#efficiency

Few would venture to deny the advantages of temperance in increasing the efficiency of a nation at war. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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Nor do we begin to have a clear appreciation of what the increase in consumption of alcoholic beverages in wartime means in increased risk, and in loss of efficiency to the fighting and working forces of the country. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

#alcoholic beverages #appreciation #begin #beverages #clear

If stability and efficiency required that there existed markets that extended infinitely far into the future - and these markets clearly did not exist - what assurance do we have of the stability and efficiency of the capitalist system? ↗

— Joseph Stiglitz

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One must choose between Obscurity with Efficiency, and Fame with its inevitable collateral of Bluff. ↗

— William McFee

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To me, it seems like a waste of time. What is the point of making a watch that only gets 45 minutes to the hour? But Cleo Von Klaus is a German, and he’s obsessed with efficiency. Plus, he argued that the watch would be a big hit with flash-in-the-pan celebrities, people who have already used up their 15 minutes of fame.
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— Jarod Kintz

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What we need to do is really improve energy efficiency standards, develop in full scale renewable and alternative energy and use the one resource we have in abundance, our creativity. ↗

— Lois Capps

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The outgrowth of conservation, the inevitable result, is national efficiency. ↗

— Gifford Pinchot

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The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides the growth of forms along the lines of the greatest structural efficiency. ↗

— Herbert Read

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One dead body required two men either to bury it or to transport it to the rear. A wounded soldier, on the other hand, immobilized five men for an indeterminate amount of time; and who knew whether it was even worth the effort. ↗

— Stéphane Audeguy

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Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down. ↗

— Russell Baker

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