Taiichi Ohno Quotes

My first move as the manager of the machine shop was to introduce standardized work.

Taiichi Ohno

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• I enter my studio at 9 a.m. I have lunch here, I return right away to my work and I go out to dinner at 8 p.m. My daily tasks vary very much.

  

  Oscar Niemeyer
  • Work
  • Daily
  • Lunch

• I think that we are all much closer to our childhood selves than we often think, so when we read about childhood, it can surprise us how immediate or moving it is, when perhaps those feelings are just there, waiting to be accessed all the time.

  

  Sadie Jones
  • Time
  • Moving
  • Waiting

• Because I'm so hands on here at work and always looking at fabrics you have to be mobile and as comfortable as possible.

  

  Narciso Rodriguez
  • Work
  • Hands
  • Looking

• When I hit my 20s, I took a chill pill and relaxed because throughout my teens I was churning out an album a year. It was a treadmill of work then recording, promoting and touring.

  

  Vanessa Mae
  • Work
  • Year
  • Chill

• I'd really love to work with Quentin Tarantino. There's so many people that I'd love to work with, but there's something about Quentin, and one of my all-time favorite films is 'Kill Bill.' Something along those lines would be such a blast.

  

  Maika Monroe
  • People
  • Time
  • Work

• My thoughts fly to the old Icelandic storytellers who created our classics, whose personalities were so bound up with the masses that their names, unlike their lives' work, have not been preserved for posterity.

  

  Halldor Laxness
  • Up
  • Work
  • Thoughts

• It is obvious that the monetary union among 17 very different European countries does not work. As an economist, I know that the Eurozone is not an optimum currency area, as defined in economic theory.

  

  Vaclav Klaus
  • Work
  • Different
  • Know

• I want to work with producers who are unique and have a different sound.

  

  Victoria Justice
  • Work
  • Different
  • Unique

• Glory is attained from hard work, step by step.

  

  Ma Long
  • Work
  • Step
  • Hard Work

• I think one challenge is that having few women in your work environment makes you feel a little isolated and alone. I'm an extrovert; I like talking to people, and I make friends easily, but if your personality is somewhat different, I think you would struggle to connect with people.

  

  Padmasree Warrior
  • People
  • Work
  • Different

• I definitely had a hard time leaving for college because I'm not much of a risk-taker.

  

  Rainbow Rowell
  • Time
  • College
  • Risk

• Frankly, one of the problems we have in the country is we're not forming enough families. And that is hurting our economic work, and it's hurting our economic projections, because the best place for a child is within a strong family unit.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • Work
  • Country
  • Family

• Above and beyond drawing my creations, I try to incorporate some kind of message. I try not to end as merely a question but try to provide a conclusion within the work.

  

  Natsuki Takaya
  • Work
  • Question
  • End

• I find it's really hard for anybody to meet anyone. I'm not big on dates anyways. I still have to work that out.

  

  Naya Rivera
  • Work
  • Find
  • Meet

• In L.A., it's easy to get wrapped up in this young Hollywood mess. You feel like you have to go out every night. You have to realize that you're here to work. I didn't move out here to party all the time.

  

  Taylor Spreitler
  • Up
  • Time
  • Work

• My short game's not that good. It just becomes a matter of getting that weight moving.

  

  Ozzie Smith
  • Good
  • Game
  • Moving

• I work as if I were going to be the next person to need a respirator. I share in the benefits I bestow on others, and my work has enriched my life.

  

  Forrest Bird
  • Life
  • Work
  • My Life

• The drills we do, where you're telling kids to memorize things, don't actually work. What works is engaging them and letting them do things and discover things.

  

  Mae Jemison
  • Work
  • Kids
  • You

• Good fiction makes me turn off all the other parts of my brain, so that I become quiet and submissive, entirely at the mercy of the work at hand.

  

  Gary Shteyngart
  • Good
  • Work
  • Hand

• I come from a theatrical background, where, if you're working on a movie or a play, you always respect the people you work with. You're accommodating.

  

  Derek Hough
  • People
  • Work
  • Movie

• They welcomed me like I have been a Raven my whole life. It meant a lot to me. I knew what I could bring to the team, on and off the field.

  

  Eric Weddle
  • Life
  • Team
  • Raven

• I just - I love my job. I love doing it. It's a passionate endeavor. And sometimes you can get close to something that you believe is the truth. The truth of something. Not all the time, but sometimes.

  

  Donald Sutherland
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Job

• I've always valued the input of the people I love. So in the past, whenever I'd make a decision - what to wear to an event, whether to pursue a job opportunity - I'd consult those closest to me, like my mother, husband, or manager.

  

  Alicia Keys
  • People
  • Love
  • Job

• My first move as the manager of the machine shop was to introduce standardized work.

  

  Taiichi Ohno
  • Work
  • Moving
  • Risk