29 quotes found
“The private sector is motivated by profit and efficiency and the US government often is not.”
“Novels include padding; I think padding may be an essential part of the novel, for all I know.”
“He did nothing in particular And did it very well.”
“The best carpenters make the fewest chips.”
“HLADE’S LAW: If you have a difficult task give it to a lazy man — he will find an easier way to do it.”
“When we break 5M’s of Manufacturing Efficiency - Men, Machine, Materials, Methods & Money to personal level, the first two M’s will spell Minutes & Mind, and rest remain constant!”
“Institutions have processes favoring efficiency over loss, and process over people.”
“You had to make your choice between survival and efficiency, though in the long run survival was optimum efficiency, no matter how much time and effort it took.”