Efficiency Quotes

“We must infer that all things are produced more plentifully and easily and of a better quality when one man does one thing which is natural to him and does it at the right time, and leaves other things.”

“The most beautiful motion is that which accomplishes the greatest results with the least amount of effort.”

“I never write Metropolis for seven cents because I can get the same price for city. I never write policeman because I can get the same money for cop.”

“If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.”

“You gotta know when to be lazy. Done correctly, it's an art form that benefits everyone.”

“The rule should be to minimize the need for people to get together to accomplish anything.”

“Doing the right thing is more important than doing the thing right.”

“Do not believe that it is very much of an advance to do the unnecessary three times as fast.”

“Meetings are by definition a concession to deficient organization. For one either meets or one works.”

“The successful person places more attention on doing the right thing rather than doing things right.”

“They usually have two tellers in my local bank, except when it's very busy, when they have one.”

“Never mistake motion for progress.”

“Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.”

“It's more important to do the right thing than to do things right.”

“The race for Quality has no finish line - so technically, it's more like a death march. Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.”

“Whether government finances its added spending by increasing taxes, by borrowing, or by inflating the currency, the added spending will be offset by reduced private spending. Furthermore, private spending is generally more efficient than the government spending that would replace it because people act more carefully when they spend their own money than when they spend other people's money.”

“A wasteful defense is a weak defense.”

“Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.”

“One can either work or meet. One cannot do both at the same time.”

“The essence of management is to make knowledge productive.”

“One either meets or one works.”

“Procrastinating, fighting and avoiding will only make it more difficult. The way out is to get it done.”

“Efficiency, which is doing things right, is irrelevant until you work on the right things.”

“When a resource is scarce, you increase its yield.”

“Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.”