Quotes about Efficient

Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, "like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic". Votes: 3

Efficient spending and saving will give the family more security, more opportunities, more education, and a higher standard of living. Votes: 3

Time is the most valuable commodity we have, worth more than gold, yet wasted more than all else. Efficient use of time begins with prayer. Votes: 3

Violence is not more efficient than non-violence. Votes: 2

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship. Votes: 2

Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards. Votes: 2

Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit. Votes: 2

As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man. Votes: 2

Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly. Votes: 2

The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night to examine the results obtained. Votes: 2

Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning. Votes: 2

I've never really understood people who climb socially by sucking up. It seems like the least efficient way to climb, and also the most psychologically debilitating. Votes: 2

It's not about weight, it's about fitness, and one component of being fit is to have relatively low body fat, because fat is not very efficient, whereas muscle is. Votes: 2

The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results. Votes: 2

You can make a lot of mistakes and still recover if you run an efficient operation. Or you can be brilliant and still go out of business if you're too inefficient. Votes: 2

Our food is safer and our diets are more diverse than ever before; production methods are becoming increasingly sustainable, clean and efficient; and we are constantly becoming better at protecting biodiversity. Votes: 2

Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see. Votes: 2

The auto industry must acknowledge that a rational transportation policy should seek a balance between individual convenience, the efficient use of limited resources, and urban-living values that protect spaciousness, natural beauty, and human-scale mobility. Votes: 2

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency. Votes: 2

The bigger my chest is, the more it gets in the way. It just creates space. It makes me much more efficient if I don't have so much in the way between me and my opponent. Votes: 2

The system is that there is no system. That doesn't mean we don't have process. Apple is a very disciplined company, and we have great processes. But that's not what it's about. Process makes you more efficient. Votes: 2

If you thought the advent of the Internet, the spread of cheap and efficient information technology, and the growing fragmentation of the consumer market were all going to help smaller companies thrive at the expense of the slow-moving giants of the Fortune 500, apparently you were wrong. Votes: 2

If you're the village blacksmith and a model T comes along, you better become a mechanic. People's lives are better when they get news online versus having to wait for the morning paper. It's a lot more efficient, a lot more real time, a lot less waste. Votes: 2

Obama has demonstrated no desire to make tough choices. Americans demand a more efficient, effective government, but his budget calls for more taxes and more spending. It employs deceptive accounting gimmicks but does nothing to tackle long-term entitlement problems, nothing to save Medicare or fix Social Security. Votes: 2

I think there are many times when it would be most efficient to use nuclear weapons. However, the public opinion in this country and throughout the world throw up their hands in horror when you mention nuclear weapons, just because of the propaganda that's been fed to them. Votes: 2

I love cities, and I love city governments in particular. But in politics it would have taken me 8 years from implementing a policy before I would get to see the feedback. With programming I could model the same policies and see the impact immediately. Technology is a far more efficient way to test. Votes: 2

I don't think tablets are where we should be focused. But I do think they could end up being an efficient way of delivering textbooks. They're just not really that, yet. There's all sorts of poisons and mined minerals and carnage that goes on to make a tablet. Way more than to print a book. Or a bunch of books. Votes: 2

You can have anything you want, but not everything. If it was really important to spend an afternoon at my daughter's school, I had to think, how was I going to organize my life to do that? How could I become more efficient? I always tried to put my priorities on the table, personal and professional, and work around them. Votes: 2

There's nothing efficient about innovation. Votes: 0

I'm not small, I'm space-efficient. Votes: 0

I'm not small, I'm space-efficient. Votes: 0

Cheating is often more efficient. Votes: 0

Nothing is less efficient than perfectionism. Votes: 0

Multi-Choice question: My dishwasher is: efficient; hilarious. Votes: 0

A runner's stride is not perfectly efficient. Votes: 0

There is nothing shameful about being efficient. Votes: 0

Being broke is a very efficient educational agency. Votes: 0

The most efficient labor-saving device is still money. Votes: 0

I try to be as efficient as possible. Votes: 0

Doubt was much more energy efficient than conviction. Votes: 0

Why can't people be both flexible and efficient? Votes: 0

An efficient plan will involve a flame thrower Votes: 0

The men who succeed are the efficient few. Votes: 0

I like the way men cry. They're efficient. Votes: 0

It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious. Votes: 0

E-Governance to me is easy, effective and efficient governance. Votes: 0

Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient. Votes: 0

Financial markets need to become less, not more, efficient. Votes: 0

An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty. Votes: 0

I want to push technology boundaries to be more efficient. Votes: 0

Globalization is incredibly efficient but also so far incredibly unjust. Votes: 0

The kerosene record player is not a very efficient device. Votes: 0

The efficient man is the man who thinks for himself. Votes: 0

Marriage remains the most efficient engine of disenchantment yet invented. Votes: 0

Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things. Votes: 0

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship. Votes: 0

I think markets will never be efficient because of human nature. Votes: 0

Paradoxically, to be truly idle, you also have to be efficient. Votes: 0

Value investing is predicated on the efficient market hypothesis being wrong. Votes: 0

Even an organized person has days that aren't efficient and well-managed. Votes: 0

I want to be efficient and effective in everything I do. Votes: 0

Opus Dei is an efficient machine run to achieve world power. Votes: 0

The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears. Votes: 0

You have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy. Votes: 0

The state is never so efficient as when it wants money. Votes: 0

In the long run luck is given only to the efficient. Votes: 0

The United States Postal Service is the world's most efficient postal system. Votes: 0

Filmmaking is just a very luxurious and efficient way of expressing yourself. Votes: 0

It's not the most powerful animal that survives. It's the most efficient. Votes: 0

I don't entirely reject the idea of efficient markets. It needs updating. Votes: 0

No one needs a word processor if he has an efficient secretary. Votes: 0

The first lesson in civics is that efficient government begins at home. Votes: 0

For some reason all the middle-aged women he knew were very efficient. Votes: 0

God might work on mysterious ways, but hell worked on efficient ones. Votes: 0

To the degree it is efficient, a spaceship is elegant and beautiful. Votes: 0

Being efficient without regard to effectiveness is the default mode of the universe. Votes: 0

If freedom were not so economically efficient it certainly wouldn't stand a chance. Votes: 0

The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book. Votes: 0

Making government more efficient and more effective need not be a partisan issue. Votes: 0

The second, sober thought of the people is seldom wrong, and always efficient. Votes: 0

The future is in green energy; it's in making steel for energy-efficient cars. Votes: 0

Democracy is not meant to be efficient, it is meant to be fair. Votes: 0

The guitar is a much more efficient machine than a computer. More responsive. Votes: 0

Banking technology has made it simple and efficient to invest in good causes. Votes: 0

One trouble with being efficient is that it makes everybody hate you so. Votes: 0

The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body - and vice versa. Votes: 0

Love without sex is still the most efficient form of hell known to man. Votes: 0

People who never seen to learn claim the government can be made more efficient. Votes: 0

Make yourself an efficient spark plug, igniting the latent energy of those about you. Votes: 0

To foster inner awareness, introspection, and reasoning is more efficient than meditation and prayer. Votes: 0

If I subscribed to the efficient market theory I would still be delivering papers Votes: 0

A sustainable business is resource efficient, respects the environment and is a good neighbour Votes: 0

An efficient telecommunications network is the foundation upon which an information society is built. Votes: 0

I'm unstuck in time. Also, I juggle like mad and have made myself efficient. Votes: 0

Delivery is about being more efficient, it's about numbers, and it's about extracting costs. Votes: 0

He wasn't very lovable but he was bloody efficient. (Packer talking about Genghis Khan) Votes: 0

Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them. Votes: 0

Psychic perception is a much more efficient and accurate method of seeing and knowing reality. Votes: 0

Americans want government that is leaner, more efficient, and less intrusive into their personal lives. Votes: 0

The future infrared space telescope will cover that area in a much more efficient manner. Votes: 0

Now all politicians assume a necessity of control, the more efficient the control the better. Votes: 0

As federal lawmakers, we have a responsibility to set a precedent for energy efficient practices. Votes: 0

An efficient and a successful administration manifests itself equally in small as in great matters. Votes: 0

You have to wait six months to purchase a fuel efficient automobile made from overseas. Votes: 0

Prayer is our most formidable weapon, the thing which makes all else we do efficient. Votes: 0

I balance it all by being extremely organized, and I am a very efficient delegator. Votes: 0

The more efficient a force is, the more silent and the more subtle it is. Votes: 0

I have enough muscle already. Now I want to use it in more efficient ways. Votes: 0

Food is no longer sacred to us: in becoming too efficient we've changed its nature. Votes: 0

Love doesn't try to be efficient; when it is most extravagant, it is least wasted. Votes: 0

Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all. Votes: 0

Flying cars are not a very efficient way to move things from one point to another. Votes: 0

In spite of our high-tech world and efficient procedures, people remain the essential ingredient of life. Votes: 0

Managers maintain an efficient status quo while leaders attack the status quo to create something new. Votes: 0

I don't like a man to be too efficient. He's likely to be not human enough. Votes: 0

We have all kinds of government compensation systems that are much more efficient than the lawyers. Votes: 0

The desire to impress is an efficient means of bringing out one’s least impressive qualities. Votes: 0

Most of the work on multitasking suggests that it generally makes you less efficient, not more. Votes: 0

If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living. Votes: 0

In a race for limited resources, it is the energy efficient that will win the race Votes: 0

No man can be fully efficient if he expects praise or appreciation for what he does. Votes: 0

One of the best things my mother passed on to me was being an efficient multitasker. Votes: 0

It's possible that your next frontier isn't to get more efficient, it's to get more brave. Votes: 0

Given a choice between being happy or being efficient and safe, I'll take efficient and safe. Votes: 0

Intelligence is based on how efficient a species became at doing the things they need to survive. Votes: 0

If a garden is well maintained and neatly landscaped, there must be a dedicated and efficient gardener. Votes: 0

The more energy-efficient we become as a nation, the less we need to develop additional energy sources. Votes: 0

I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher. Votes: 0

We need a government that is what we are at our best. Smart, efficient, pragmatic and compassionate. Votes: 0

Markets look a lot less efficient from the banks of the Hudsonthan the banks of the Charles. Votes: 0

If you are energy-efficient and water-wise at home, then take all your good habits abroad with you. Votes: 0

The stock market is a wonderfully efficient mechanism for transferring wealth from the impatient to the patient. Votes: 0

I'm used to being efficient and a guy that can do more than the average guy can. Votes: 0

Seizing on a piece of business, I become tiny, eager, efficient: roiled water I cannot see into. Votes: 0

Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking. Votes: 0

Everybody recognizes that if you can make very efficient electric motors, you can make a quantum leap forward. Votes: 0

Fuel cell vehicles run on clean-burning hydrogen and are three times more efficient than the traditional combustible engine. Votes: 0

Industry is far more efficient than the university in making use of scientific developments for the public good. Votes: 0

I do think to some extent multitasking is a way of fooling ourselves that we're being exceptionally efficient. Votes: 0

Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write! Votes: 0

Fuel cells create a better automobile that's 50 percent more energy-efficient overall and sustainable from energy and safety perspectives. Votes: 0

We're beginning the age in which machines attached to our bodies will make us stronger and more efficient, Votes: 0

Low carbon, resource efficient solutions and halting then reversing population growth are two sides of the same coin Votes: 0

We must continue research into new forms of energy and into more efficient use of existing energy sources. Votes: 0

Druid log July 15: Dark elves are not only quick and efficient killers, but creative and pyrotechnically inclined ones. Votes: 0

An efficient and valuable man does what he can, whether the community pay him for it or not. Votes: 0

The economies in Europe that will prosper, are those that are the greenest and the most energy efficient Votes: 0

If you put a woman in a man's position, she will be more efficient, but no more kind. Votes: 0

Basically, I want to make all of humanity more efficient by exploiting the human cycles that get wasted. Votes: 0

I do want the tax system to be efficient and be conducive to growth, which it is not. Votes: 0

I have noticed that everyone who has ever tried to tell me that markets are efficient is poor. Votes: 0

Being efficient is the easy part. Suppressing one's ego completely for hours at a time is really hard. Votes: 0

The law is the only sure protection of the weak, and the only efficient restraint upon the strong. Votes: 0

The aim of every typographic work - the delivery of a message in the shortest, most efficient manner. Votes: 0

Engineering is the professional and systematic application of science to the efficient utilization of natural resources to produce wealth. Votes: 0

The market is a mechanism for sorting the efficient from the inefficient, it is not a substitute for responsibility. Votes: 0

We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient. Votes: 0

I hope that energy-efficient LED light bulbs will help reduce energy use and lower the cost of lighting worldwide. Votes: 0

Music is a therapy.It is a communication far more powerful than words, far more immediate, far more efficient. Votes: 0

No one could become an efficient leader or take the initiative in any great undertaking without belief in himself. Votes: 0

The most efficient way of rendering the poor harmless is to teach them to want to imitate the rich. Votes: 0

Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear. Votes: 0

I think we can say our energy system will be the most efficient and environmentally friendly in the world. Votes: 0

Everybody has a cartoon of themselves. Mine is: I write very fast, and I'm ruthlessly efficient with my time. Votes: 0

C is a razor-sharp tool, with which one can create an elegant and efficient program or a bloody mess. Votes: 0

A wealthy man can preserve his wealth only by continuing to serve the consumers in the most efficient way. Votes: 0

So on one hand, honey is an amazingly sophisticated and efficient food source. On the other hand, it's bee backwash. Votes: 0

Trains are not any more energy efficient than the average automobile, with both getting about 48 passenger miles to the gallon. Votes: 0

Education must enable a man to become more efficient, to achieve with increasing facility the legitimate goals of his life. Votes: 0

In many cases rent control appears to be the most efficient technique presently known to destroy a city-except for bombing. Votes: 0

Nothing keeps a company honest and efficient like the threat of other companies coming along and taking its business away. Votes: 0

[Virtual Currencies] may hold long-term promise, particularly if the innovations Promote a faster, more secure and more efficient payment system. Votes: 0

Firing of Energy does it faster than pumping, but the latter is under better control, and much more resource efficient Votes: 0

There is unquestionably a contradiction between an efficient technological machine and the flowering of human nature, of the human personality. Votes: 0

An efficient militia is authorized and contemplated by the Constitution and required by the spirit and safety of free government. Votes: 0

Panic is efficient. Panic is effective. Panic is the way I get things done! Panic attacks are my booster rockets! Votes: 0

All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing. Votes: 0

You have no idea how pleasant it is not to have any future. It's like having a totally efficient contraceptive. Votes: 0

Smart development invests in insulation, efficient cars, and ever-renewed sources of energy. Dumb growth crashes around looking for more oil. Votes: 0

I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. Votes: 0

Contrary to what you might think, China's economy is relatively less efficient, and more polluting, than those of rich countries. Votes: 0

The most efficient way to memorise a piece is to use the one which proceeds in an error free manner Votes: 0

It is something of a miracle that individual selfish decisions (in a market economy) must lead to a collectively efficient outcome. Votes: 0

As human pastoralists discovered 8,000 years ago, raising animals can be an efficient way of harnessing otherwise unusable resources such as grass. Votes: 0

Our affluence has allowed us to move to a place where we tend to make things pleasurable, as opposed to efficient. Votes: 0

Under the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Program, homes are independently verified to be measurably more energy efficient than average houses. Votes: 0

In our entrancement with the motorcar, we have forgotten how much more efficient and how much more flexible the footwalker is. Votes: 0

We dried continuously day and night. We had no efficient way to do it, so we built this new popcorn plant. Votes: 0

In the long run all producers are forced to use the most efficient methods or give place to others who do. Votes: 0

When everyone agrees to a single solution and a single plan, there's nothing more efficient in the world than an efficient democracy. Votes: 0

Once we've made a decision, we are efficient only if we go through with it decisively, undistracted by doubts about its correctness. Votes: 0

The cheapest and most efficient way of slowing down global warming is to protect and restore the forests, particularly the tropical forests Votes: 0

There are only two qualities in the world: efficiency and inefficiency; and only two sorts of people: the efficient and the inefficient. Votes: 0

My view is the core engine supporting India's growth aspiration will be the financial sector, which will have to get more efficient. Votes: 0

Search, a marketing method that didn't exist a decade ago, provides the most efficient and inexpensive way for businesses to find leads. Votes: 0

Competition, which is the instinct of selfishness, is another word for dissipation of energy, while combination is the secret of efficient production. Votes: 0

By understanding a machine-oriented language, the programmer will tend to use a much more efficient method; it is much closer to reality. Votes: 0

Partly I was honing my self-consciousness into a torture device, sharp and efficient enough to last me the rest of my life. Votes: 0

With the most primitive means the artist creates something which the most ingenious and efficient technology will never be able to create. Votes: 0

It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most efficient service. Votes: 0

The ultimate goal of a more effective and efficient life is to provide you with enough time to enjoy some of it. Votes: 0

People who are really efficient seem to do things easily, with a minimum of effort. In doing so they release maximum power. Votes: 0

A good liar knows that the most efficient lie is always a truth that has had a key piece removed from it. Votes: 0

The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves. Votes: 0

People-to-people charity is more efficient, less costly, more human and compassionate, and more likely to inspire change and self-sufficiency in the beneficiary. Votes: 0

A sense of the value of time... is an essential preliminary to efficient work; it is the only method of avoiding hurry. Votes: 0

Technology helps us become more efficient and productive but our business still has a lot of art as opposed to strictly science. Votes: 0

The fact that a human brain of high amperage, otherwise highly efficient, may have a hole in it is surely not a secret. Votes: 0

I just keep my game plan the same and try to just go out there and be efficient and attack the strike zone. Votes: 0

A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops. Votes: 0

People used to think that private equity was basically just a compensation scheme, but it is much more about making companies more efficient. Votes: 0

As is widely accepted, putting a price on carbon pollution is the lowest cost and most efficient way to tackle dangerous climate change." Votes: 0

Prayer is not a substitute for work; it is an effort to work further and be efficient beyond the range of one's powers. Votes: 0

When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love, and the wise already have one in reserve. Votes: 0

The intelligent and efficient politician is a species virtually unknown in the galaxy. Perhaps I might secure a scraping [for my] cell library. Votes: 0

What's new is this amazingly efficient distribution system for stolen property called the Internet - and no one's gonna shut down the Internet. Votes: 0

Interestingly, the American Embassy mentioned that our efficient relief effort has significantly improved the image of the United States among the Pakistani people. Votes: 0

If I can be more efficient, I'm actually being more respectful to the reader, which then implies a greater intimacy with the reader. Votes: 0

We had about 60 regions in Greece and now there are only 13. It'd be like cutting down 50 states to 13 and making it more efficient. Votes: 0

Safety-net programs must make efficient use of taxpayer resources and harness the capabilities of recipients by helping them move back into the workforce. Votes: 0

What we often fail to recognize is how efficient a vegan diet is. Less land, less water, more food for our spiraling population. Votes: 0

Chaos and ineptitude are anti-human; but so too is a superlatively efficient government, equipped with all the products of a highly developed technology. Votes: 0

As is widely accepted, putting a price on carbon pollution is the lowest cost and most efficient way to tackle dangerous climate change. Votes: 0

The ruler should employ person in tasks according to their abilities because Knowers ( or the means ) and efficient employees make impossible tasks also possible. Votes: 0

Because of this ever increasing discernment of the true Mason he/she will find more efficient ways to apply brotherly love, relief and truth. Votes: 0

From cutting back on state contracts to reducing the number of state cars, We're making state government smaller, smarter, more efficient, and more accountable. Votes: 0

An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job. Votes: 0

The easiest and simplest thing that any one can do to make their car safer, more gas efficient, whatever - check the tire pressure. Votes: 0

Not only had he lost the only girl he'd ever loved, he'd lost her in duplicate, like some heartbroken but highly efficient civil servant. Votes: 0

In an efficient market, at any point in time, the actual price of a security will be a good estimate of its intrinsic value. Votes: 0

When you're used to seeing someone being coldly efficient on court and suddenly they go on stage and into your world - it's fascinating. Votes: 0

Trying to get government to be as efficient as business is as hopeless as trying to teach cats to bark and dogs to meow. Votes: 0

In an efficient market at any point in time the actual price of a security will be a good estimate of its intrinsic value. Votes: 0

Not surprisingly, extensive effort in Britain and America goes into finding tax shelter. the system is "efficient" for the shelter industry, not for the economy. Votes: 0

The more you take on, the more efficient you become. You only learn how much you can actually do by trying to do too much. Votes: 0

Poetry isn't an efficient tool for preserving experience, any more than it's an efficient mode of communication, but who says that it should be efficient? Votes: 0

The only reason free markets have a ghost of a chance is that they are so much more efficient than any other form of organization. Votes: 0

I didn't generate my success by being a prognosticator. I developed my reputation building our businesses by building great businesses and making them more efficient. Votes: 0

Macau is limited in size and land is expensive, so gaming and leisure development must be more efficient. We follow a very conservative financial strategy. Votes: 0

The defence of human liberty against the aggressions of despotic power have been always the most efficient in States where domestic slavery was to prevail. Votes: 0

Vampire teeth really aren't very efficient, are they? It looks very messy. I'm not sure it's the best way to get a pint off anyone. Votes: 0

I'm not an environmentalist. I'm a cultural repairman. It's all about efficient and restorative use of resources to make the world secure, prosperous and life-sustaining. Votes: 0

America used to be a uniquely productive, low-cost place to do business. We had efficient infrastructure. We had limited regulation. We believed in the market. Votes: 0

If Europe's example is any guide, here are the two secrets of coping with expensive oil: own fuel-efficient cars, and don't drive them too much. Votes: 0

A good director is very well prepared, and knows exactly how he's going to cut the film, so the shooting is as efficient as possible. Votes: 0

...[the federal] government [has no authority] to deliver a service,...and there's no evidence to show that government has ever been efficient [at] delivering...service. Votes: 0

I don't want a lot of bureaucracy... I want to run state government the same way we run a campaign - efficient, effective and victorious. Votes: 0

The reality is, there's still so much we haven't yet figured out. There's still so much stuff that has not been made more, frankly, efficient. Votes: 0

Today is just the beginning of Kepler. Because of its super energy-efficient architecture, we will extend GPUs into datacenters, to super thin notebooks, to superphones. Votes: 0

Unrestricted laissez faire capitalism allocates resources in a most efficient way to satisfy human wants without regard to the rationality or morality of those desires. Votes: 0

Without an adversary prowess shrivels. We see how great and efficient it really is only when it shows by endurance what it is capable of. Votes: 0

Motorists who want to save money on gas will demand and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. We should not limit their freedom with more government regulations. Votes: 0

I'll be damned," he muttered."Most likely." She folded the blanket with efficient snaps. "And I may be joining you, after what we just did. Votes: 0

The house of Lords must be the only institution in the world which is kept efficient by the persistent absenteeism of most of its members. Votes: 0

In the 1950s, I proposed the survivor method of determining the efficient sizes of enterprises, and worked on delivered price systems, vertical integration, and similar topics. Votes: 0

Virtues are often conquered by vices, but their rout is most complete when it is inflicted by other virtues, more militant, more efficient, or more congenial. Votes: 0

We may be very busy, we may be very 'efficient', but we will also be truly 'effective' only when we begin with the end in mind. Votes: 0

America ships tons of sugar cookies to Denmark and Denmark ships tons of sugar cookies to America. Wouldn't it be more efficient just to swap recipes? Votes: 0

Our purpose, as we face these challenges, remains clear - fair and orderly markets that allow for efficient capital formation, while protecting the interests of investors. Votes: 0

I don't really bust anybody publicly. It's much more efficient if I can impact the creators. So that's what we do. It's had a great impact. Votes: 0

The art model of problem solving is incredibly efficient because ideology has no place there.There's only the thing and what the thing needs to be. Votes: 0

Regardless of how little time and work someone takes to perform a task, there has to be a more efficient and effective way to perform it. Votes: 0

You can be very efficient with lyrics, and you can get the heart fluttering or soaring or make someone cry with a really amazing dance song. Votes: 0

It is rightly laid down that 'true knowledge is knowledge by causes'. Also the establishment of four causes is not bad: material, formal, efficient and final. Votes: 0

Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman. Votes: 0

My blessed California, you are so wise. You render death abstract, efficient, clean. Your afterlife is only real estate, And in his kingdom Death must stay unseen. Votes: 0

It is very doubtful whether man is enough of a political animal to produce a good, sensible, serious and efficient constitution. All the evidence is against it. Votes: 0

While spirituality provides an efficient and endless fuel for your mind and body, you must burn that fuel with human action towards your goals, dreams, and desires. Votes: 0

Job creation requires a business friendly environment with a tax structure that is not punitive and a state government designed for efficient use of fewer tax dollars. Votes: 0

Ballet is ultimately a logical technique; it favors the shortest, most efficient route from one position into another. This factor gives an aesthetic clarity to all motions. Votes: 0

Job creation requires a business friendly environment with a tax structure that is not punitive and a state government designed for efficient use of fewer tax dollars. Votes: 0

There is no reason why, with the huge potential for market out there in the world for fuel-efficient vehicles, we can't be the cutting edge for change. Votes: 0

I've realized there are far more efficient and devastating methods of disturbing people than merely sloshing around in the pigpen with obvious, profane, scatological, flat-brained, grade-school offensiveness. Votes: 0

A fleet of the most powerful vessels would be of little use in war without a personnel at least as efficient as that of our possible enemies. Votes: 0

Waiting to be happy limits our brain's potential for success, whereas cultivating positive brains makes us more motivated, efficient, resilient, creative, and productive, which drives performance upward. Votes: 0

I refer to my hands, feet and body as the tools of the trade. The hands and feet must be sharpened and improved daily to be efficient. Votes: 0

The price to generate a megawatt or a gigawatt of energy is coming down year after year. We're learning how to print it, make it more efficient. Votes: 0

This administration is doing everything we can to end the stalemate in an efficient way. We're making the right decisions to bring the solution to an end. Votes: 0

The most efficient way to produce anything is to bring together under one management as many as possible of the activities needed to turn out the product. Votes: 0

Say German cars are sort of very built and efficient. Italian cars are a bit flamboyant and quick. Mexican cars just going to be lazy, feckless, flatulent... Votes: 0

Fines are preferable to imprisonment and other types of punishment because they are more efficient. With a fine, the punishment to offenders is also revenue to the State. Votes: 0

Barge traffic on the Mississippi River represents the most efficient, most cost-effective, most environmentally sound means of transporting commodity goods from this region of the country to market. Votes: 0

It's businesses versus big government. We don't need big government. We need a more efficient, lean government, and that's exactly the kind of government we intend to deliver. Votes: 0

Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient and practical man. Votes: 0

I believe that preventing radicalisation is far more efficient than de-radicalisation, meaning stopping someone joining is a lot easier than trying to pull someone out once they've joined. Votes: 0

Observing that the market was FREQUENTLY efficient, EMT Adherents went on to conclude incorrectly that it was ALWAYS efficient. The difference between these propositions is night and day. Votes: 0

Less cars on the road means productivity and jobs growth, as it allows for the more efficient movement of goods and services and encourages greater urban population density. Votes: 0

I will continue my consistent record of voting for lower taxes, less spending and fewer regulations to make our government more effective and efficient while upholding our Constitution. Votes: 0

Haitian rice farmers are quite efficient, but they can't compete with U.S. agribusiness that relies on a huge government subsidy, thanks to Ronald Reagan's free market enthusiasms. Votes: 0

Every government program needs to be more efficient. Instead of pointing out how other programs can tighten their belts, every program administrator must look inward to save money. Votes: 0

Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient and practical man. Votes: 0

My job will not be easy but I am convinced the problems will be solved in a quicker and more efficient way if there is unity and consensus. Votes: 0

It is easy to study the rules of overloading and of templates without noticing that together they are one of the keys to elegant and efficient type-safe containers. Votes: 0

I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one. Votes: 0

To be efficient means getting the job done in a smart, resourceful and timely way. To be effective means getting the right job done well, efficiently or not. Votes: 0

If we're going to be an effective, efficient economy, we need to have all part of that engine running well, and that includes Wall Street and Main Street. Votes: 0

It is easy to study the rules of overloading and of templates without noticing that together they are one of the keys to elegant and efficient type-safe containers Votes: 0

Two heads are better than one because the more people that get involved, the easier it is to reach an agreement. This is why committees are so efficient. Votes: 0

I want a Mini-Cooper because it's fuel efficient, emissions efficient and all that stuff. It's small and better for the environment. I think that will be my next car. Votes: 0

I find that many entrepreneurs are trying to do everything when it would be cheaper and more time-efficient to delegate, even if there are monetary costs associated with that. Votes: 0

I've always voted Republican because America is exactly that, a republic. You can't expect much leadership with a Democrat behind the desk their not even close to dual efficient. Votes: 0

As competition intensifies, the need for creative thinking increases. It is no longer enough to do the same thing better . . . no longer enough to be efficient and solve problems. Votes: 0

The young generation of today is globally connected. They want to live in an equitable and efficient India. We have to be ready for this, and work for this. Votes: 0

Amory Lovins has said that the only reason Americans look efficient is that each has 300 energy slaves. Those 300 energy slaves will now be reproduced among the elite of India. Votes: 0

It takes a lot to motivate me to exercise but Physique 57 is the ideal workout, it's efficient, fun and targeted to get the results you didn't think were possible! Votes: 0

An individual developer like me cares about writing the new code and making it as interesting and efficient as possible. But very few people want to do the testing. Votes: 0

In order to spur economic growth we need to put the brakes on out of control spending, lower Ohioans tax burden and create a most efficient and effective government. Votes: 0

I am intrigued enough to want to continue, and also to try and work with companies like Sony on modifying the cameras and making them more user-friendly and efficient. Votes: 0

People tend to work in teams, in a collaborative way, in an informal network. If you create an environment like that, it's much more effective and much more efficient. Votes: 0

The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure. Votes: 0

On the other hand, if people are made safer, more efficient, more comfortable "“ or just plain happier "“ by contact with the product, then the designer has succeeded. Votes: 0

In order to spur economic growth we need to put the brakes on out of control spending, lower Ohioans tax burden and create a most efficient and effective government. Votes: 0

The solid wealth of insurance companies and the success of those who organsie gambling are some indication of the profits to be derived from the efficient use of chance. Votes: 0

Well, I'm a slow writer. For me, a good day is a page, maybe a page and a half. I'd love to be more efficient, but I am not. Votes: 0

Quite literally, your gut is the epicenter of your mental and physical health. If you want better immunity, efficient digestion, improved clarity and balance, focus on rebuilding your gut health Votes: 0

the so-called co-efficient of heritability, which I regard as one of those unfortunate short-cuts, which have often emerged in biometry for lack of a more thorough analysis of the data. Votes: 0

Women writers make for rewarding (and efficient) lovers. They are clever liars to fathers and husbands; yet they never hold their tongues too long, nor keep ardent typing fingers still. Votes: 0

As with nearly all proposed development standards, the goal is to encourage efficient land use, flexibility and a wide variety of housing types while reducing the potential for negative impacts. Votes: 0

Why are we deforesting for pulp and paper when we have a logical and efficient solution in plants like kenaf or bamboo? It doesn't make sense to me at all. Votes: 0

The free market is not only a more efficient decision maker than even the wisest central planning body, but even more important, the free market keeps economic power widely dispersed. Votes: 0

It would appear that, on the level of individual nations and of international relations, the free market is the most efficient instrument for utilizing resources and effectively responding to needs. Votes: 0

... oh, I long to prove myself by writing! The best seems to die in me when I give it up. It is the self I love--not this efficient, philanthropic self. Votes: 0

A busy person is usually the most efficient because they know how to manage their time. That's something I learned through dancing all through school and all throughout my life. Votes: 0

Linda and I aren't one and one. We are two halves that make a whole -- two halves fitted together are more efficient than either half would ever be alone! Votes: 0

The NHS is a bit iffy when you sprain an ankle, but when it's a high-priority issue, it's fantastic. They don't mess about. They're incredibly efficient when things go wrong. Votes: 0

We continued the hard work of integrating TWA, because at that time we still thought an efficient connecting hub in St. Louis could be a profitable addition to our network. Votes: 0

Money is not a goal. The goal is to make companies grow, develop, be competitive, be in different areas, be efficient to have a great human team inside the company. Votes: 0

The NHS is a bit iffy when you sprain an ankle, but when it's a high-priority issue, it's fantastic. They don't mess about. They're incredibly efficient when things go wrong. Votes: 0

As any car freak will tell you, the old models are the most beautiful, even if they aren't the most efficient. People who sacrifice beauty for efficiency get what they deserve. Votes: 0

I love using the latest technologies to make life more efficient, but I don't want to advocate that technology replaces the need to get together and enjoy human connections with people. Votes: 0

Nature is a totally efficient, self-regenerati ng system. IF we discover the laws that govern this system and live synergistically within them, sustainability will follow and humankind will be a success. Votes: 0

I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy. Votes: 0

Teach [our girls] that there is a race with special needs which they and only they can help; that the world needs and is already asking for their trained, efficient forces. Votes: 0

Forget your environmental footprint. Think about your ethical footprint. What good is it to build a zero-carbon, energy efficient complex, when the labor producing this architectural gem is unethical at best? Votes: 0

Prayer is a specific divine appointment, an ordinance of Heaven, whereby God purposes to carry out His gracious designs on earth and to execute and make efficient the plan of salvation. Votes: 0

That was the secret, he believed, to success in any endeavor: to be a careful, knowledgeable, and efficient observer of the world, and to act in accordance with what you saw. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, the current pace of progress is not nearly rapid enough, with many rich industrialised countries being slow to make the transition to cleaner and more efficient forms of economic growth. Votes: 0

One must, however, not just work hard. One must work smart. As the saying goes, the efficient person gets the job done right; the effective person gets the right job done. Votes: 0

I shed many a tear when the steam engines went out of style on the railroads. I'd like to seem them come back, but I realize the diesels are more efficient. Votes: 0

No matter how efficient school training may be, it would only produce stagnation, orthodoxy, and rigid pedantry if there were no uncommon men pushing forward beyond the wisdom of their tutors. Votes: 0

The game might be divided into three parts, the opening, the middle-game and the end-game. There is one thing you must strive for, to be equally efficient in the three parts. Votes: 0

Prayer is the noble supplication which we lift up to the throne of the Most High. It is the most efficient means to obtain from God the graces which we need. Votes: 0

The efficient use of energy is as much an issue for Saudi Arabia, with its huge natural resources, as it is for all countries. Increased efficiency makes sense environmentally, but also economically. Votes: 0

My advice to any traveler who is traveling in order to learn would be: 'Fight tooth and nail to be permitted to travel in what is technically the least efficient way.' Votes: 0

Friends and family were convinced I was functioning just fine because I was efficient, productive and successful - who wouldn't be working twenty hour days? I had everybody fooled with my illness. Votes: 0

It is also very important to observe, that menial servants are absolutely necessary to make the resources of the higher and middle classes of society efficient in the demand for material products. Votes: 0

The amount of resources we put in are disparate. We put billions of dollars into fuel-efficient technologies. How much are we putting into energy behavior change in a credible, systematic, testing way? Votes: 0

A man is most efficient and will more quickly and easily succeed when engaged in work that he loves, or work that he performs in behalf of some person whom he loves. Votes: 0

The leader is the one who climbs the tallest tree, surveys the entire situation, and yells, 'Wrong jungle!' ... Busy, efficient producers and managers often respond ... 'Shut up! We're making progress!' Votes: 0

The exercises of practical life are formative activities, a work of adaptation to the environment. Such adaptation to the environment and efficient functioning therein is the very essence of a useful education. Votes: 0

Americans are driving more in less-efficient vehicles. Sales of sports utility vehicles and pickup trucks have been amazingly strong considering the recession, and low pump prices are keeping people on the roads Votes: 0

The bureaucratic culture that we [Afghanistan] have inherited is an obstacle. Hierarchies may be extremely efficient for dealing with certain events, but they are not quick in responding to global, flexible networks. Votes: 0

I have great, great confidence in our capital markets and in our financial institutions. Our financial institutions, banks and investment banks, are strong. Our capital markets are resilient. They're efficient. They're flexible. Votes: 0

Governments want efficient technicians, not human beings, because human beings become dangerous to governments "“ and to organized religions as well. That is why governments and religious organizations seek to control education. Votes: 0

The Texas Energy Office's Loan Star Program has reduced building energy consumption and taxpayers' energy costs through the efficient operation of public buildings, saving taxpayers more than $172 million through energy efficiency projects. Votes: 0

What's so seductive about the efficient markets hypothesis is that it applies nine years out of ten. A lot of the time it works. But when it stops working, you blow up. Votes: 0

You cannot defeat Islamic State with airstrikes only. It's necessary to cooperate with ground troops, and the Syrian army is the most efficient and powerful ground force to fight the Islamic State. Votes: 0

Without question, bicycling is an efficient, economical and environmentally sound form of transportation and recreation. Bicycling is a great activity for families, recreational riders and commuters. Hillary, Chelsea and I have bicycles.... Votes: 0

If I remember correctly, the most efficient campaign in modern times, in terms of burn rate, had been Obama's 2012 reelect, which I believe the number was they spent 37 cents at every dollar. Votes: 0

Hedge funds are a very efficient way of managing money. But there are clearly some risks. Hedge funds use credit and credit is a source of instability. Transactions involving credit should be regulated. Votes: 0

Cambridge is really understanding and helpful, so that's been good, and it's just a case of trying to get stuff done when I am there and just being efficient with managing my time. Votes: 0

There is no obligation on us to be richer, or busier, or more efficient, or more productive, or more progressive, or any way worldlier or wealthier, if it does not make us happier. Votes: 0

Developing countries present a real opportunity for sustainable consumption. There, we can start from a clean slate and develop appropriate products and services that serve people's needs in a more efficient, integrated way. Votes: 0

If networks are to be more efficient...this will come about only on the basis of a high level of trust and the existence of shared norms of ethical behavior between network members Votes: 0

City planning finds its validation in the intuitive recognition that a burgeoning market society can not be trusted to produce spontaneously a habitable, sanitary, or even efficient city, much less a beautiful one. Votes: 0

Cats didn't start as mousers. Weasels and snakes and dogs are more efficient as rodent-control agents. I postulate that cats started as psychic companions, as Familiars, and have never deviated from this function. Votes: 0

Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms of government, but it has one saving grace: it allows us to know and say that it isn't. Votes: 0

The short story, its course plotted and its form proscribed, has become too efficient... but efficiency is not the most, it is perhaps the least, important among the undoubted elements of good literature Votes: 0

If the employees fundamentally trust the C.E.O., then communications will be vastly more efficient than if they don't. Telling things as they are is a critical part of building this trust. Votes: 0

I think that Capitalism, wisely managed, can probably be made more efficient for attaining economic ends than any alternative system yet in sight, but that in itself is in many ways extremely objectionable. Votes: 0

Fuel-efficient my big engine is not. I drove 38 miles and burned through more than a quarter-tank of expensive premium gas. Every time I accelerated I could sense a Saudi Arabian somewhere was smiling. Votes: 0

Each and every one of the security measures we implement serves an important goal: providing safe and efficient air travel for the millions of people who rely on our aviation system every day. Votes: 0

Herein lies the real value of education. Advanced education may or may not make men and women more efficient; but it enriches personality, increases the wealth of the mind, and hence brings happiness. Votes: 0

For the record, I would like to point out that it is NOT being obsessive to memorize a boy's schedule so that you can accidentally bump into him. It is called being efficient. Votes: 0

It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions. Votes: 0

We have relatively little time and a whole lot of curiosity, so the most efficient way to get there is what we do, and that often happens to be some form of science. Votes: 0

Once you accept the power of spine in the creative act, you will become much more efficient in your creativity. You will still get lost on occasion, but having a spine will anchor you. Votes: 0

Liberals don't love big government because they think it's efficient, compassionate, fair or even remotely useful. They support big government because they are guaranteed the support of nearly everyone who works for the government. Votes: 0

We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses of power and the misappropriation of public funds must end. Votes: 0

In the first place, bureaucracies never become efficient; they're never going to get rid of administrative costs; they're never going to reduce them. That's not the purpose of bureaucracies. It's to increase those things. Votes: 0

What, anyway, was he to say? That intelligence could surpass and excel the blind force of evolution, with its emphasis on mutation, struggle and death? That conscious cooperation was more efficient than feral competition? Votes: 0

And autos are not the only product that could be made more energy efficient if we just put in place sensible requirements. This is also true of many appliances and even of entire buildings. Votes: 0

I am not well qualified to criticize the theory of rational expectations and the efficient market hypothesis because as a market participant I considered them so unrealistic that I never bothered to study them. Votes: 0

We're more into sort of fluid structures that are simultaneously the most efficient, the most beautiful, and the most engineered. You know what I mean? We like the balance you can get in there. Votes: 0

I've never actually been a fighter myself - fighting tires me out and I'm not an efficient fighter anyway - but I have certainly seen other people have great complicated goes at one another. Votes: 0

The gentlemen who wrote the Constitution were as suspicious of efficient government as they were wary of democracy, a "turbulence and a folly" that was associated with the unruly ignorance of an urban mob. Votes: 0

So we are now still dependent on foreign oil, have a problem with global warming, and are losing jobs rapidly to the Japanese in fuel-efficient vehicles as a result of that very shortsighted progress. Votes: 0

Trying to solve the worlds problems by making things 5% more efficient is like trying to play the violin with gardening gloves. Not much good will come out of it. We must invent new ways! Votes: 0

I try to compartmentalize as much as possible, and I have the most amazing team in the world. They really set up my time in a way that is completely efficient all the time. Votes: 0

If you don't understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new problems of operation and maintenance. The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine. Votes: 0

Indian IT corporations have made work in the U.S. much more efficient by enhancing their productivity and quality of work. We have helped to add sufficient value to the corporations in the U.S. Votes: 0

We assume that everything's becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense that's true; our lives are better in many ways. But that improvement has been gained through a massively inefficient use of natural resources. Votes: 0

We have really good data that show when you take patients and you really inform them about their choices, patients make more frugal choices. They pick more efficient choices than the health care system does. Votes: 0

I'm a firm believer that education is the most efficient tool we have to make people aware and make our children aware, and to protect them from the scourge of the century, which is AIDS Votes: 0

Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day. Votes: 0

The greatest danger to liberty today comes from the men who are most needed and most powerful in modern government, namely, the efficient expert administrators exclusively concerned with what they regard as the public good. Votes: 0

I believe that the future for a more effective, more efficient way of approaching the challenges Europe is facing is going to be more properly and more effectively handled and seen through the member states. Votes: 0

Gross and vulgar minds will always pay a higher respect to wealth than to talent; for wealth, although it be a far less efficient source of power than talent, happens to be far more intelligible. Votes: 0

Certainly our goal is to leave Iraq, but we can't leave Iraq with our forces until we know that the Iraqi security forces are capable and efficient enough to defend the sovereignty of the nation. Votes: 0

Recognize that there is a time to be left-brained and a time to be right-brained; a time to be efficient and a time to be creative; a time to work and a time to play. Votes: 0

Why is it when you start to meditate you stop at a certain point? Because you're tied to the world, you have holes in your being and you haven't learned to lead an efficient life. Votes: 0

Simply from the fact that we have regarded a thing with the emotion of pleasure or pain, though that thing be not the efficient cause of the emotion, we can either love or hate it. Votes: 0