Top 24 Joseph Juran Quotes
#1. One of the marvelous blessings of the Book of Mormon is that it contains, in clarity, revelations reserved to come forth in this dispensation of time. Much of the knowledge that we have relating to the principle of moral agency is found in these modern revelations.
L. Lionel Kendrick
#2. I had a dream where I drank my own grandma. What she was doing disguised as a bottle of booze isn't entirely clear to me.
Jarod Kintz
#4. 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
#5. What I want to do has no end, since I am on the endless frontier of a branch of knowledge.
Joseph M. Juran
#6. Every successful quality revolution has included the participation of upper management. We know of no exceptions.
Joseph M. Juran
#8. ...
You are here again,
so realistic,
just, the golden dawn
takes you away
in the morning...
Be here now,
not there,
where there is nothing
but stars
and emptiness...
...
Zorica Savron
#10. Pareto's Principle: you generally spend 80% of your time on 20% of the project.
Joseph M. Juran
#11. It's often only in the lies we refuse to speak that any truth can be heard at all.
Karen Marie Moning
#12. For many phenomena, 80% of consequences stem from 20% of the causes.
Joseph M. Juran
#13. Without a standard there is no logical basis for making a decision or taking action.
Joseph M. Juran
#14. Quality planning consists of developing the products and processes required to meet customer's needs
Joseph M. Juran
#15. My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal.
Clarence Thomas
#16. People who focus on 'getting better' goals (also known as Personal Bests) as opposed to performance goals have a much better chance of success.
Jill Konrath
#17. By the way, movies are like sporting events in that you're as good as the movie you're in. You can sit in a room for 20 years and go do a movie and you can just kill in it and you move to the head of the line again. By the same token, you can do five movies a year and if they're dreck, it's nothing.
Albert Brooks
#18. Prayer is the breath of the new man, drawing in the air of mercy in petitions, and returning it in praises; it proves and maintains the spiritual life.
Matthew Henry
#19. Forget Batman: when I really thought about what I wanted to be when I grew up, I wanted to be my dad.
Paul Asay
#20. All improvement happens project by project and in no other way.
Joseph M. Juran
#21. 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
#22. Jazz is not background music. You must concentrate in order to get the most out of it. You must absorb it.
Horace Silver
#23. For man, mind is the cause of bondage and mind is the cause of liberation. Mind absorbed in sense objects is the cause of bondage, and mind detached from the sense objects is the cause of liberation.
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
#24. Goal setting has traditionally been based on past performance. This practice has tended to perpetuate the sins of the past.
Joseph M. Juran
