Quotes About Efficiency

A designer must always think about the unfortunate production engineer who will have to manufacture what you have designed; try to understand his problems.

Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.

They think they can make fuel from horse manure - now, I don't know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it's sure gonna put a stop to siphoning.

Science is the most complete presentment of facts with the least expenditure of thought

Brevity in writing is the best insurance for its perusal.

It is a real service to humanity and the world to be a good programmer, particularly if you design great products. You make is easier for everybody, everybody has less headaches.

Forcing automakers to sell smaller cars to improve fuel economy [is like]... fighting the nation's obesity problem by forcing clothing manufacturers to sell garments in only small sizes.

Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts.

The law of conservation of energy tells us we can't get something for nothing, but we refuse to believe it.

The motto of science is not just Pauca but rather Plurima ex paucissimis - the most out of the least.

With data collection, 'the sooner the better' is always the best answer.

Engineering is the professional and systematic application of science to the efficient utilization of natural resources to produce wealth.

Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.

It is unworthy of excellent men to lose hours like slaves in the labor of calculation which could be relegated to anyone else if machines were used.

Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down.

No effect that requires more than 10 percent accuracy in measurement is worth investigating.

It's not rocket science. Hong Kong has 95% tax compliance, because it's code is only 4 pages long with a 15% flat tax.

When I looked into the mechanics of being a businessman, I found it wasn't rocket science.

It is better to do the right problem the wrong way than the wrong problem the right way.

A calculating engine is one of the most intricate forms of mechanism, a telegraph key one of the simplest. But compare their value.

Steam is no stronger now than it was a hundred years ago but it is put to better use.

I would wish you gods speed but I don't want you to waste time looking for him.

Slow down to speed up. Anonymous

The creed of the Inland Revenue is simple: "If we can bring one little smile to one little face today, then somebody's slipped up somewhere."