Our task, of course, is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think, in fact, that one could give that as a definition of revolution.
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EDWARDS DEMING The emphasis should be on why we do a job. W. EDWARDS DEMING We are here to make another world. W. EDWARDS DEMING People with targets and jobs dependent upon meeting them will probably meet the targets - even if th... W. EDWARDS DEMING Learning is not compulsory but neither is survival. W. EDWARDS DEMING Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival. W. EDWARDS DEMING Learning is not compulsory but neither is survival. W. EDWARDS DEMING Quality is everyone's responsibility. W. EDWARDS DEMING The job can't be finished only improved to please the customer. W. EDWARDS DEMING In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition. So nobody really though... W. EDWARDS DEMING Quality is everyone's responsibility. W. EDWARDS DEMING Customer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, ... W. EDWARDS DEMING No one knows the cost of a defective product - don't tell me you do. You know the cost of replac... W. EDWARDS DEMING Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer. W. EDWARDS DEMING What should be the aim of management? What is their job? Quality is the responsibility of the top pe... W. EDWARDS DEMING If you don't understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new ... W. EDWARDS DEMING It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory. W. EDWARDS DEMING Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, ... W. EDWARDS DEMING Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual's contribution far m... W. EDWARDS DEMING The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to ... W. EDWARDS DEMING A bad system will beat a good person every time. W. EDWARDS DEMING The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs. W. 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