QUALITY QUOTES II

quotations about quality

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer.

ROBERTSON DAVIES

A Voice from the Attic

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Any philosophic explanation of Quality is going to be both false and true precisely because it is a philosophic explanation. The process of philosophic explanation is an analytic process, a process of breaking something down into subjects and predicates. What I mean (and everybody else means) by the word 'quality' cannot be broken down into subjects and predicates. This is not because Quality is so mysterious but because Quality is so simple, immediate and direct.

ROBERT M. PIRSIG

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

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Quality is conformance to requirements.

PHILIP CROSBY

attributed, Total Quality Management: Text, Cases, and Readings, Third Edition


The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence.

SHERMAN ALEXIE

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian


Quantity has a quality all its own.

VLADIMIR LENIN

attributed, How to Make War

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Art is anything you can do well. Anything you can do with Quality.

ROBERT M. PIRSIG

interview, NPR, July 12, 1974

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Things that have a common quality ever quickly seek their kind.

MARCUS AURELIUS

Meditations

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It is infinitely better to have a few good men than many indifferent ones.

GEORGE WASHINGTON

letter to James McHenry, August 10, 1798

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Any large-scale organization must lose some of the merits of its rudimentary beginnings. Quantity will have a coarsening effect on quality.

JOHN BUCHAN

Augustus

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We live in a world where bulk is equated with quality.

ROBERTSON DAVIES

A Voice from the Attic

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One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.

JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Conversations with Eckermann

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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way... you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.

ARISTOTLE

attributed, Sophia's Fire

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Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces.

FRANK HERBERT

Children of Dune

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Nothing endures but personal qualities.

WALT WHITMAN

"Song of the Broad-Axe", Leaves of Grass

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The quality of a man's mind can generally be judged by the size of his wastepaper basket.

JOSE BERGAMIN

Head in the Clouds

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If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.

EMILE ZOLA

attributed, And I Quote

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All good qualities are not united in one person.

AR-RABI

attributed, Day's Collacon


The quality of beauty lies on how the beholder values an object.

TOBA BETA

My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut


Come, give us a taste of your quality.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Hamlet

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Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.

MARCUS AURELIUS

Meditations

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