Grace Murray Hopper

leadership loyalty

“Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down."

—Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992)

standards many choose

“The wonderful thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.”

—Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992)

ship port safe built

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

—Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992)

life simple system wwII

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

—Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992)

dangerous phrase always

“The most dangerous phrase in the language is 'we've always done'”

—Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992)

dull do things end

“Wouldn’t it be dull to do things that ended?”

—Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992)

Hopper - lead people leadership

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

—Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992)

human information knowledge computer ask question

"A human must turn information into intelligence or knowledge. We've tended to forget that no computer will ever ask a new question."

—Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992)