Those who are not dissatisfied will never make any progress

There are four purposes of improvement: easier, better, faster, and cheaper. These four goals appear in the order of priority.

Improvement usually means doing something that we have never done before.

A relentless barrage of 'why’s' is the best way to prepare your mind to pierce the clouded veil of thinking caused by the status quo. Use it often.

The best approach is to dig out and eliminate problems where they were assumed not to exist.

The most dangerous kind of waste is the waste we do not recognize.

Lean is a way of thinking- not a list of things to do

Unless you change direction, you will end up where you are headed.

It's only the last turn of a bolt that tightens it - the rest is just movement.

When you buy bananas all you want is the fruit not the skin, but you have to pay for the skin also. It is a waste. And you the customer should not have to pay for the waste.

We have to grasp not only the Know-How but also 'Know Why', if we want to master the Toyota Production System.

Much of what was said did not matter, and that much of what mattered could not be said.

I wanted to know every story behind the scars on her curves. I wanted to decipher the whispers hidden beneath her every breath. I wanted to unravel her with my hands.

I think imagination is a crazy thing, and that's what makes the world go around.

It is time Britain put its trust back into the Labour Party. I believe I am the candidate that can make this happen precisely because I am not associated with the past.

You could go outside today and have a glum face, or you could put a smile on your face and go out into the world, even though you don't feel like it - that's selfless giving!

All that mankind has ever learned is nothing more than a single grain of sand on a beach that reaches to infinity.

I don't think anybody is wanting to put me back on the air. But I'm certainly out there trying.

My work is a mitzvah for the eyes & ears...and it will help you forget about your problems by thinking about mine for a change!

I stand by every mistake I've ever made, so judge away.

You think the shadow is the substance.