The more inventory a company has, the less likely they will have what they need.

Progress cannot be generated when we are satisfied with existing situations.

The Toyota style is not to create results by working hard. It is a system that says there is no limit to people's creativity. People don't go to Toyota to 'work' they go there to 'think'.

Having no problems is the biggest problem of all.

Without standards, there can be no improvement.

Standards should not be forced down from above but rather set by the production workers themselves.

We are doomed to failure without a daily destruction of our various preconceptions.

Data is of course important in manufacturing, but I place the greatest emphasis on facts.

Costs do not exist to be calculated. Costs exist to be reduced.

Where there is no Standard there can be no Kaizen

When you are out observing on the gemba, do something to help them. If you do, people will come to expect that you can help them and will look forward to seeing you again on the gemba.

I think the irony ... is that I actually would like to see a relatively light touch when it comes to the government.

The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again.

When people tell you how young you look, they are also telling you how old you are.

Ox-Bow was a very free place, very open. You could do whatever you wanted to do.

Sometimes, a fight you cannot win is still worth fighting.

I lost my reputation, I forgot my truth. But I have my beauty and I have my youth.

I found that a bit unfair. However, I did feel quite liberated when I left. I'm very grateful to the show - it revived a flagging career, but I'm glad to be away from it now.

Leadership is birthed out of anger!

We have to raise our young boys to respect women and our young girls to demand respect and to get their values from something other than their physicality.

It's numbers like these that both bubble-theorists and market cheerleaders can pounce on to make their points. Reality is more mundane.