Quote #8

Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems.

Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.

More from Grace Hopper

  1. At the end of about a week, I called back and said, 'I need something to compare this to. Could I please have a microsecond?'
  2. I had a running compiler and nobody would touch it. [:] they carefully told me, computers could only do arithmetic; they could not do progr…
  3. In total desperation, I called over to the engineering building, and I said, 'Please cut off a nanosecond and send it over to me.'
  4. I've always been more interested in the future than in the past.
  5. I handed my passport to the immigration officer, and he looked at it and looked at me and said, 'What are you?'
  6. The wonderful thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.
  7. It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.
  8. The most dangerous phrase in the language is, 'We've always done it this way.'

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