Frederick W. Taylor Quotes

Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace.

Frederick W. Taylor

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 20, 1856 - March 21, 1915

Topics

WorkGoodTimeStudyingConvince

I've actually stopped tinting my windows because the paparazzi look for trucks and cars with supertinted windows.

Megan Fox

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It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings.

Stephen Gardiner

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Any organisation has to go through at least one depression to see how it survives, and a normal economic cycle takes seven years.

Shiv Nadar

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I have written some of the clumsiest, most clogged-yet-vagrant, hobbledehoyish, hitch-slipping sentences ever conceived by the human mind.

Roy Blount, Jr.

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One of the things that's beautiful about New Orleans is how culturally rich we are and how well we have worked together. People call us a gumbo. It's really important that we get focused on the very simple notion that diversity is a strength, it's not a weakness.

Mitch Landrieu

StrengthBeautifulTogetherSimple

From the way that we build cars or going after space travel, I get excited about the transportation space because it's the second-highest household expense after housing.

Logan Green

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I don't know if you guys have ever kissed anybody in real life, but it doesn't always go as planned. It's not always pretty. It doesn't always look like a movie. It usually looks more like 'American Pie.'

Jordan Gavaris

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Bogging down large armies in historically complex, dangerous areas ends in disaster.

Chuck Hagel

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You don't do new things and try to change the system without generating debate.

Anne Wojcicki

ChangeNew ThingsYouDebateNew

The shooter's choice of Emanuel AME was most likely deliberate, given the church's storied history. It was the first African Methodist Episcopal church in the South, founded in 1818 by a group of men including Morris Brown, a prominent pastor, and Denmark Vesey, who would go on to lead a large, yet failed, slave revolt in Charleston.

Anthea Butler

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The importance of tackling inequality in Africa cannot be overstated.

Winnie Byanyima

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Part of my job at 'The Economist' was writing about HIV, and that included the grim task of reporting on the state of the global epidemic.

Shereen El Feki

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