Efficiency Quotes · Page 8

Cricket, however, has more in it than mere efficiency. There is something called the spirit of cricket, which cannot be defined.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

While our energy efficiency is improving, there is a very high correlation, almost near perfect correlation, between GDP growth, and energy usage.

— Malcolm Turnbull

I knew I could control one thing, and that is my time and my hours and my effort and my efficiency.

— Ryan Seacrest

Make yourself an efficient spark plug, igniting the latent energy of those about you.

— David Seabury

All the well-meaning advice in the world won't amount to a hill of beans if we're not even addressing the real problem.

— Anonymous

I see four principles as laying the foundations for the kind of economic recovery Europe needs: fairness, efficiency, solidarity and growth.

— Victor Ponta

A pound invested in energy efficiency buys seven times more energy solution than a pound invested in nuclear power.

— Zac Goldsmith

For four wicked centuries the world has dreamed this foolish dream of efficiency; and the end is not yet. But the end…

— George Bernard Shaw

Whereas Jimmy Carter had aggressively pursued anti-merger activity - the imbecilic case against AT&T was prosecuted under President Carter - Mr. Reagan…

— Stephen Moore

I did a lot of work on energy efficiency at the White House. By the time I left we had taken the…

— William J. Clinton

Efficiency in government is a more elusive concept than efficiency in the private economy, which may be measured relatively easily as output…

— Nathan Myhrvold

Life in general is all about prioritization. You are constantly evaluating at any point of time, what is more important than the…

— Vaishali Kasture

From this haunting feeling of being not wanted, which remained a recurrent haunt through life, I found two ways of escape, both…

— Anna Louise Strong

Twenty-eight years in business and you understand the importance of problem solving and the importance of efficiency, because if you don't become…

— Steve Daines

Although most Americans apparently loathe inflation, Yale economists have argued that a little inflation may be necessary to grease the wheels of…

— Janet Yellen

Fear has made them sloppy. The world teeters at a precipe. All scared to take a step in case they put a…

— Joe Abercrombie

“We don't value craftsmanship anymore! All we value is ruthless efficiency, and I say we deny our own humanity that way! Without…

— Bill Watterson

There is an efficiency inspired by love which goes far beyond and is much greater than the efficiency of ambition; and without…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

With living wage jobs, basically 20 million of them to help jump-start a sustainable and healthy economy, with an insured, just transition,…

— Jill Stein

Is there any possibility of giving international air travel, which we all need and use and hate, a touch of glamour, or…

— Paul Johnson

My belief in free competitive economic enterprise does not rest solely or even mainly on arguments of economic efficiency, though, heaven knows,…

— Margaret Thatcher

The Toothbrush mustache was first introduced in Germany by Americans, who turned up with it at the end of the 19th century…

— Rich Cohen

No one accuses the Gunner of maudlin affection for anything except his beasts and his weapons. He hasn't the time. He serves…

— Rudyard Kipling

There's an old saying - you'll never hit a target you can't see. Defining a Creative Challenge is an important step in…

— Josh Linkner

Where I come from, we're more about efficiency,' he replies. 'A knife like this'll skewer food, smear butter, and slit throats all…

— Marie Lu

“Efficiency doesn’t matter if you are doing the wrong things in the first place.”

— Matt Perman

I've come to feel very strongly, not as a joke, that if you appoint a committee of more than four people, their…

— Charlton Heston

Manufacturing all over the world has the benefit of efficiency. That's great. I support it.

— Jensen Huang

I will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency.

— Theresa May

Small though it is, the human brain can be quite effective when used properly.

— Colin Baker

Technique has taken over the whole of civilization. Death, procreation, birth all submit to technical efficiency and systemization.

— Jacques Ellul

Trivia rarely affect efficiency. Are all the machinations worth it, when their primary effect is to make the code less readable?

— Brian Kernighan

If I were emperor of the world, I would put the pedal to the floor on energy efficiency and conservation for the…

— Steven Chu

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.

— Robert A. Heinlein

We're trying to increase the efficiency of students to learn from current instruction.

— Steve Miller

The efficiency, credibility, and liquidity of the financial markets have been foundational to the largest economy in the world.

— Dan Gilbert

The highest and best form of efficiency is the spontaneous cooperation of a free people.

— Woodrow Wilson

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

— Jawaharlal Nehru

“There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.”

— Peter Drucker

Many hybrid owners realize how sharply fuel efficiency goes down over 55 mph because they get instant mileage feedback.

— Felix Kramer