Best 164 quotes in «efficiency quotes» category

Jiu-jitsu is personal efficiency to protect the weaker, which anyone can do. It is the force of leverage against brute force.

I will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency.

Make yourself an efficient spark plug, igniting the latent energy of those about you.

Just as with cars, it's critical to know the fuel efficiency of black holes.

Neither technology nor efficiency can acquire more time for you, because time is not a thing you have lost. It is not a thing you ever had.

Most airlines move too fast in a merger. Speed is not as critical as efficiency.

My background is putting in large systems that change lives... The right kind of systems can bring honesty and efficiency.

Once we've made a decision, we are efficient only if we go through with it decisively, undistracted by doubts about its correctness.

One must choose between obscurity with efficiency, and fame with its inevitable collateral of bluff.

So there is a natural efficiency that you pick up as you can prioritize capital across a bigger set of opportunities.

One thing that I learned from judo... Maximum efficiency and minimum effort.

People who sacrifice beauty for efficiency get what they deserve. (Bernard Mickey Wrangle, p 99)

Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don't let anyone know it.

Small though it is, the human brain can be quite effective when used properly.

Standardization does not produce although admirable as an efficiency method.

Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.

Systems are corporate funded mechanisms for increasing efficiency; programs are user funded mechanisms for increasing effectiveness. Programs should generally be charged back to users, systems should never be. Allocating corporate overhead to the operating units is simply a mistake.

Technology is nothing but an expression of human values. It's not neutral, it's not about efficiency, it's about people's values and their knowledge.

The efficiency of most workers is beyond the control of the management and depends more than has been supposed upon the willingness of men to do their best.

The capitalist priority is efficiency of capital and profitability, which is generally inconsistent with protecting the vulnerabilities of people and nature.

The efficiency of God may be understood as either creation or providence.

The analysis in the era of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher was that government was interfering with the efficiency of the economy through protectionism, government subsidies, and government ownership. Once the government "got out of the way," private markets would allocate resources efficiently and generate robust growth. Development would simply come.

The efficiency of the cleaning solution in liquefying wizards suggested the operation of an antithetical principal,which-" "Did you have to get him started?" Cimorene asked reproachfully.

They have also been adopting fuel efficiency standards for automobiles in China.

The increase of this efficiency is essentially the problem of the manager, and the amount to which it can be increased by proper study is, in most cases, so great as to be almost incredible.

The reason the U.S. lags so badly is that we have obsolete rules that favor big over small, supply over efficiency, and incumbents over new market entrants.

The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency.

The more efficient you are at doing the wrong thing, the wronger you become. It is much better to do the right thing wronger than the wrong thing righter. If you do the right thing wrong and correct it, you get better.

The myth of fascist efficiency has deluded many people.

The public perceives there are problems with the water system, and with the efficiency of the system. We need some leadership and to provide expertise in the area of efficiency.

There are a lot of new things going on in the microprocessor world, including increased focus on power and efficiency.

The unreasonable efficiency of mathematics in science is a gift we neither understand nor deserve.

Thus I came to condemn capitalism, not through any oppression endured by me personally, but through that very deification of efficiency which capitalism had taught me, for its own purposes.

Time and time again I was told that I would never make the film on time and never make it on budget. That kind of criticism tends to turn me into a great big motor of efficiency.

Thrift means that you should always have the best you can possibly afford, when the thing has any reference to your physical and mental health, to your growth in efficiency and power.

Two things are going on at the same time with the flattening of the world: The relentless quest for efficiency is squeezing some of the fat out of life.

Trivia rarely affect efficiency. Are all the machinations worth it, when their primary effect is to make the code less readable?

We're trying to increase the efficiency of students to learn from current instruction.

Venture capital has done much more, I think, to improve efficiency than anything.

You have to understand as a marketer that consumers are functioning in the age of efficiency.

Where I come from, we're more about efficiency,' he replies. 'A knife like this'll skewer food, smear butter, and slit throats all at the same time.

When I'm in the studio I often hunger for the road. And when away I long for the efficiency of the studio.

When it comes to efficiency and effectiveness, I would always start with effectiveness. I am interested in achieving a certain outcome. Only secondarily do I worry about achieving it as efficiently as possible.

While power is important, efficiency is critical. Many have worked hard and gone slow.

All my means are sane, my motive and my object mad.

A Spiritual Warrior looks for the most efficient and effective way to accomplish something -- the most direct way is a living truth.

A prosperous and sustainable future necessarily demands responsible and efficient management of our affairs: responsible co-creation.

...certain business leaders mistakenly believe that time on-task equates with task completion and productivity. Even in the industrial era of rote factory work, this was untrue. It is a misguided fallacy, and an expensive one, too.

At home I am a man, at work I am a machine.

Be diligent daily, be efficient weekly, be proficient monthly, and you will be productive annually.