Grace HopperI am now going to make you a gift that will stay with you the rest of your life. For the rest of your life, every time you say, We've always done it that way, my ghost will appear… ▶351LifeTime
Grace HopperI've received many honors and I'm grateful for them; but I've already received the highest award I'll ever receive, and that has been the privilege and honor of serving very proud… ▶374PoliticsReading
Grace HopperTo me programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge.366Philosophy
Grace HopperHumans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way.' I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise. ✨ Th… ▶378HumanityLovePhilosophy
Grace HopperIt's always easier to apologize for something you've already done than to get approval for it in advance. ✨ Quoted in Computer world, 10 Sept. 1984.346Reading
Grace HopperThe most damaging phrase in the language is: 'It's always been done that way.' ✨ Speech by SEC Staff: The Evolving Mutual Fund Landscape: Adapting to the Challenges of Chang… ▶326Life
Grace HopperI've always been more interested in the future than in the past. ✨ The Reader's Digest, p. 185, October 1994.348HopeReadingTime
Grace HopperYou 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. ✨ The Wit and Wisdom of … ▶315HumanityPhilosophy
Grace HopperYou manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. ✨ The Wit and Wisdom of Grace Hopper. The OCLC Newsletter, No. 167, www.cs.y… ▶307HumanityPhilosophy
Grace HopperFrom then on, when anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it. ✨ Time, April 16, 1984.182Time
Grace HopperA ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for. ✨ 1987 Address at Trinity College, Washington. Reported in Time, 22 Jun.194Time
Grace HopperIt is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.217Thought
Grace HopperI need something to compare this to. Could I please have a microsecond? ✨ 60 Minutes interview, August 24, 1986.162Life
Grace HopperI had a running compiler and nobody would touch it. They told me computers could only do arithmetic. ✨ Grace Hoppe: Navy Admiral and Computer Pioneer. Book by Charlene W Bil… ▶188Reading
Grace HopperIf 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!1910HumanityPoliticsTime
Grace HopperOne accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.137Love
Grace HopperIf it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologise than it is to get permission. ✨ Built to Learn: The inside story of how Rockwell Collins became a tru… ▶149ReadingThoughtTruth
