Books Quote by Henry Seidel Canby

“While efficiency is important, it is secondary. More important than efficiency is effectiveness — getting the right things done. Efficiency doesn’t matter if you…

— Matt Perman

“Did I think I was doing God’s work?” he said later. “No. But I did think market efficiency was something important for the economy.”

— Michael Lewis

'Efficient' scheduling and control of time are often counterproductive. The efficiency focus creates expectations that clash with the opportunities to develop rich relationships, to…

— Stephen Covey

The future success of the Marine Corps depends on two factors: first, an efficient performance of all duties to which its officers and men…

— John A. Lejeune

The more efficient you are at doing the wrong thing, the wronger you become. It is much better to do the right thing wronger…

— Russell L. Ackoff

One trouble with being efficient is that it makes everybody hate you so.

— Bob Edwards

Energy efficiency should be on the priority list for all home improvement work these days. Canny builders will be able to provide homeowners with…

— Sarah Beeny

The efficient use of energy is as much an issue for Saudi Arabia, with its huge natural resources, as it is for all countries.…

— Ali al-Naimi

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

— Steve Daines

It's not the most powerful animal that survives. It's the most efficient.

— Georges St-Pierre

In the UK what we've found is that even businesses which prided themselves already on their efficient management find that a really beady-eyed scrutiny…

— Margaret Beckett

Fairness is an efficiency parameter if we look at the whole global civilization. It is not an efficient way of meeting human needs if…

— Karl-Henrik Robert