Jimmy Iovine Quotes

So the programs all start to all look the same. I watched one free skating competition, and I thought I was watching a short program. Everyone was doing exactly the same elements.

Now the whole point about machines is they are designed not to be random. When you call up a word processing program on your computer, you don't want it to be different every time you call it up. You want it to stay the same.

The idea is to have global standards. There is so much travel that if you just had a regional standard, it would probably ultimately have to be changed.

When the world becomes standard, I will start caring about standards.

A pattern is a guide or a model. Patterns are used in sewing and knitting, in wood and metalworking, and in a wide variety of other productive pursuits, activities, and jobs. Patterns help to avoid waste and unwanted deviations and facilitate uniformity that is appropriate and beneficial.

It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same.

When you're a corporation, you're going to stick with what works. That's why every McDonald's is the same.

There shall be one measure of wine through our kingdom, and one measure of ale, and onemeasure of corn … and one breadth of dyed cloth and of rufflets …. It shall be the same as with weights as measures …

The reason my kids like McDonald's is that they always know what they're going to get. It's not gourmet food, but the french fries they order in Indianapolis are just like the french fries they order in Tampa. Wherever they get McDonald's fries, they know it will be the same. That's what McDonald's does.

Trust is very important. In 'Goodfellas' in the 'Go home and get your shine box!' scene, we must have filmed 15 takes. If you played each take back, the timing would be exactly the same each time.

A shot is a lever; it's all it is. You don't open a car door differently each time. A car door is efficient - it opens and closes. So is a shot.

You wish there was more consistency about how they do things in the NCAA.

I've come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.

You try and take every kick exactly the same, no matter if it's the beginning or the last minute.

We want a system that creates the same exact sandwich, very rapidly and very consistently, every single time.

I kind of just dress the same way no matter where I am.

Uniformity is the friend of scalability.

I wanted all my stores to be the same, to offer the same customer experience, whether I was there or not.

The world needs more standardization, less innovation.

It is sometimes necessary to repeat what all know. All mapmakers should place the Mississippi in the same location and avoid originality.

Uniformity in the currency, weights, and measures of the United States is an object of great importance, and will, I am persuaded, be duly attended to.

Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.

The problem with being consistent is that there are lots of ways to be consistent, and they're all inconsistent with each other.

In Tokyo, London or Los Angeles people go into McDonald's and the restaurants are identical and people are comfortable. It's unthreatening.

In manufacturing, we try to stamp out variance. With people, variance is everything.