Quotes About Efficiency

It's amazing, if you know what you want to say, how fast it is to write.

We're getting rid of bureaucracy, so that we're releasing time for police officers to be crime fighters and not form writers.

I think the first things that are relevant are that things should work well; they should function.

If Uber is lower-priced, then more people will want it. And if more people want it and can afford it, then you have more cars on the road. And if you have more cars on the road, then your pickup times are lower, your reliability is better. The lower-cost product ends up being more luxurious than the high-end one.

I can predict things. I can improve the uptime and the reliability. I can intervene and cause a better outcome before there's a problem.

Governments should want and even crave the best possible scientific advice. With reliable knowledge come better decisions, fewer mistakes and more results achieved for each pound spent.

We know businesses can't compete without reliable infrastructure.

We can engineer a building and design a building with least reliance on active machinery to make it inhabitable.

When I became director of CIA, it was just clear to me intuitively, without a whole lot of science behind it, that we had expanded rapidly and inefficiently. So I arbitrarily picked a number, 10 percent, and I said over the next 12 months, we are going to reduce our reliance on contractors by 10 percent.

Interestingly, the American Embassy mentioned that our efficient relief effort has significantly improved the image of the United States among the Pakistani people.

I'd rather have a pencil and paper and do all my own calculations rather than rely on a machine. And I'll do most calculations in double digit multiples as quick as the machine.

I am not a bomber. I'm more about precision and being target-oriented. I have to rely on all parts of my game firing if I'm going to win.

On 'This Morning' we've got a really good team of people - everyone knows their jobs inside out so you can really just rely on something to be done.

For business, government, and education, the lesson is clear: People ought to be relying far more on objective information and far less on interviews. They might even want to think about scaling back or cancelling interviews altogether. They'll save a lot of time - and make better decisions.

Our purpose, as we face these challenges, remains clear - fair and orderly markets that allow for efficient capital formation, while protecting the interests of investors.

The motorway network helps bind Britain together. It remains an extraordinary achievement, making a huge contribution to our economy and our way of life.

Although their maneuverability is limited, blind flies can fly remarkably well.

I'm predicting that we'll finally have a computer will search my e-mail automatically and delete every message that begins with 'thought you'd be interested,' and then give an electrical shock to the sender to remind him or her to stop send that kind of message.

I have a lot of gadgets, remote controls for everything - the curtains, pool cover - it's like The Jetsons!

There are certain jobs where you can just as easily, in some cases more effectively, work remotely. If you take an engineer, for example, when they get into the mode of coding, being on their own where they're not distracted or interrupted is very helpful.

VAR can remove injustices, but decisions need to be taken faster.

There isn't enough renewable fuel in the world to crack our growing addiction to foreign oil. We need to decrease miles driven and increase engine efficiency.

The flip side of renewables' low energy density is their low return on energy invested.

With the huge benefits of investing in renewables, energy efficiency and demand reduction becoming ever more obvious, it's clear that there needs to be far greater scrutiny of the policy decisions that are propelling Britain towards a nuclear future.