I've ever disliked is, 'Why, we've always done it that way.' I always tell young people, 'Go ahead and do it. You can always apologize later.'

To me programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge.

No computer is ever going to ask a new, reasonable question. It takes trained people to do that.

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership.

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.

Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew.

The glass is neither half empty nor half full. It's simply larger than it needs to be. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission

I've always been more interested in the future than in the past.

From then on, when anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it.

Some day, on the corporate balance sheet, there will be an entry which reads, "Information"; for in most cases, the information is more valuable than the hardware which processes it.

If you do something once, people will call it an accident. If you do it twice, they call it a coincidence. But do it a third time and you've just proven a natural law!

If you want my ghost just say ' We've always done it that way.' and i will haunt you for 24 hours.

I had a running compiler and nobody would touch it. They told me computers could only do arithmetic.

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington.

It is easier to apologize than to get permission.

At any given moment, there is always a line representing what your boss will believe. If you step over it, you will not get your budget. Go as close to that line as you can.

I will not take what you need to give me. I will take what you want to give me.

It's always easier to apologize for something you've already done than to get approval for it in advance.

If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologise than it is to get permission.

We're flooding people with information. We need to feed it through a processor. A human must turn information into intelligence or knowledge.

Developing a compiler was a logical move; but in matters like this, you don't run against logic - you run against people who can't change their minds.

It's easier to apologize than ask for permission.

We've tended to forget that no computer will ever ask a new question.

Manage things. Lead people.

I need something to compare this to. Could I please have a microsecond?

If it isn't bolted down, bring it home.

You manage things and lead people.

If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.

You manage things, you lead people.