Quotes About Efficiency

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We will have very smart cities by the year 2020…

Have more car tunnels, [and you] alleviate congestion completely." —ELON MUSK

You don't work anymore 12 hours

anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. And if your shooting stance is good, you're probably not moving fast enough.

The word "personnel" may seem superfluous, but Army regulations prohibit brevity and common sense.

For the first time Alix began to understand long-distance flying. It was not courage, or resourcefulness, or ability that counted in this game, though they were necessary subsidiary qualities. It was the capacity to work efficiently at tiring, menial tasks upon the ground that made great flights a success.

I mean, why waste time in sleeping?" She laughed, a little shrilly. "Just doesn't make sense.

solo unas lecciones de vuelo y unos cutters. En el momento en que escribo, ochenta lecciones de una hora de vuelo incluidos el coste del alquiler de la nave y la instrucción cuestan menos de nueve mil dólares. Un cutter con seis hojas cuesta 2,11 dólares. Por un desembolso insignificante, un puñado de hombres pudieron matar a 3.173 personas

there could be no planning because no one had time for it

Sirve el Hummer para la conquista, o para el consumo? La respuesta es que para ambas cosas. De hecho, con su bajo kilometraje por litro (un promedio de cuatro kilómetros por litro) y su gran altura y anchura, ejemplifica el despilfarro estadounidense en el uso del petróleo.

The Abyss. Globalization had many economic benefits but, as in our own times, the creation of a truly international economic network combined greater efficiency with greater fragility. In 1914 a highly optimized system crashed in what was, without doubt, the biggest financial collapse of all time. (Unlike in 1929 or in 2008, the world's major stock markets were forced to suspend trading for no less than five months.)

The key point is that not all sets of institutions, when you add up the sum of the parts, are equal. There are good and bad combinations. In some sets of institutions, people can flourish freely as individuals, as families, as communities. That is because the institutions effectively incentivize us to do good things Ã¢â'¬â€œ like, for example, inventing new and more efficient ways of working, or co-operating with our neighbours rather than trying to murder them. Conversely

They know it doesn't matter if they are fast, only if they are faster.

Gropius characterized what was essential: "An object…must fulfill its function usefully, be durable, economical, and 'beautiful.

It's a briefcase with my laptop, my DSLR, a microphone, my mouse, and rechargeable batteries. I could set up right here and film an episode if I wanted to. And that's how I like to keep it, small and compact, so I can do it anywhere in the world.

If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice.

I believe that IT is the way forward. Every other industry utilises IT, and I feel that fashion needs to use it more extensively to move forward.

I always make lists of things I need to get done. I like the sense of having completed one thing so I can move on to the next.

My parents are not nurturers. They're a bit like me: do a good job and move on.

I remember watching Mel Gibson direct himself on 'Braveheart' and he would do two takes, shrug and move on.

Combination movements will give you the most bang for your buck.

A lot of 3s, a lot of ball movement, a lot of quick movements. Yes, you can win that way.

Sometimes checking that ball down is the simple decision. It's about moving the chains. It's about a completion here and a completion there. And that's how you know the game really slows down is when you're able to do that, when it's just second nature.