QUALITY QUOTES
quotations about quality
The world has changed from quality to quantity, and so have we.
SANTOSH KALWAR
Quote Me Everyday
The quality of each man's life is the full measure of that man's personal commitment to excellence and to victory.
VINCE LOMBARDI
attributed, The Coaches' Chalkboard
Most people buy the highest quality television sets, only to watch the lowest quality television shows.
JAROD KINTZ
At Even One Penny, This Book Would Be Overpriced
You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS
The Western Lands
California is about the good life. So a bad life there seems so much worse than a bad life anywhere else. Quality is an obsession there--good food, good wine, good movies, music, weather, cars. Those sound like the right things to shoot for, but the never-ending quality quest is a lot of pressure when you're uncertain and disorganized and, not least, broker than broke.
SARAH VOWELL
The Partly Cloudy Patriot
Quality without virtue is elevated filth.
FRANCOIS XAVIER JOSEPH DROZ
attributed, Day's Collacon
Uncontrolled variation is the enemy of quality.
EDWARD DEMING
attributed, Basic Statistical Tools for Improving Quality
Don't judge the quality of the gasoline by the filling station attendant.
ANONYMOUS
The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say.
RAMSEY CLARK
International Herald Tribune, June 18, 1991
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.
WILLIAM A. FOSTER
attributed, Igniting the Spirit at Work: Daily Reflections
Quality is to give the customers what they want.
SAM WALTON
attributed, Total Quality Management: Text, Cases, and Readings, Third Edition
Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
HENRY FORD
attributed, Hearts Touched With Fire
Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.
ANTHONY ROBBINS
attributed, 101 Best Ways to Get Ahead
Work was like a stick. It had two ends. When you worked for the knowing you gave them quality; when you worked for a fool you simply gave him eyewash.
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
It is right to love all the virtuous and noble qualities that can belong to us, but it is wrong to believe them good simply because they are our own.
ELIAS LYMAN MAGOON
Proverbs for the People
Our good qualities often expose us to hatred and persecutions.
H. H. WILSON
attributed, Day's Collacon
Quality is generally transparent when present, but easily recognized in its absence.
ALAN GILLIES
Software Quality: Theory and Management
Quality, relevant content can't be spotted by an algorithm. You can't subscribe to it. You need people -- actual human beings -- to create or curate it.
KRISTINA HALVORSON
Content Strategy for the Web
The bitterness of poor quality remains long after low pricing is forgotten.
ANONYMOUS
Quality tends to fan out like waves.
ROBERT M. PIRSIG
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance