Quotes About Efficiency

I'm a very direct person just generally. I don't use a lot of words unnecessarily. I try to get to the heart of the issue, address it and go on to the next thing.

This is probably an asset that my wife hates, where you compartmentalize. Most times, I think it's an asset, where you can just sort of feel like you chop off one part of your brain to do the next thing that you've got to do.

Every time you learn you can do something, you can go a little bit faster next time.

Germans make nice cars.

The folks who rock Uber value their time; they appreciate nice things with a taste of luxury and loathe inefficiency.

I'm not flashy. I'll do nice things on the floor, but I'm not going to do the really impressive dunk or make the really impressive block. I think that's what fans enjoy most about coming to basketball games, but that's not what I provide night in, night out.

I keep busy. That was my nickname in college, 'Iron to the Fire.' I like to keep several things going at once.

I try to get as close as I can to cleaning out my inbox every night.

A 30-day shoot is a nightmare.

I have this famous joke that I use: Why was God able to create Heaven and Earth in seven days and seven nights? Because he didn't have installed customers and legacy technology to worry about.

For me, I think the bigger something is, the more difficult it is to make it nimble and fleet afoot.

I'll never forget Spencer Tracy. He only worked from nine to one - then from three to five again.

I can handle a lot of work. I've always been able to. I'm a very focused individual. I come to my studio at about 7:30 in the morning and exit almost 5:00 P.M. In that time, those eight or nine hours, it's kind of laser focus on whatever I'm working on. There aren't really any distractions or anything.

I've seen composers work on 30 films at one go. So, eight or even 10 albums in a year is no big deal.

I have makeup that I can do in 15 minutes, 10 minutes, or five minutes, depending on what I'm doing that day. On a day when I'm shooting, it's 15 minutes. Five minutes is when I'm running around that day, and it's no big deal.

Technology has made life much easier for the good guy - there's no doubt.

Just like American families, government agencies need to start doing more with less, and the Internal Revenue Service is no exception.

In tech-land, no one cares what kind of car you drive, and frankly, they're not going to find out anyway. You're not going to go to lunch together, because you're going to be sitting in your cube with a brown bag eating lunch.

There's no point being at the airport longer than needed.

I'm easy. Very easy. I'll tell you why I am easy. If someone is no good, I get rid of them. It is no good being tough on somebody who can't do the job. If he can do the job, then there is no point in being tough with him.

I got tired of soundchecks. At first it was important. But after a while, there was no point in me doing one.

I'm really good at laundry, and I have no problem cleaning the kitchen.

I have no problem working with anybody as long as they are efficient and their intentions, their philosophy, their ideology are clear.

while also noting the quiet efficiency of the nurses as they darted in and out of rooms. I'd always believed nurses were underappreciated.