Efficiency Quotes

398 quotes by 337 authors

Contemporary man is blind to the fact that, with all his rationality and efficiency, he is possessed by "powers" that are beyond his control. His… — Carl Jung
The interchange of information is creating a new paradigm for the energy efficiency market — Greg Turner
As the saying goes, the Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones; we transitioned to better solutions. The same opportunity lies… — Steven Chu
We have to prepare our cities for the increasing scarcity of resources by increasing their density and energy efficiency. — Mathis Wackernagel
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… — John Stewart Bell
I have been working for years to promote a responsible energy policy that works to increase energy efficiency and invest in alternative and renewable energy… — Lois Capps
We have become indifferent to content, and react, not even to form, but to technique, to technical efficiency itself. — Czeslaw Milosz
Nobody spends somebody else's money as carefully as he spends his own. Nobody uses somebody else's resources as carefully as he uses his own. So… — Milton Friedman
If economists did not concern themselves with economic efficiency, nobody would. — Dennis Holme Robertson
Economists have the correct insight that economics is a theory of choice, the key to the story is the variety of options and centralised political… — Douglass North
The department of home economics was organized to train a woman in efficiency and to develop her outlook to life. Such a department is a… — Liberty Hyde Bailey
Home-making today should have a background of scientific training because only in this way can real efficiency be achieved. The average girl wants to be… — Eleanor Roosevelt
I expect to see the State, which is in a position to calculate the marginal efficiency of capital-goods on long views and on the basis… — John Maynard Keynes
It should be possible to emphasize to students that the level of employment is a macroeconomic issue, depending in the short run on aggregate demand… — Paul Krugman
We have to shift our emphasis from economic efficiency and materialism towards a sustainable quality of life and to healing of our society, of our… — Janet Holmes a Court
First, we must stop wasting energy. A quarter of the UK's carbon emissions come from the home. Our housing stock - the oldest in Europe… — Chris Huhne
The big corporation is not in the least remarkable for efficiency; it is only too big to be blamed for its inefficiency. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The biggest gains, in terms of decreasing the country's energy bill, the amount of carbon dioxide we put into the atmosphere, and our dependency on… — Steven Chu
Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy. — Laozi
We celebrate the cherry tree not for its efficiency but for its effectiveness - and for its beauty. Its materials are in constant flow, and… — William McDonough

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