Procedures Quotes

• I had been told that the training procedure with cats was difficult. It's not. Mine had me trained in two days.

  Bill Dana

  Cat, Animal, Two

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• The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life and the procedure. The process is its own reward.

  Amelia Earhart

  Inspirational, Decision, Acting

  "The Official Website of Amelia Earhart/ Quotes". www.ameliaearhart.com.

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• One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.

  Maria Montessori

  Education, Children, Tests

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• Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Dance, Hustle, Literature

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• The magic of procedure: do this after that and thus before so; then your wish will be granted.

  Mason Cooley

  Magic, Wish, Routine

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• Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.

  Tom Peters

  Business, Design Process, Poor Quality

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• You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing.

  Thomas Sowell

  Libertarian, Outcomes, Bureaucracy

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• The fundamental criterion for judging any procedure is the justice of its likely results.

  John Rawls

  Justice, Judging, Fundamentals

  John RAWLS (2009). “A Theory of Justice”, p.230, Harvard University Press

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• All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off of methodical procedure, an apparent fencing-in of what is apparently at issue.

  Franz Kafka

  Patience, Errors, Issues

  Franz Kafka (1994). “The collected aphorisms”

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• The most difficult thing is the decision to act!

  Amelia Earhart

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "The Official Website of Amelia Earhart/ Quotes". www.ameliaearhart.com.

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• Something is wrong if workers do not look around each day, find things that are tedious or boring, and then rewrite the procedures. Even last month's manual should be out of date

  Taiichi Ohno

  Looks, Each Day, Lasts

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• One of the greatest gifts a caring teacher can contribute to children is to help them learn to sit when they feel like running, to raise their hand when they feel like talking, to be polite to their neighbor, to stand in line without pushing, and to do their homework when they feel like playing. By introducing procedures in the classroom, you are also introducing procedures as a way of living a happy and successful life.

  Harry Wong

  Running, Teacher, Children

  Harry K. Wong, Rosemary Tripi Wong, Chelonnda Seroyer (2009). “The First Days of School: How to be an Effective Teacher”, Harry K Wong Publication

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• Heaven is purpose, principle, and people. Purgatory is paper and procedure. Hell is rules and regulations.

  Dee Hock

  People, Heaven, Principles

  Dee Hock (2005). “One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization”, p.162, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• Show not what has been done, but what can be. How beautiful the world would be if there were a procedure for moving through labyrinths.

  Umberto Eco

  Beautiful, Moving, Labyrinth

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• You can do anything you decide to do.

  Amelia Earhart

  Decision, Process Of Change, Tenacity

  "The Official Website of Amelia Earhart/ Quotes". www.ameliaearhart.com.

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• With no specific procedure, man arrived at sweeping conclusions about the universe that have proven to be true.

  John Henrik Clarke

  Men, Being True, Conclusion

  Source: www.ourtimepress.com

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• There can be no greater stretch of arbitrary power than is required to seize children from their parents, teach them whatever the authorities decree they shall be taught, and expropriate from the parents the funds to pay for the procedure.

  Isabel Paterson

  Children, Parent, Arbitrary

  Isabel Paterson (1993). “God of the Machine”, p.255, Transaction Publishers

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• Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures, because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life.

  Potter Stewart

  Abortion, Different, Medical

  "Harris v. McRae, 448 U.S. 297". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. June 30, 1980.

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• Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.

  Kingsley Amis

  Self, Criticism, Employment

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• Parliament is more than procedure - it is the custodian of the nation's freedom.

  John Diefenbaker

  Custodians, Parliament, Nations

  John George Diefenbaker (1982). “The Wit & Wisdom of John Diefenbaker”, Hurtig Trade

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• MAKE STATEMENTS also applies to us women: Speak in statements instead of apologetic questions. No one wants to go to a doctor who says, “I’m going to be your surgeon? I’m here to talk to you about your procedure? I was first in my class at Johns Hopkins, so?” Make statements, with your actions and your voice.

  Tina Fey

  Witty, Class, Voice

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• Taxes are like abortion, and not just because both are grotesque procedures supported by Democrats. You're for them or against them. Taxes go up or down; government raises taxes or lowers them. But Democrats will not let the words "abortion" or "tax hikes" pass their lips.

  Ann Coulter

  Government, Abortion, Lips

  "Put the tax cut in a lock box" by Ann Coulter, townhall.com. February 21, 2002.

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• I want a pit crew... I hate the procedure I currently have to go through when I have car problems.

  Dave Barry

  Hate, Car, Pits

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• Government: If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, your property will be confiscated. If you attempt to defend your property, you will be arrested. If you resist arrest, you will be clubbed. If you defend yourself against clubbing, you will be shot dead. These procedures are known as the Rule of Law.

  Edward Abbey

  Government, Law, Liberty

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.20, RosettaBooks

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• Fear and worry are emotions that cloud the mind from being able to think clearly, to remember what the procedures are to deal with that emergency.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Thinking, Clouds, Worry

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