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)