Sherry Yard Quotes

We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.

I try to be as efficient as possible.

If I physically made every work myself, I would get only one or two paintings done a year, if that.

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

The most efficient labor-saving device is still money.

I like to cook with the philosophy of using great ingredients and not altering them too much.

The time I save setting up and cleaning up probably balances out by the time I spend on output.

There's no way I'm going to stand up for bad ingredients. We love seasonal ingredients. It's a false dichotomy to say that modern cooking is at odds with that, but some people want to have a great ingredient and no technique.

Those who store, package, and sell the food we serve our families have a responsibility to maintain basic standards of cleanliness in their facilities.

The more business one has, the more you are able to accomplish, for you learn to economize your time.

There are certainly delays in this year's agreed program, and we must quickly catch up. Let's not kid ourselves, there is still big waste in the public sector, and it must stop.

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.

Productivity depends on many factors, including our workforce's knowledge and skills and the quantity and quality of the capital, technology, and infrastructure that they have to work with.

In every business, in every industry, management does matter.

Whether you're a programmer or a seamstress, it's all about new techniques, simplifying old techniques, and consolidating steps. Making things go faster - but not worse.

It's not about working harder; it's about working the system.

I'll compliment on the spot. I want a clean, neat drugstore. I'll check the restrooms and closets.

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?

I don't worship at the alter of efficiency.

We need to have fewer meetings, not more—as we have to have time to put into effect some of the things we decide in these meetings.

For too long the federal government has measured quantity, not quality: What it puts in rather than what it gets out.

We will reinvent productivity to empower every person and every organization on the planet to do more and achieve more.

It's difficult to be clean and clever at the same time, but a lot of our stuff was.

From a productivity standpoint, you're supposed to reduce headcount on par with declining revenue. If you believe the environment isn't going to improve, you should take a bigger cut to get in front of the problems.

We don't have time as a nation to spend all of what we do blocking.