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

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Interesting quotes by Grace Hopper:

• If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.
• A ship in port is safe; but that is not what ships are built for. Sail out to sea and do new things.
• I've always been more interested in the future than in the past.
• Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, "We've always done it this way." I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise.
• We're flooding people with information. We need to feed it through a processor. A human must turn information into intelligence or knowledge. We've tended to forget that no computer will ever ask a new question.