Quotes About Quality

several things dove-tailed in my mind, and at once it struck me what quality went to form a Man of Achievement, especially in Literature, and which Shakespeare possessed so enormously—I mean Negative Capability, that is, when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason

I have taken to arriving at the office one hour later than I am expected. Therefore, I am far more rested and refreshed when I do arrive, and I avoid that bleak first hour of the working day during which my still sluggish senses and body make every chore a penance. I find that in arriving later, the work which I do perform is of a much higher quality.

However the simple fact that they have been resounding failures in our century does give them a certain spiritual quality. For all we know, they may be-these crushed wretches-the saints of our age.

Canned food is a perversion, Ignatius said. I suspect that it is ultimately very damaging to the soul.

Perhaps it is the realization that I am going to take this toilet's virginity with a fury and savagery that is an abomination to its delicate craftsmanship and quality.

Transaction costs can arise before any business is done. Locating potential trading partners may be costly and time-consuming. Comparing alternative sellers and choosing among them takes effort by the buyer. The quality of the goods for sale is often not immediately apparent, and the buyer may have to go to some trouble to evaluate it. If it cannot be reliably checked, the buyer might be reluctant to purchase.

This, after all, was Switzerland, where everything works; Switzerland, where trains run like clocks, and clocks run like watches, and watches are synchronous with the pulse of the universe; Switzerland

We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America.

Education is preeminently a matter of quality, not amount.

We need the best education system in the United States. The best system, not the most expensive.

Unless we improve our ability to provide a quality education for underprivileged kids, we're not going to really overcome in a massive way our past.

I do look upon the secretary of education's primary responsibility as the quality of education that - and improving the education that every child in American public schools receives.

Free and quality education is a fundamental liberty

It strikes me as unfortunate that this approach - affording the same dignity to and investing in the same quality for a poor child as you would for your own - is so often received as provocative.

Premium will increasingly be defined in terms of sustainability and environmental compatibility

We should bring in an environmental attitude, and I think luxury should automatically be about sustainability and quality.

Always aim at perfection for only then will you achieve excellence

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.

Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.

Excellence does not require perfection.

Strive for excellence in few things, rather than good performance in many.

It's better to do one thing well than ten things poorly.

Once you decide that mediocrity is unthinkable, your only choices are excellence and quitting.