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.

It is more than probable that the average man could, with no injury to his health, increase his efficiency fifty read more

It is more than probable that the average man could, with no injury to his health, increase his efficiency fifty percent.

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

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.

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.

Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.

Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.

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 things.

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

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.