Failure Quote by W. Edwards Deming Download Open image “When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.” — W. Edwards Deming ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Failure Stable
A mistake is only an error, it becomes a mistake when you fail to correct it — John Lennon Copy Share Image
“When it’s safe to talk about mistakes, people are more likely to report errors and less likely to make them.” — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
We know well that mistakes are more easily detected in the works of others than in one's own. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
As we build systems that are more and more complex, we make more and more subtle but very high-impact mistakes. As we use computers… — Matt Blaze Copy Share Image
“Making all the components highly reliable will not necessarily make the system safe.” — Nancy G. Leveson Copy Share Image
“the conceptual integrity of a system determines its ease of use.” — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
All errors can be traced back to you the person, every action consists of possibilities of error and mistakes. our duty is to minimize… — Edward Shaylitsa Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the more complex the system, the greater the room for error. — George Soros 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
When you do things they're absolutely right at that time for you and it can always teach you something about yourself. You can take… — Kym Marsh Copy Share Image
Failures happen. You can't cry over them. You just take it in your stride because you know that you have done your best... Sometimes,… — Divya Dutta Copy Share Image
“Rhiannon's Law #28: If you're going to fuck up, be sure to fuck up good and proper. Nothing makes failure acceptable, so you might… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Failure is a part of life and you have to learn to deal with it. Failure is something that is part of life's cycle… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
First action was a mistake. What about the second? third? fourth and fifth?...Mehn you are bad... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don’t you just hate nights like that, when you think over every mistake you’ve made, every hurt you’ve received, every bit of meanness you’ve… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
“Our failure to understand another being's inner reality doesn't make that reality any less real, or any less valuable to that being. (p.255)” — Kathryn Schulz Copy Share Image
I hope that the Palestinians don't make the mistake of unleashing a new intifada. They've tried it twice before, and the consequences were bad… — Tom Segev Copy Share Image
Don't take too much comfort in the fact that you're successful today because tomorrow could bring failure. There's no surety in life. — Michael Savage Copy Share Image
