Quotes About Implementation

The new system created by Goldwater-Nichols was not universally popular in the Pentagon, but the people in the field loved it.

Many of our technology-related problems arise because of the unforeseen consequences when apparently benign technologies are employed on a massive scale.

Remember, to know and not to do is really not to know.

Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.

Inofrmation without application is useless

This book was written to be used. It is not meant simply to be read any more than you would sit down to read through an arithmetic book without any attempt to work out the problems it describes.

Leaders who launch movements don't "implement" a plan. They carry it out. Leaders who start movements don't offer "remuneration" for carrying out the plan. They reward people for doing it. Leaders who launch movements don't carry out a plan from "inception to termination." They see it through from start to finish.

What We Know Versus What We Do

Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who put them into action are priceless.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out.

String saying = str1 + str2 + str3 + str4 + str5;   the compiler implements this as: String saying = new StringBuffer().append(str1).append(str2).                                    append(str3).append(str4).                                    append(str5).toString();

The main thing Twitter needs to focus on are implementing its rules more uniformly. If outing a transgender woman is against Twitter's rules, that needs to be implemented every time.

Whether you draw diagrams that generate code or you type at a browser, you are coding.

We may have to force people to get together in terms of picking a particular type of technology and starting to build to that technology, as opposed to everybody exercising their right to buy their own system, you know, at will.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Learning is an active process. We learn by doing.. Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.

Great wisdom not applied to action and behavior is meaningless data.

After all of the reforms that he implemented, Ohio's prison system showed the lowest rates of recidivism in the nation.

My father] would tell me not to listen to too many words. "The strength of words lies in implementation, otherwise they are meaningless." He himself was a man of very few words, but whatever he said was enough to make an impact on me. He explained why, "Too many dialogues scatter and waste, say a little so that your words are remembered.

Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve.

Bureaucratic advancement means fewer peers, more span of control, generally an increasing information-pump function, and increased distance from the actual implementation of whatever it is the organization does.

As the owner of the Arison Group, a philanthropic and business enterprise that spans across 40 countries in 5 continents, my ongoing challenge is to bridge the gap between what I envision and its understanding and practical implementation. The Arison Group operates to realize the overall vision of Doing Good.

Jobs have to be created on the ground, one at a time. This requires detailed plans and specific policies.