Absence Quote by W. Edwards Deming

Failure comes part and parcel with invention. It’s not optional.

— Jeff Bezos

Product quality has almost nothing to do with defects or their lack.

— Tom DeMarco

“However, most defects end up costing more than it would have cost to prevent them. Defects are expensive when they occur, both the direct…

— Kent Beck

Any business that does not innovate will fail over time.

— Nolan Bushnell

Whenever you start a new business, the sheer number of variables at hand makes failure a constant possibility.

— Sallie Krawcheck

There's no luck in business. There's only drive, determination, and more drive.

— Sophie Kinsella

If you make it difficult to do business, there's not going to be any business.

— Rick Harrison

The weakness in the company is if we fail to execute.

— Kevin Rollins

Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

— Elon Musk

If your business isn't the best quality, it will not succeed.

— Tracy Reese

Businesses always have opportunities to improve service, product lines, manufacturing techniques, and the like, and obviously these opportunities should be seized. But a business…

— Warren Buffett

The purpose of a business is to get and keep a customer. Without customers, no amount of engineering wizardry, clever financing, or operations expertise…

— Theodore Levitt