Quotes About Efficiency

Having first rate people on the team is more important than designing hierarchies and clarifying who reports to whom.

No architect should design buildings that import a huge amount of energy.

Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.

Which 20% of sources are causing 80% of my problems and unhappiness? Which 20% of sources are resulting in 80% of my desired outcomes and happiness?

Unrestricted laissez faire capitalism allocates resources in a most efficient way to satisfy human wants without regard to the rationality or morality of those desires.

I give dignity second place to expedience.

Waste of time is the leading feature of our present education. Not only are we taught a mass of rubbish, but what is not rubbish is taught so as to make us waste over it as much time as possible.

Eliminate agencies that perform redundant functions... Get rid of the Department of Commerce, the Department of Education, the Department of Energy.

We have taken a strategic decision to gather education activities under a single roof.

Whatever the life form, evolution selects for economy of resources.

When you're so young, it's important to understand exactly what your role is. Not just look good - you have to be efficient and effective.

You don't have to know how to build an automobile or a television set or a laptop to know how to use it.

I don't edit on laptops anymore.

I tend to write and record things quite quickly. You can tamper with things for years, and it's artistic laziness sometimes.

I'm not the kind of person who works 24 hours a day, mostly out of laziness; I don't know.

Much of my work has come from being lazy.

I'm lazy! For me, fashion has to be easy.

Humans are lazy but not stupid.

I've focused on being as lean as I can.

I want to get lean and mean, keep it minimalist.

I just try to use my length to the best of my ability.

I sometimes think less is more. If you cut yourself in too many places, it is hard to execute.

The thing I've learned is less is more. I travel as light as possible.

I like to see how I can do it for less money.