Efficiency Gain Quotes

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.

Technology is really just an amplifier of our abilities. It builds on itself, letting us do more—and do it faster.

Knowledge applied is productivity.

… increased industrial efficiency makes it possible to procure the means of livelihood with less labor

If it could save a person's life, could you find a way to save ten seconds off the boot time? If there were five million people using the Mac, and it took ten seconds extra to turn it on every day, that added up to three hundred million or so hours per year people would save, which was the equivalent of at least one hundred lifetimes saved per year.

For most purposes, a man with a machine is better than a man without a machine.

Automation is driving the decline of banal and repetitive tasks.

The truth of why I used to listen to Arrested Development on my Walkman was because if I didn't, it would take me 20 minutes to walk to school. If I did, it took me 15. That's the reason I loved it. I just had more of a kick in my step, more of a bounce, so I'd walk quicker.

It's all about new techniques -- simplifying old techniques, and consolidating steps. Making things go faster, but not worse.

Don't duck the most difficult problems. That just ensures that the hardest part will be left when you are most tired. Get the big one done - it's downhill from then on.

Ask yourself always: how can this be done better?

There's a way to do it better - find it.

I have proved by actual trial that a letter, that takes an hour to write, takes only about 3 minutes to read!

Nature does not steal time, it amplifies it.

Generally speaking, if you control matter more precisely, you can get more efficiency out of any process.

Improve quality, you automatically improve productivity.

The real success in golf lies in turning three shots into two.

That transcends everything - skipping the transfer of dailies is a game-changer.

If you can get more team speed, I'm all for it.

Highland has changed my entire way of working with scripts. I use it every day.

The machines that are first invented to perform any particular movement are always the most complex, and succeeding artists generally discover that, with fewer wheels, with fewer principles of motion, than had originally been employed, the same effects may be more easily produced. The first systems, in the same manner, are always the most complex.

Even a small reduction in errors and rework can have a significant impact.

When we get the final hardware, the performance is just going to skyrocket.

People like me, when we're interviewing, we're not going back to our desktop to fill out a recruiting form. If I can quickly submit my evaluation through an iPhone or an iPad, that makes me a lot more productive.

A five minute call replaces the time it takes to read and reply to the original email and read and reply to their reply... or replies. And I no longer spend 20+ minutes crafting the perfect email - no need to.