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# Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr

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Frank Bunker Gilbreth was an American engineer, consultant, and author known as an early advocate of scientific management and a pioneer of time and motion study, and is perhaps best known as the father and central figure of Cheaper by the Dozen.

##  Quotes by Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr

> [There is no waste in the world that equals the waste from needless, ill-directed, and ineffective motions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bunker-gilbreth-sr/there-is-no-waste-in-the-world-that-equals-the-waste-from-needless/)

[Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bunker-gilbreth-sr/)

[Bad decision](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-decision/)

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> [We're worn into grooves by Time-by our habits. In the end, these grooves are going to show whether we've been second rate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bunker-gilbreth-sr/we-re-worn-into-grooves-by-time-by-our-habits-in-the-end-these/)

[Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bunker-gilbreth-sr/)

[Achievement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achievement/)

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