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Famous Quotes from Grace Hopper

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Grace Murray Hopper

Grace Murray Hopper

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"It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission."

"It really came about because I couldn't balance my checkbook."

"Our young people are the future. We must provide for them. We must give them the positive leadership they're looking for...You manage things; you lead people."

"The most damaging phrase in the language is: We've always done it this way."

"I always promise during my talks that if anyone in the audience says during the next 12 months, 'But we've always done it that way,' I will immediately materialize beside him and haunt him for the next 24 hours and see if I could get him to take a second look."

"Working with the youth is the most important job I've done. It's also the most rewarding."

"See? We told you the computer could do all that!"

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