Little ideas can pop into one's head at any time, and if I'm being reasonably efficient I've got it close enough to hand, then I pop that little tiny moment of a few seconds down onto a tape and then I can forget about it for. . . years sometimes.
A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.
I do want the tax system to be efficient and be conducive to growth, which it is not.
The reality is, there's still so much we haven't yet figured out. There's still so much stuff that has not been made more, frankly, efficient.
As competition intensifies, the need for creative thinking increases. It is no longer enough to do the same thing better. . . no longer enough to be efficient and solve problems.
It is fascinating to watch politicians come up with 'solutions' to problems that are a direct result of their previous solutions. In many cases, the most efficient thing to do would be to repeal their previous solution and stop being so gung-ho for creating new solutions in the future. But, politically, that is the last thing they will do.
I have great, great confidence in our capital markets and in our financial institutions. Our financial institutions, banks and investment banks, are strong. Our capital markets are resilient. They're efficient. They're flexible.
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body - and vice versa.
We have gained reality and lost dream. No more lounging under a tree and peering at the sky between one's big and second toes; there's work to be done. To be efficient, one cannot be hungry and dreamy but must eat steak and keep moving.
Violence is not more efficient than non-violence.
The bureaucratic culture that we [Afghanistan] have inherited is an obstacle. Hierarchies may be extremely efficient for dealing with certain events, but they are not quick in responding to global, flexible networks.
Filmmaking is just a very luxurious and efficient way of expressing yourself.
Value investing is predicated on the efficient market hypothesis being wrong.
Markets look a lot less efficient from the banks of the Hudsonthan the banks of the Charles.
I’ll be damned,” he muttered. “Most likely. ” She folded the blanket with efficient snaps. “And I may be joining you, after what we just did.
The efficient man is the man who thinks for himself.
His [Erwin Schrödinger's] private life seemed strange to bourgeois people like ourselves. But all this does not matter. He was a most lovable person, independent, amusing, temperamental, kind and generous, and he had a most perfect and efficient brain.
I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy.
I want to be efficient and effective in everything I do.
Regarding punishment, we've learned from the downfall of Harvey Weinstein and other famous men not only that times have changed, but also that ostracism is an efficient tool. It reminds me of the tradition of bathroom lists of sexual assaulters at Brown beginning in 1990. Back then the administrators called the students who wrote them "magic marker terrorists" and threatened them with expulsion if caught. Now a Shitty Media Men list can dominate the news for days as HR departments across the coasts hastily assess their employees and their liability.
