W. Edwards Deming Quotes

Perfection has to do with the end product, but excellence has to do with the process.

As for pressure, there's always the desire to give my best to every film. After all, so many people put in so much of hard work.

Whatever you do, take pride in it and be great at it.

It's important to always do your best work, no matter what the film is.

Anything you do in your life, you have to be a professional.

That's kind of how I see my workmanship: it's how many hours I put in that makes me better.

Any job worth doing is worth doing well. But to be able to do that, you have to do it over and over again.

Like everything else, Fletcher. Practice.

Strive for perfection in everything you do.

I always try to write the best I can.

Every time I went into the studio, I always sung with my heart. If it came out as strong, as good, as powerful as that to my fans, then I was satisfied. I never slacked. I always did all the songs the same way as the first.

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

A thing well done is worth doing.

I figured if you're going to do something, you should do it the best you can.

Our father taught us such a work ethic that if there's something worth doing, it's worth doing well.

I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do.

The best is the enemy of the good.

You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.

I think if something is worth doing, it's worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.

It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.

You only get better by playing.

Quality is easy to talk but hard to make.

We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well as anyone could ever have expected.

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

Everything is perfect and there is always room for improvement.