Ishikawa Quotes & Sayings

No one who cooks cooks alone. — Laurie Colwin

Failure is the seed of success — Kaoru Ishikawa

There are some lives duller Than dusty glass — Takuboku Ishikawa

The true definition of a phony is a high flyer with low mileage; a person who offers a worldview from the comforts of his/her living room. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

Quality control is applicable to any kind of enterprise. In fact, it must be applied in every enterprise. — Kaoru Ishikawa

Without qualification, I am grateful to and have the highest regard and respect for all of the wonderful people on 'Two and Half Men' with whom I have worked and over the past ten years who have become an extension of my family. — Angus T. Jones

The ideas of control and improvements are often confused with one another. This is because quality control and quality improvement are inseparable. — Kaoru Ishikawa

Experience proves that in this life peace and satisfaction are had, not by the listless but by those who are fervent in God's service. And rightly so. For in their effort to overcome themselves and to rid themselves of self-love, they rid themselves of the roots of all passion and unrest. — Saint Ignatius

Like a stone That rolls down a hill, I have come to this day. — Takuboku Ishikawa

Needless to say, this would be an unthinkable crime - as it would kill tens of millions of innocent civilians in a single day - but it may be the only course of action available to us, given what Islamists believe — Sam Harris

Quality control which cannot show results is not quality control. Let us engage in QC which makes so much money for the company that we do not know what to do with it. — Kaoru Ishikawa

When I breathe,
This sound in my chest
Lonelier than the winter wind — Takuboku Ishikawa

The desire of Joseph's heart was to see his father and to get all of his family to move to Egypt and to live near him so he could provide for them without reservation and without limitation. — Charles R. Swindoll

Alexia blinked stupidly at the Beta from around the earl's upper arm. Her heart was doing crazy things, and she still could not locate her kneecaps. She took a deep breath and put some serious attention into tracking them down. — Gail Carriger

Writing checks to the IRS that include strings of zeros does not bother me ... Overall, we feel extraordinarily lucky to have been dealt a hand in life that enables us to write large checks to the government rather than one requiring the government to regularly write checks to us-say, because we are disabled or unemployed. — Warren Buffett

Like a kite Cut from the string, Lightly the soul of my youth Has taken flight. — Takuboku Ishikawa

Quality control starts and ends with training. — Kaoru Ishikawa

You don't win by making sensational plays; you win by not making mistakes. — Bum Phillips

Monsters are not naturally born. They are born through the darkness and hatred of humanity. — Emi Ishikawa

As with many other things, there is a surprising amount of prejudice against quality control, but the proof of the pudding is still in the eating. — Kaoru Ishikawa

Some nights, we were a city of two. — Jerry Spinelli

In management, the first concern of the company is the happiness of people who are connected with it. If the people do not feel happy and cannot be made happy, that company does not deserve to exist. — Kaoru Ishikawa

When you see data, doubt [them]! When you see measurements, doubt them! — Kaoru Ishikawa

As much as 95% of quality related problems in the factory can be solved with seven fundamental quantitative tools. — Kaoru Ishikawa

Some of the reason why you have so many divorces is that we tend to get married, most of the time, not for ourselves, but for others, or for how it looks to others. — Djimon Hounsou

Americans have the will to resist because you have weapons. If you don't have a gun, freedom of speech has no power. — Yoshimi Ishikawa

If you respected someone, then you had to ask something of them. — Eric Greitens

Yosuke: When did you like yourself best?
Yuu: When you didn't know me. — Hiroshi Ishikawa

What shall I do with this ageing me? Neither floating nor sinking,
I drift, tossed by the waves of years. — Takuboku Ishikawa

True leaders must be willing to suffer for the sake of objectives great enough to demand their wholehearted obedience. — J. Oswald Sanders