Quota Quotes

• A quota is always something artificial that can only last for a certain period of time.

  Jacques Santer

  Lasts, Periods, Certain

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• Incompetent government embraces hiring quotas, thus furthering their incompetence.

  James Cook

  Government, Incompetence, Embrace

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• Nobody is going to buy from you because you have quota to meet. They are going to buy from you because they see the value in doing so.

  Bob Burg

  Values

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• I would rather be hired solely for my talent, not just to fill a quota.

  Reed Morano

  Talent

  "DP Reed Morano on Making it as a Cinematographer Regardless of the ‘Female Thing’" by Reed Morano, www.indiewire.com. February 24, 2015.

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• I think there are some things ... that may even be distorted in the practice, such as some affirmative action programs becoming quota systems. And I'm old enough to remember when quotas existed in the United States for the purpose of discrimination, and I don't want to see that happen again.

  Ronald Reagan

  Thinking, Practice, Purpose

  Reagan, Ronald (1982). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981”, p.58, Best Books on

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• I'm not out for quotas. I'm out to attract the best young men and women of our nation.

  James F. Amos

  Men, Young, Nations

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• I am not in favour of quotas. Just put the best person into the job. It is not about gender; it is about experience, leadership and vision.

  Angela Ahrendts

  Jobs, Vision, Favour

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• Our prevailing system of management has destroyed our people. People are born with intrinsic motivation, self-respect, dignity, curiosity to learn, joy in learning. The forces of destruction begin with toddlers - a prize for the best Halloween costume, grades in school, gold stars - and on up through the university. On the job people, teams, and divisions are ranked, reward for the top, punishment for the bottom. Management by Objectives, quotas, incentive pay, business plans, put together separately, division by division, cause further loss, unknown and unknowable.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Stars, Jobs, Motivation

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• Forces of Destruction: grades in school, merit system, incentive pay, business plans, quotas.

  W. Edwards Deming

  School, Incentives, Pay

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• Protectionism is a misnomer. The only people protected by tariffs, quotas and trade restrictions are those engaged in uneconomic and wasteful activity. Free trade is the only philosophy compatible with international peace and prosperity.

  Walter Block

  Freedom, Philosophy, People

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• Hiring quotas reduce efficiency.

  James Cook

  Efficiency, Hiring

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• The wise man seeks little joys, knowing that life is long and that his quota of great joys is distinctly limited.

  William Feather

  Wise, Men, Knowing

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• Diversity is, by definition, discrimination. It leads to things like quotas and racial profiling.

  Mary Kissel

  Diversity, Definitions, Discrimination

  Source: www.wsj.com

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• Some said America took a step forward electing a black president. In light of the unconstitutiona l expansion of powers, lack of transparency and fueling the fires of unrest that clearly hasn't been the case. Vote based on merits, not to fill a racial quota.

  Denzel Washington

  Fire, Light, America

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• If giving points to some students to achieve greater diversity is a quota system in violation of the Constitution, how can the awarding of points to the children of a less diverse alumni be upheld?

  Adam Schiff

  Children, Giving, Diversity

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• If you still are growing, you go through the archetype of the statesman or stateswoman. You stop asking "What are my quotas?" and stop saying "What is in it for me?" and "How much can I get?" You begin to say, instead, "What are your quotas?" and, "How may I serve?" Providing for others becomes much more important in your life than what you can get for yourself.

  Wayne Dyer

  Important, Asking, Growing

  "Interview With New Age Retailer". Interview with Ray Hemachandra, www.drwaynedyer.com. November, 2005.

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• A tough manager will have realistic quotas for his employees that he keeps to himself and aggressively stretch quotas, anywhere from ten percent higher to a lot more, which he imposes on his staff. If his people miss the stretch numbers but exceed the realistic goals, he's happy. If he's a superb manager, he knows how far they can stretch without breaking.

  Twyla Tharp

  Leadership, Numbers, Goal

  Twyla Tharp, Mark Reiter (2003). “The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life”, Simon and Schuster

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• I still just like everybody else need to meet quotas with my spins, with my buzz and make my way into the office. It has to be undeniable; the world has to know about you before Jay-Z makes a call.

  Drake

  Office, Needs, World

  HipHop Canada Interview, www.hiphopcanada.com. July 12, 2006.

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• If you are a complainer you might have already spent your HELP quota.

  Zig Ziglar

  Might, Helping, Complainers

  Zig Ziglar, Julie Ziglar Norman (2009). “Embrace the Struggle: Living Life on Life's Terms”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

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• When leadership set the goals by themselves, they are not goals, they are quotas.

  Dave Ramsey

  Goal

  Dave Ramsey (2011). “EntreLeadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches”, p.40, Simon and Schuster

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• Quotas are a perfectly logical, if diabolical, extension of the regulation of private property courtesy of the Civil Rights Act, whereby in an attempt to shape American society in politically pleasing ways, people have been coerced into liking, hiring or renting against their will or better judgment.

  Ilana Mercer

  Rights, People, Shapes

  "Liberty and the Civil Wrongs Act". www.wnd.com. April 02, 2010.

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• What I am against is quotas. I am against hard quotas, quotas they basically delineate based upon whatever. However they delineate, quotas, I think vulcanize society. So I don't know how that fits into what everybody else is saying, their relative positions, but that's my position.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Thinking, Political

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• Hey sister, you're just moving too fast, you're screwing up the quota.

  Patti Smith

  Work, Moving, Hey

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• I'm not a believer that you should set quotas for these things, because I think what happens is no matter how qualified the woman is who gets the job, people will say she [Hillary Clinton] shouldn't have gotten it. She only got it because she's a woman. That is the problem with quotas.

  Christy Clark

  Jobs, Thinking, People

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• But there had to be a quota. An upper limit to the number of miracles one is privileged to in a lifetime. How many times can a beloved reappear?

  Anthony Marra

  Numbers, Miracle, Limits

  Anthony Marra (2013). “A Constellation of Vital Phenomena”, p.51, Random House

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