Contests Quote by W. Edwards Deming Download Open image “Put a good person in a bad system and the bad system wins, no contest.” — W. Edwards Deming ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Contests Good person Persons Winning
“So often the problem is in the system, not in the people. If you put good people in bad systems, you get bad results.… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
Decide on some imperfect Somebody and you will win, because the truest truism in politics is: You can't beat Somebody with Nobody. — William Safire Copy Share Image
If you a bad man, you'll fight the biggest, the best. Find a challenge, and then over the challenge, that's how you become the… — Jared Cannonier Copy Share Image
We like to think there is this core of human nature – that good people can't do bad things, and that good people will… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
People say, find good people and leave bad ones But it should be, find the good in people and ignore the bad in them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People say, Find good people and let go of the bad ones. But it should be, Find the good in people and let go… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's easier to make a good person better than to make a bad person good. — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
The system you're brought up under tries to make you like the people that succeeded in that system. — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
Absence of defects does not necessarily build business... Something more is required. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
In Japan, a company worker's position is secure. He is retrained for another job if his present job is eliminated by productivity improvement. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to assume that if everybody does his job, it will be all right. The whole system may be in trouble. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
The only useful function of a statistician is to make predictions, and thus to provide a basis for action. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Sub-optimization is when everyone is for himself. Optimization is when everyone is working to help the company. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
A manager of people needs to understand that all people are different. This is not ranking people. He needs to understand that the performance… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
The social [media channel] isn't about beauty contests and popularity contests. They're a distortion, a caricature of the real thing. It's about trust, connection,… — Umair Haque Copy Share Image
Lutherans, whose arguments and mistakes will not be difficult to contest or discover, do not want to attribute any value to works, and they… — Michael Servetus Copy Share Image
I won contest after contest until finally I realized, "Ok, I am the best in the world, but now what?" So I opened my… — Christian Hosoi Copy Share Image
Competing is intense among humans, and within a group, selfish individuals always win. But in contests between groups, groups of altruists always beat groups… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
My family was musical on both sides. My father's family had a famous flautist and a classical pianist. My mother won a contest to… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
To try something longer, I entered a half-hour radio drama contest with the national public broadcaster, CBC. To my surprise, I won. And that… — Karen Walton Copy Share Image
In the case of The Thin Blue Line, I was surprised actually by many things. I was shooting down in Texas where the actual… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
I wouldn't support Limp Bizkit being on some snuff backyard brawling, fighting contest. — Fred Durst Copy Share Image
People understand contests. You take a bunch of kids throwing rocks at random and people look askance, but if you go and hold a… — Don Murray Copy Share Image
If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image