If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission. -Grace Murray Hopper

 

If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.


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This quote is just one of 9 total Grace Murray Hopper quotes in our collection. Grace Murray Hopper is known for saying 'If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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.

Grace Murray Hopper

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

Grace Murray Hopper

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

Grace Murray Hopper

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?"

Grace Murray Hopper

You manage things; you lead people.

Grace Murray Hopper