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Famous Quotes Home >> Authors Starting with W >> Quotes By W. Edwards Deming |
| Quote #1: | "It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory." |
| Quote #2: | "It is not enough to do your best you must know what to do, and *then* do your best." |
| Quote #3: | "What we need to do is learn to work in the system, by which I mean that everybody, every team, every platform, every division, every component is there not for individual competitive profit or recognition, but for contribution to the system as a whole on a win-win basis." |
| Quote #4: | "It is important that an aim never be defined in terms of activity or methods. It must always relate directly to how life is better for everyone. . . . The aim of the system must be clear to everyone in the system. The aim must include plans for the future. The aim is a value judgment." |
| Quote #5: | "Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival." |
| Quote #6: | "If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing." |
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