Quotes About Efficiency

A nuclear power reactor is just a fancy way of boiling water.

Water is ultimately a finite resource. With all finite resources, there is a continuous need for sustainable and equitable management, by capping demand, improving efficiencies in supply and developing substitutes. This exercise is complicated by the sociocultural beliefs, values and affinities around this precious resource.

Shipping by water is cheaper than by rail, which is cheaper than by truck.

I went through all my electric bills, the water bills, the phone bills, elevator contracts, and I found enough wasteful spending without reducing any programs anywhere, without reducing any services, I found enough wasteful spending to pay my entire salary for three years.

It takes less land to grow a pound of broccoli than it does a pound of beef. Less land to grow a pound of grain than a pound of beef. Less water, less energy.

Pricing water delivery closer to its real costs is a necessary step to improving use efficiency.

With two people and luggage on board she draws four inches of water. Two canoe paddles will move her along at a speed reasonable enough in moderate currents.

Many talents hurt themselves by over thinking the business and doing too much which waters every thing down and makes major moves mean less.

Today I can announce a raft of reforms that we estimate could save over 2.5 million police hours every year. That's the equivalent of more than 1,200 police officer posts. These reforms are a watershed moment in policing. They show that we really mean business in busting bureaucracy.

Short waves will be generally used in the kitchen for roasting and baking, almost instantaneously.

You only need two waves in a heat, so I try and keep my surfs short and sweet and not too draining. Keep them intense and try and get the two best waves I can.

The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night to examine the results obtained.

Simple goes a long way.

To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.

E-governance is easy governance, effective governance, and also economic governance. E-governance paves the way for good governance.

If you don't understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new problems of operation and maintenance. The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.

Profitability is coming from productivity, efficiency, management, austerity, and the way to manage the business.

It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent.

We hope that our associates over time can do more delivery from their way home from stores. We keep trying to figure that out given the realities and the rules associated with that.

Wayne and Drake, it takes them so long to do a song. I understand why, because they want it to be perfect. But I think I can do a perfect song in 10 minutes.

Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen form one of the best attacking duos in football, both are very quick and deadly.

I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out.

It's human nature to take the easy route and leap at storage methods that promise quick and convenient ways to remove visible clutter. Putting things away creates the illusion that the clutter problem has been solved. But sooner or later, all the storage units are full, and the room once again overflows with things.

Profit or perish... There are only two ways to make money: increase sales and decrease costs.