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• 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....
• If today were half as good as tomorrow is supposed to be, it would probably be twice as good as yesterday was.
  -- Augustine's Law Number II -- Norman R. Augustine, President and CEO, Martin Marietta...
• It's easy to get a loan unless you need it. -- Augustine's Law Number XXI -- Norman R.
  Augustine, President and CEO, Martin Marietta...
• If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
  -- Augustine's Law Number XXII -- Norman R. Augustine, President and CEO, Martin Marietta...
• Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water.
  The other third is covered with auditors from headquarters....
• Most projects start out slowly -- and then sort of taper off.
  -- Augustine's Law Number XL -- Norman R. Augustine, President and CEO, Martin Marietta...
• It costs a lot to build bad products. -- Augustine's Law Number XII -- Norman R.
  Augustine, President and CEO, Martin Marietta...
• Regulations grow at the same rate as weeds. -- Augustine's Law Number XLIX -- Norman R.
  Augustine, President and CEO, Martin Marietta...
• The optimum committee has no members. -- Augustine's Law Number XXXI -- Norman R.
  Augustine, President and CEO, Martin Marietta...