Quotes by Grace Murray Hopper

“Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for ones superiors; care for ones crew.”

“It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.”

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

“If its a good idea, go ahead and do it. Its much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.”

“From then on, when anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it.”

“You manage things; you lead people”

“I handed my passport to the immigration officer, and he looked at it and looked at me and said, What are you?”

“Some day, on the corporate balance sheet, there will be an entry which reads, Information; for in most cases, the information is more valuable than the hardware which processes it.”

“In total desperation, I called over to the engineering building, and I said, Please cut off a nanosecond and send it over to me.”

“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?”

Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty

It is better to beg forgiveness, than ask permission.

Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, Weve always done it this way. I try to fight that. Thats why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise.

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

Were just getting started. Were just beginning to meet what will be the future-weve got the Model T.

Go ahead and do it. Its much easier to apologize after somethings been done than to get permission ahead of time.