Quality Expectation Quotes

I'm very particular about the pizza that I eat. Godfather's is still a premium-quality product, and I cannot always find that. It's got to be as good as Godfather's or I won't eat it.

Whenever any person in the creative field does a film, they think it is going to be of good quality or this is something people will like. The intention is always positive.

I'm like a connoisseur of dry shampoo, so I'm really picky.

If doing something with second-rate effort satisfies you, find something else to do - where only your best effort will satisfy you personally.

Excellence isn’t about meeting the spec, it’s about setting the spec. It defines what the consumer sees as quality right this minute, and tomorrow, if you’re good, you’ll reset that expectation again

"I'm going to put out something that I believe in, or I'm not going to do it." I'm really scared of putting out a product that people will say, "Oh, that's not as good as the other thing."

It scares the living crap out of me how good wine is at ten dollars.

If I'm not happy with the quality of something I'm working on, I won't put it out. That does not mean that others won't question the quality.

As a creative person, you never embark on something thinking it will be substandard.

At the end of the day, if you're going to buy a can of Coke, you want the real thing.

Only you pick that crab. Nobody else take it. I already know this. Everyone else want best quality. You thinking different.

If you're going to implement video, do it as well as YouTube does it or don't do it at all.

Many years ago I sent an old, beloved jacket to a cleaner, the Sycamore Cleaners. It was a leather jacket covered in Guinness and blood and marmalade, one of those jobs... and it came back with a little note pinned to it, and on the note it said, 'It distresses us to return work which is not perfect.' So that will do for me. That can go on my tombstone.

The message was that if something is free, you should only take the best. If, on the other hand, you're forced to pay, it's best to lower the bar and not be so choosy.

I definitely want people to believe that if I have signed a project, it will be good.

For me... you know, the most I've paid for a haircut was in Australia. Usually I go to a black barber or a Latino barber. I can't just go into Supercuts.

I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?

Coffee, unless it is very good and made by somebody else, is pretty intolerable at any time.

I always had this philosophy that only the best is good enough for those who serve girls.

My first show was 'No Exit.' You couldn't find a more pretentious beginning, but it also instilled some sense of quality.

The standard that '24' is held to is higher than at other shows. A weaker episode of '24' would be an amazing episode for a lot of other shows.

If the general public demanded better, they'd get better, because the market­place responds to the public's needs and desires.

I really believe that, as filmmakers, we have a duty, which is, if we're asking people to pay a premium price for a 3D ticket, we have a duty to deliver a premium product.

When you spend $3,000 on a five-day training, you want to make it good.

Men who pay for what they eat will insist on gratifying their palates