Taiichi Ohno Quotes

Where there is no Standard there can be no Kaizen

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• I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on my way to, by any mathematical standards known to man, was oblivion, by way of obscurity.

  

  Tallulah Bankhead
  • Man
  • Way
  • Standards

• Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Me
  • Wonder
  • Matter

• Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means.

  

  Van Wyck Brooks
  • Nothing
  • Without
  • Standards

• I didn't start traveling abroad until I was 17, but I spent many summers on the beaches of Donegal in Ireland.

  

  Caitriona Balfe
  • Start
  • Many
  • Ireland

• The yielding marble of her snowy breast.

  

  Edmund Waller

• That's the good thing about sports - it's very clear-cut. You either win, or you don't.

  

  Blake Griffin
  • Good
  • Sports

• There's no denying that Christy Turlington looks good in everything, but it's especially great when she uses her supermodel looks and charitable spirit to support the organization she founded, Every Mother Counts.

  

  Amanda Hearst
  • Good
  • Great
  • She

• People say funny things all the time during really serious moments in life.

  

  Mark Ruffalo
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• I would love to do a little ballroom dancing with my husband... He and I can take a couple classes together. It would be a lot of fun!

  

  Jennifer Grey
  • Together
  • Fun
  • Couple

• The fact remains; chauvinism is prevailing.

  

  Emma Bonino

• I took the state of Ohio from an $8 billion hole and a 350,000 job loss to a $2 billion surplus and a gain of 350,000 jobs.

  

  John Kasich
  • Job

• You can be good at technology and like fashion and art. You can be good at technology and be a jock. You can be good at technology and be a mom. You can do it your way, on your terms.

  

  Marissa Mayer
  • Good
  • Art
  • Technology

• I've been very, very, very, very fortunate, and I'm very grateful for my career and that, at 60, I won an Emmy.

  

  Margo Martindale
  • Career

• Some of our folks went to Washington to drain the swamp and made partnership with the alligators instead.

  

  Fred Thompson

• will take a look at what they do propose. The main thing we're looking for is, if they are continuing to operate, it must be in a way that does not violate air-quality standards.

  

  B. R. Hayden
  • Quality
  • Air
  • Standards

• I plan to eliminate the equity cap in investment, and I also plan large-scale deregulation to meet global standards.

  

  Lee Myung-bak
  • Investment
  • Standards
  • Eliminate

• The performances of others are often selected as standards for self-improvement of abilities.

  

  Albert Bandura
  • Improvement
  • Performances
  • Standards

• Middle-income living standards, and poverty for that matter, are best addressed through employment growth. By maintaining low inflation and low expectations of inflation, you can create new employment.

  

  Ben Bernanke
  • Growth
  • Poverty
  • Standards

• Why is it that Christian activists are regularly pilloried for basing social standards on biblical texts while liberals are actually praised for mixing religion and politics?

  

  Gary DeMar
  • Christian
  • Religion
  • Politics

• I've never made any effort to hide what happened. I served my time, I've tried to learn and move on.

  

  Victor Salva
  • Time
  • Effort
  • Learn

• You look in excellent health to me, Potter, so you will excuse me if I don't let you off homework today. I assure you that if you do die, you need not hand it in.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Today
  • Die
  • Health

• I love you," she sobbed, rubbing her hands over his face, his hair, his chest, making sure he was solid and real. "I love you, and I thought you were dead. I couldn't bear it. I thought I would die too." "I'd walk through fire for you," he rasped, his voice hoarse and broken. "I have walked through fire for you.

  

  Elizabeth Hoyt
  • Real
  • Hair
  • Fire

• Where there is no Standard there can be no Kaizen

  

  Taiichi Ohno
  • Standards
  • Kaizen