Quotes About Efficiency

Almost every customer that I talk to is talking about how they're using APIs, and what a step function they are for their business.

I think a lot of times people design restaurants with flash in mind. I think you should design restaurants with function in mind. Make sure it's functional and works with what you're trying to accomplish. Design can come later.

In a very dysfunctional business, CNN happens to be the most functional network I've worked at.

Adding functionality is not just a matter of adding code.

I like modern efficiencies and functionality.

Clearly, as a CEO, you have other functions that are managed by other people.

So, I have the responsibility of making sure that HUD functions and runs well.

The core of the consulting business is going in and essentially making yourself indispensible by eating the brain of the organization, meaning that the consultants go in and assume key functions in the organization.

He had the very greatest admiration. He admire her for her truthfulness, for her cleanness of mind, and the clean-run-ness of her limbs, for her efficiency, for the fairness of her skin, for the gold of her hair, for her religion, for her sense of duty. It was a satisfaction to take her about with him.

And how orderly the kitchen is." "My secret weapon: clean up as you go.

What do such machines really do? They increase the number of things we can do without thinking. Things we do without thinking-there's the real danger.

The difference between a good administrator and a bad one is about five heartbeats. Good administrators make immediate choices.

You must teach me the way you thrust your worries aside and turn to practical matters.

In the perfect society, there is neither emotion nor mercy; precious space cannot be wasted on those who have outlived their usefulness.

The implied methods would permit construction of entirely new computers reduced in size and basic complexity by a factor of at least a thousand.

Show me a completely smooth operation and I'll show you someone who's covering mistakes.

Good administrators make immediate choices." "Acceptable choices?" "They usually can be made to work. A bad administrator, on the other hand, hesitates, diddles around, asks for committees, for research and reports. Eventually, he acts in ways which create serious problems.

La burocrazia distrugge l'iniziativa. Poche sono le cose che i burocrati odiano più delle innovazioni, specialmente quelle innovazioni che producano risultati migliori delle vecchie abitudini. I miglioramenti fanno sempre sembrare inetti quelli che sono in cima al mucchio. A chi piace sentirsi inetto?

It is naive to expect any bureaucracy to take brilliant innovations and put them to good use. Bureaucracies ask different questions.

Nu v? gr?biÈ›i s? v? dezv?luiÈ›i judec??ile. Concluziile ascunse sunt adesea mai eficiente. Ele pot s? inspire acÈ›iuni ale c?ror efecte nu vor fi resimÈ›ite decât prea târziu pentru a mai fi înl?turate.

What do such machines really do? They increase the number of things we can do without thinking. Things we do without thinking—there's the real danger. Look at how long you walked across this desert without thinking about your face mask.

Din cauza percepÈ›iei unidirecÈ›ionale a Timpului în care r?mâne cufundat? mintea convenÈ›ional?, oamenii au tendinÈ›a de a considera orice lucru conform unei scheme continue, definit? prin cuvinte. Aceast? capcan? mental? produce concepte de eficien?? È™i consecinÈ›e pe termen foarte scurt, ceea ce genereaz? condiÈ›ia unor reacÈ›ii invariabile È™i nepreg?tite pentru orice criz?.

logic is good for playing pyramid chess but often too slow for needs of survival.

looked for signs of slackness and especially for areas of responsibility that were running too smoothly. The Senior Watchdog had her own watchwords: "Show me a completely smooth operation and I'll show you someone who's covering mistakes. Real boats rock.