Debbie Allen Quotes

I think one key part of doing more with less is to be more strategic, to realize what the objectives you're truly trying to accomplish are and then to drive with greater focus towards those objectives.

The obvious rule of efficiency is you don't want to spend more time organizing than it's worth.

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.

But as someone pointed out earlier, it is not really about fairness; it is about taking finite resources and applying them where they will have the most effect.

Heavy lifting doesn't need to be heavy spending if we do the job right.

I should have considered it wrong to have finished the Frieze before the room for its accommodation and the funds for its completion were available.

The effort invested in 'getting it right' should be commensurate with the importance of the decision.

I see no reason to have my shirts ironed. It's irrational.

I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books anymore.

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

In all planing you make a list and you set priorities.

Eliminating what is not wanted or needed is profitable in itself.

It's not about working harder; it's about working the system.

The best we can do is prioritize our needs and make choices accordingly.

Three-quarters of directors waste four hours on a shot that requires five minutes of actual directing. I prefer to have five minutes' work for the crew - and keep the three hours to myself for thought.

If you see something that doesn't make sense, ask. Change it. Think about dollars, think about your soldiers' time, think about efficiency.

Growth hackers don't tolerate waste.

Being a Navy SEAL and sniper taught me all about risk management. Take away all the risk variables under your control and reduce it to an acceptable level. The same fundamentals apply in business.

The more games you play, the more game management you learn.

Understand clearly that when a great need appears a great use appears also; when there is small need there is small use; it is obvious, then, that full use is made of all things at all times according to the necessity thereof.

Your greatest resource is your time.

Our focus was directed at developing the best possible and easiest to use product, and this is where we invested our time. Realize that you won't be able to bring the same focus to everything in the beginning. There won't be enough people or enough hours in the day. So, focus on the 20 percent that makes 80 percent of the difference.

Nature...does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.

Five minutes of planning are worth fifteen minutes of just looking.

If testing costs more than not testing, then don't test.