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Efficiency Quotes


"The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency."


"Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don't let anyone know it."


"One of the things Mr. Kennedy taught me was that in laying out a new project, you shouldn't try to cope with every little problem."


"If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes."


"It is difficult for me to believe that quantum mechanics, working very well for currently practical set-ups, will nevertheless fail badly with improvements in counter efficiency."


"Proper and effective time management is the best way to make it in life."


"A day should be your controlling and managing factor."


"Freud had a gene for inefficiency, and I think I have a gene for efficiency."


"Employment is a major time killer."


"Institutions have processes favoring efficiency over loss, and process over people."


"The general proposition is that the resources that will be utilized are the ones that contribute most to the overall efficiency of the production system. The third parameter has to do with our commercial world, our search for profits."


"To maximize time is to make sure that every second, minute and hour counts."


"For you to maximize time, you want to make sure that every second of the day that comes is converted into some products."


"Recognition of the value of time, the change in our attitude to time, time management and time consciousness translate into economic growth or increase in GDP."


"Your intensity increases your productivity."


"If you would know these demands of life, you would gain a quicker success, at a greater pace, with less stress than otherwise."


"Employ every economy consistent with thoroughness, accuracy and reliability."


"The finest eloquence is that which gets things done."


"Time utilization and effectiveness is a major marker for success."


"When climbing, you don't have to put your foot on every step, jump over some of them! When solving your problems, you don't have to solve each and every one, jump over some of them!"


"If you want to save your time, learn to be focused on your purpose to the utmost."


"It is easier to convert your time into products when you move away from any distractions."


"Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage."


"To be productive, you must convert every minute of your time."


"A small sharp axe clears a forest quicker than a big blunt one."


"A small sharp axe can cut down more trees than a big dull one."


"We live in a world where people are always busy but produce little or no results."


"I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty."
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