Work Quotes

"Work that matters requires whole-hearted commitment, not half measures."

"When in doubt, think about the customer."

"The management of a business is about control and improvement of operations."

"You cannot manage what you do not measure."

"The most important thing in business is the customer."

"Your job is to understand what the customer really wants."

"Management is the art of getting the right things done at the right time."

"The most important thing is to create value for your customers."

"Management is about creating order out of chaos."

"Management is about making trade-offs."

"Management is about getting the most from your people."

"The most important thing is customer satisfaction."

"Management is about creating alignment."

"The most successful companies are customer-centric."

"We've been able to keep up with Moore's Law through hard work and innovation."

"The semiconductor industry taught me the value of precision."

"The work we did was invisible to most, but essential to all."

"Every test, every calculation, every verification brought us closer to perfection."

"We learned that precision and passion are not opposites but partners."

"One cannot proceed indefinitely by spiraling criticism. Criticism must be constructive, or it sounds no better than a whine."

"The real problem is that programmers have spent far too much time worrying about efficiency and not enough about correctness."

"Create products that solve real problems, and people will follow."

"Work-life balance is a myth; work-life integration is the real goal."

"Build organizations where people can do their best work."

"Create a culture where people want to come to work."

"The most important competitive advantage is a healthy culture."

"The work we avoid most often is the work that matters most."

"Work becomes art the moment we pour ourselves completely into it."

"How do you know if your work is done? It's done when your presence is no longer required."

"You cannot manage what you do not measure."