Joseph Juran Quotes & Sayings

I, for one, am actually still incredibly idealistic, and I still can credibly or very strongly believe that you have to keep fighting for what you believe in, because it's only when you stop that you've truly lost. — Vanessa Kerry

I doubt, dearest child, that you could ever marry a Frenchman. They're not dependable. I've never believed that they're serious Catholics." He — James A. Michener

Observing many companies in action, I am unable to point to a single instance in which stunning results were gotten without the active and personal leadership of the upper managers. — Joseph M. Juran

A cello was there 400 years ago and will still be here in 400 years. — Thomas Bangalter

You're not a slave to those test audiences. — Adam McKay

Goal setting has traditionally been based on past performance. This practice has tended to perpetuate the sins of the past. — Joseph M. Juran

Snowden grants that NSA employees by and large believe in their mission and trust the agency to handle the secrets it takes from ordinary people - deliberately, in the case of bulk records collection, and 'incidentally,' when the content of American phone calls and e-mails are swept into NSA systems along with foreign targets. — Barton Gellman

Quality planning consists of developing the products and processes required to meet customer's needs — Joseph M. Juran

God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him ... — Watchman Nee

Pareto's Principle: you generally spend 80% of your time on 20% of the project. — Joseph M. Juran

All improvement happens project by project and in no other way. — Joseph M. Juran

They say that what you mock Will surely overtake you And you become a monster So the monster will not break you — Blake Crouch

For many phenomena, 80% of consequences stem from 20% of the causes. — Joseph M. Juran

I think, you know, for someone who does play, let's say, old music or, you know, Baroque music or Renaissance music - and you know, and I do play a lot of that, obviously - engaging with new composers, engaging with young composers, is really exciting because it makes me look at people of the past in a very different way that they are also living, that there was a lot of subjectivity in the decisions that they were making. — Mahan Esfahani

Without a standard there is no logical basis for making a decision or taking action. — Joseph M. Juran

When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner. — Halle Berry

The longer I live the more conscious I am of human frailty, and of the constant, overwhelming need we all have of God's grace. — Elizabeth Prentiss

Man is driven to create; I know I really love to create things. And while I'm not good at painting, drawing, or music, I can write software. — Yukihiro Matsumoto

I am not Superwoman. The reality of my daily life is that I'm juggling a lot of balls in the air trying to be a good wife and mother, trying to be the prime-ministerial consort at home and abroad, barrister and charity worker, and sometimes one of the balls gets dropped. — Cherie Blair

We not only believe what we see, to some extent we see what we believe ... The implications of our beliefs are frightening. — Richard Gregory

A good rule in organizational analysis is that no meeting of the minds is really reached until we talk of specific actions or decisions. We can talk of who is responsible for budgets, or inventory, or quality, but little is settled. It is only when we get down to the action words-measure, compute, prepare, check, endorse, recommend, approve-that we can make clear who is to do what. — Joseph M. Juran

As circulation improves over the next couple weeks, you'll start to get a persistent tingling, and then you'll need physical therapy to work toward regular functioning. Then, around October, a massive object will strike Earth and you will die. — Ben Winters

Every successful quality revolution has included the participation of upper management. We know of no exceptions. — Joseph M. Juran

I don't think we should discriminate against an organization or congregation because they're religious, if they're doing good work. But government can't subsidize proselytizing or worship or religious activity. It can't. — Jim Wallis

What I want to do has no end, since I am on the endless frontier of a branch of knowledge. — Joseph M. Juran

It is most important that top management be quality-minded. In the absence of sincere manifestation of interest at the top, little will happen below. — Joseph M. Juran