Quotes About Efficiency

there is no guarantee that the time freed up by our newfound technological efficiencies will be made available for the human touch. A look at the modern history of industrial computerization would have one lay odds that this squishy stuff will be precisely what is sacrificed on the altar of productivity, particularly once every word, touch, and minute is measured, analyzed, and priced out.

people working collaboratively with technology are far more effective than either people or technology alone.

Natural selection doesn't "want" us to be happy, after all; it just "wants" us to be productive, in its narrow sense of productive.

Sharpening your knife is never a waste of time.

Here we do not believe in wasting time simply for the purpose of impressing others.

He got to the point. No idle questions about me, or you, or what was going on. He had found the thing he could do and come to do it. I like that in a man. Knowing what he can do, and doing it.

Burrich told me that the ax was not a sophisticated weapon, but was a very satisfactory one if used correctly.

never overlook the power of simplicity

Firewood warms you twice

to the sack and began removing cartons, placing them on the table.

You cannot do more with less.

there's laptops

I'd never waste the hours of light in the darkness of slumber.

Never do yourself, what you can con professionals into doing for you.

The Imperial Service could win a war without coffee, but would prefer not to have to.

I don't duel, boy. I kill as a soldier kills, which is as a butcher kills, as quickly, efficiently, and with as least risk to myself as I can arrange.

like swatting flies with a laser cannon. The aim's a bit tricky, but it sure takes care of the flies.

I do know, dividing our energies among a thousand what-ifs instead of concentrating them for the one sure next-step is a kind of self-sabotage. It's not what we do next week, it's what we do next that counts most.

I guess it just doesn't look very heroic to sneak up behind somebody and shoot them in the back. I can't help thinking it would be more efficient, though.

La mayoría de los hombres no son más que máquinas que convierten la comida en mierda» —citó. Ivan le miró alzando una ceja. —¿Quién dijo eso? ¿Tu abuelo? —Leonardo da Vinci —respondió Miles al momento. Pero se vio obligado a añadir—: Pero mi abuelo me lo citó a mí

My mama used to say to me, What, you don't have time to do it right, but you do have time to do it over?

he was getting mortally tired of having to reinvent the wheel every fifteen minutes.

Su padre y el Estado Mayor ya lo intentaron hace quince años; les llevó dos años poner los reglamentos al día. - Bueno, eso es lo que pasa con los comités.

intelligence without muscles is electricity without a battery! You don't know where to put it … It leaks out all over the place … It's a waste … It's a mess.