Eric S. Raymond Quotes

The time I save setting up and cleaning up probably balances out by the time I spend on output.

Any task can be completed in only one-third more time than is currently estimated.

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

I try to be as efficient as possible.

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

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

You’re putting in the same number of hours a week but we are just repackaging it more efficiently.

I'm trying to keep my days very efficient, and I keep my set really tight. Every single corner is active, and everybody gets to thrive in the job that they do. I don't waste people's time.

We don't have time as a nation to spend all of what we do blocking.

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.

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

You have to ruthlessly prioritize.

People that don't want to get down to the business at hand. Instead of just doing less, we have to find ways of doing more with less. That's the key to the future.

Efficiency, which is doing things right, is irrelevant until you work on the right things.

I want to be efficient and effective in everything I do.

Don't equate activity with efficiency.

Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.

Cecil's dispatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, "The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once."

I just want to do the least work in the least time and make the most money.

Your greatest resource is your time.

Efficiency and focus are the keys to success.

We accomplish all that we do through delegation - either to time or to other people.

Work mixed with management becomes not only easier but more profitable. The time is past when anyone can boast about 'hard work' without having a corresponding result to show for it.

Order - the accurate arrangement of things - increases productivity. Productivity decides rewards.