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W. Edwards Deming Quotes

No one knows the cost of a defective product - don't tell me you do. You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.

W. Edwards Deming

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: October 14, 1900 - December 20, 1993

Topics

Me Customer You Know Product Cost

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Better Friends Deceive Deceived Than

'The Victorian Internet' is a must read for anyone interested in the history of technology and in the cycles of hype, boom, and bust that seem to only quicken with each new wave of innovation. Highly recommended.

Technology Innovation History Wave

I define fear as standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early.

Fear Home Early Go Ring Knowing

Because the better an organization is at fulfilling its purpose, the more it attracts people who see the organization as an opportunity to advance themselves.

Opportunity Purpose People Better

Nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants currently live within our borders. That's 11 million people living in the shadows whom we know next to nothing about.

Live People Shadows Know Living

Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it.

Men Strong Long Become Powerless

I give my roosters the best of food. I give them the best of care. I give them everything they want before I ask them to sacrifice. Get a rooster comfortable, and he'll fight his ass off. That's all I ask of HBO. They just can't see that.

Food Best Sacrifice Fight Care Want

When the founders retire, it's always difficult for the second generation and third generation.

Generation Difficult Always Retire

I know friends who have this sort of incredibly intimate relationship with their sibling. And I don't get it: it wasn't like that in my family. In some ways, I'm envious, because they have someone that's so completely in their corner. And at the same time, I imagine it may at times feel like it's stunting.

Michaela Watkins

Family Relationship Time Sibling May

With a name like Luis Alberto Urrea, it's political no matter what I do.

Luis Alberto Urrea

Name Political Matter Like

A lot of the Indians who came to North America in the '70s, and who made very successful adjustments, always had an idea of the India that they had left, not realizing that the India that they had left has changed more profoundly than the America they came to.

America India More Always Successful

The only language that the Japanese whaling industry understands is economics.

Economics Language Industry Japanese

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