Quotes About Efficiency

ADD people love bottom lines," I answered, laughing. "It's always, 'Get to the point'; 'What's the next show?'; 'Where's the beef?' Ã¢â'¬Â "Yeah, you're right," he said. "I'm not big on scenery. I want to get there. Is that bad?

simplify rules, regulations, and laws. Get government out of the business of micromanaging.

Neither Jerry nor I believed the efficient market theory. I had overwhelming evidence of inefficiency from blackjack, from the history of Warren Buffett and friends, and from our daily success in Princeton Newport Partners. We didn't ask, Is the market efficient? but rather, In what ways and to what extent is the market inefficient? and How can we exploit this?

Countermeasures included reshuffling the pack of cards by the time half or fewer of them had been played. This not only limits the card counter's chances to make favorable bets, but is also costly for the casino because it slows the game down, fleecing the ordinary players more slowly and reducing casino profits. If one likens a casino to a slaughterhouse for processing players, then more time spent shuffling means less efficient use of plant capacity.

more efficient than vegetable food.

Meat yields higher energy per gram eaten than does vegetation.

Graphical excellence is that which gives to the viewer the greatest number of ideas in the shortest time with the least ink in the smallest space.

Evolution is not stupid, and works much faster than most people realize.

Engineers are, by definition, people whose work is dedicated to making people's lives easier; or, as people used to say, whose work is dedicated to progress.

Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life and the labors of life reduce themselves.

Eliminate the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.

Delay and overlooking, in whatever profession, are such a king of crimes that can cause severe damage, loss of time, and also the risk of life.

Do not make it difficult for yourself to engage in unnecessary work if things are straight, smooth, and clear to go.

The difference between you and me is that: What you tell or write in hundreds of words that I express in a few words; thus, I do not waste others' time unnecessarily.

The shortcut way can save your time, but that deprives you of the sufficient knowledge and scoop.

Whether you're driving a car or playing basketball, churning out a report or researching torts, the ability to get in the groove so that you're working with time instead of against it is key to peak productivity.

Isen wasn't a two birds with one stone kind of guy. More like one stone, two birds, a rabbit, a fox, and maybe that deer will trip over the fox and we can get him, too.

Despite its lack of size, the bee makes fine honey.

concentration breeds efficiency while division brings inefficiency, error, and tension.

The schedule was always tight, but he was never in a hurry. Not once, then or since, did I see him pressured into speeding up to get more done in the time available. By his example, he was constantly teaching what he knew from experience: the most effective way to accomplish a lot is to do one thing at a time and do it well.

A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.