Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to read more

Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to find an easy way of doing it.

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage

Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage

For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is read more

For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency.

I don't like a man to be too efficient. He's likely to be not human enough.

I don't like a man to be too efficient. He's likely to be not human enough.

Organizations cannot make a genius out of an incompetent. On the other hand, disorganization can scarcely fail to result in read more

Organizations cannot make a genius out of an incompetent. On the other hand, disorganization can scarcely fail to result in efficiency.

Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.

Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.

A sense of the value of time--that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities--is read more

A sense of the value of time--that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities--is an essential preliminary to efficient work; it is the only method of avoiding hurry.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.