W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes

I'm a perfectionist. I'm not going to cheat the people.

I do things right. No shortcuts.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

There is no room in the world, as you say, for second rate work.

I've had to work hard all my life, and I will never, ever ask a fan or reader to pay for something I've rushed. It's not fair to them, and I will never give them anything except my absolute best.

Everything I put my name to and take part in, I want to be good. That's not saying it will always happen. But I want to make bold choices.

We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.

I will not do work that isn't done well or right. Stuff happens - things break, contractors don't come through - but I don't want to be responsible for not doing something correctly.

Good is not good when better is expected.

If 10 years from now, when you are doing something quick and dirty, you suddenly visualize that I am looking over your shoulders and say to yourself: 'Dijkstra would not have liked this', well that would be enough immortality for me.

One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Never cut corners, or accept anything that's second-rate.

Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.

When you're a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you're not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You'll know it's there, so you're going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back.

Ethics to me is very important.

We shouldn't accept mediocrity as the best a politician can do.

I don't really put my name to anything that I don't love and believe in, because there's no point.

I'm not lying, every single project I've done, they've all been great.

If you care about what you do, you don't want to let people down.

The goal is always to do B material in an A fashion.

We always felt that if you do something with quality and integrity, then it's going to come back to you.

Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work.

As the leaders and decision-makers of this great state, it is our responsibility to strive for perfection.

If you're going to do something, make it right and make it as good as you can. Don't waste anybody's time, especially your own.