Quotes About Efficiency

The special ops guys and the firefighters around the world have this great phrase. They say, 'Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast,' and that is true. Everything I've accomplished in my life has been because of that attitude.

Japan, not only a mega-busy city that thrives on electronics and efficiency, actually has an almost sacred appreciation of nature. One must travel outside of Tokyo to truly experience the 'old Japan' and more importantly feel these aspects of Japanese culture.

We are building a truly integrated, efficient, and modern transit network across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Commuters deserve nothing less than the full support of our next federal government.

Thankfully, President Trump doesn't just complain about problems - he solves them.

Trust me, I'm going to find out where the money has gone and how it has been spent, and see if we can't get it down there quicker to let that rebuilding start.

Government transparency and efficiency start with a trustworthy team.

The truth is, natural organisms have managed to do everything we want to do without guzzling fossil fuels, polluting the planet or mortgaging the future.

You've got a global food problem. You've got a food problem in the United States. You've got a food problem in Africa... in Asia. And so the truth is, the U.S. is going to have to produce more, on not very many more acres, honestly. And so we're going to have to do a better job.

To be truthful, not much 'engineering' goes into the ShamWow!

People who want to appear clever rely on memory. People who want to get things done make lists.

You know what a cubicle basically says? It basically says, like, 'You know what? We don't think you're smart enough for an office, but we don't want you to look at anybody.

When it comes to energy, cost isn't everything - but it's a lot. Everybody wants cheap power.

There's only a certain amount of works you can make, so you have to make only the ones you really want to make. It's all about trying to be as productive as possible.

If a fellow wants to be nobody in the business world, let him neglect sending the mailman to somebody on his behalf.

Complexity is acceptable as long as it is intelligible and necessary. We want to avoid needless complications.

Who wants a stylus. You have to get em and put em away, and you lose em. Yuck. Nobody wants a stylus.

I've always been the type of person to make everybody happy and get things done. I want everything to be 100% perfect.

Saying 'no' or even 'stop' is the hallmark of the professional you want on your team.

Customers want high quality at low prices and they want it now.

The trouble with energy farming is that the energy isn't always where you want to use it, and it isn't always when you want to use it.

In LA, too many people want to go the quickest route from A to B. Method acting offers them that.

Complexity is not a goal. I don't want to be remembered as an engineer of complex systems.

Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it.

I refuse to this day to do e-mail because everybody I know that does it, it takes another two or three hours a day. I don't want to give two or three more hours away.