In a union of equals, there can be no second-class consumers. I will not accept that in some parts of Europe, people are sold food of lower quality than in other countries, despite the packaging and branding being identical.
The Broad research center represents the highest quality model of what Proposition 71 should be funding.
Quality means conformance to requirements, not elegance.
A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.
It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
Everything I promote and sell, I use on a daily or I wouldn't sell it.
If I can't do an opera as well as most people, I won't do it at all. I don't want to touch Wagner because I think a lot of people do it a hell of a lot better than I could. I do the operas I think I can do, know something about.
Quality isn't a thing. It is an event.
Some people will do schlock or anything, just to get their name on it.
I've always thought that whether I'm writing or not, I've gotta pick the best songs, whether or not they're mine. I'm not gonna sing them just because I wrote them. I've gotta find the best songs to make the best record I can.
Kiwis must not fall behind the standards of other countries. We pride ourselves on our quality of life. Thus we must pave the road in the right way for the future generations.
We cannot rely on mass inspection to improve quality, though there are times when 100 percent inspection is necessary. As Harold S. Dodge said many years ago, 'You cannot inspect quality into a product.' The quality is there or it isn't by the time it's inspected.
During my tenure with Nintendo, we've pushed back development a number of times on key games - in the end, it's always worth it - because our focus on quality is so strong.
Quality has to be caused, not controlled.
Having high quality daycare is by far the most important thing you can do when your kids are little. When I relocated, I spent more time looking for daycare than I did looking for a house.
We need to draw up a regime where government can be an enabler for manufacturing to compete at good quality and prices.
I choose my work very carefully, always for the script and the director, and I don't think that's going to change. My work is like a house. It's built on very strong poles.
Quality management is needed because nothing is simple anymore, if indeed it ever was.
For much of Toyota's history, we have ensured the quality and reliability of our vehicles by placing a device called an andon cord on every production line - and empowering any team member to halt production if there's an assembly problem. Only when the problem is resolved does the line begin to move again.
I think, doing a first film, at some point you get halfway through, and you wonder, 'Is this is good enough to define who I am for the coming decade?'
Nobody wants to see a half-finished Vine.
Consumer accountability drives quality and efficiency.
It's impossible to have zero defects.
The cost of quality is the expense of doing things wrong.
Every time we do a new record, we do the best we can. For us, every record is stepping into the ring with another heavyweight champion.
