I think that people here expect miracles. American management thinks that they can just copy from Japan - but they don't know what to copy!

If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.

Put a good person in a bad system and the bad system wins, no contest.

Quality comes not from inspection, but from improvement of the production process.

Two basic rules of life are: 1) Change is inevitable. 2) Everybody resists change.

The greatest waste … is failure to use the abilities of people…to learn about their frustrations and about the contributions that they are eager to make.

In God we trust; all others bring data.

It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.

Management by results - like driving a car by looking in rear view mirror.

Stamping out fires is a lot of fun, but it is only putting things back the way they were.

Improve quality, you automatically improve productivity.

He was the safe place I would go when the world became shaky, he would either guide me through the dark or awaken my sense to appreciate my light.

I think it's the most extraordinary studio around. I would love to do my next project with Pixar.

Who amongst us lives without sacrifice?

When you're just singing a beautiful melody with a story that's true to the heart, you don't need a lot of embellishment.

All will concede that in order to have good neighbors, we must also be good neighbors. That applies in every field of human endeavor.

The world out there is not waiting for a new definition of Christianity; it's waiting for a new demonstration of Christianity.

A beautiful idea is a beautiful door; it invites you to enter inside!

One challenge of our adventure on earth is to rise above dead systems...wars, nations, destructions...to refuse to be a part of them, and express the highest selves we know how to be.

I got into rock-and-roll because I wanted the chicks. The Dixie Chicks.

[It is not the purpose nor right of Congress] to attend to what generosity and humanity require, but to what the Constitution and their duty require.