When a thing's done, it's done, and if it's not done right, do it differently next time.
Whatever you do, don't take shortcuts. It's great advice to take and live by.
If you're gonna do a job, do it properly.
Take the word for it of a man who has made his way inch by inch, and does not believe that we'll wake up to find our work done because we've lain all night a-dreaming of it; anything worth doing is devilish hard to do!
People call me a perfectionist, but I'm not. I'm a rightist. I do something until it's right, and then I move on to the next thing.
I just think if you're going to do something, do it properly.
Catching people doing things right is a powerful management concept.
Whatever you do big or small, do it well or don't do it at all.
If you must flie, flie well.
There are people who will take shortcuts, and if you decide to take a shortcut, it usually backfires, so I'm proud to say I'm not a shortcut taker.
Never cut corners, or accept anything that's second-rate.
I don't like laziness or cutting corners.
I like to do the simple things really well, keep the ball ticking.
If you can't do something smart, do something right.
I don't do things lightly; I don't take a job then just phone it in - I've never done that.
If I am putting myself out there and taking some of these risks, then I want to do it properly.
What we do for a living does not matter as much as how we do it.
I believe in quality over quantity.
I hate to do anything halfway so I leave the guitar alone.
It is not enough to get things done; they must be done right.
Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
Commit yourself to quality from day one... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.
When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all.
