A Quote by W. Edwards Deming

There is very little evidence that we give a hoot about profit. — © W. Edwards Deming
There is very little evidence that we give a hoot about profit.
When I was a younger actor, I was very immersed in it, very "method" and all that. Now, I don't give a hoot.
I'm not gonna worry about what people think about me. I'm too busy. I don't give a hoot.
Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about critics.
My Christian Louboutins are also one of the secrets to my not-for-profit success. Here's why - and it's something that everyone who manages employees, whether in a for-profit business or a not-for-profit, should keep in mind: A little extravagance goes a long way.
The little estimate we put on prayer is evidence from the little time we give to it.
I don't think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except to the extent that character reflects on the candidates.
I would, like any other scientist, willingly change my mind if the evidence led me to do so. So I care about what's true, I care about evidence, I care about evidence as the reason for knowing what is true. It is true that I come across rather passionate sometimes - and that's because I am passionate about the truth... I do get very impatient with humbug, with cant, with fakery, with charlatans.
I'm like an owl... I don't give a HOOT!
I've finally graduated from 'I don't give a hoot.
I've finally graduated from 'I don't give a hoot.'
Make sure you comfort everybody, because you have so much power. The influence you do have, make sure you use that for the right things that's going to propel you, and propel your company. It's not always about making profit. I know y'all know how to make profit, and I know that's what it's about! But I'm very happy that I can come here and tell you I'm someone that has not been driven by the profit. You can succeed with the people.
Music is my only guide. I don't care if people pigeonhole me. Miles Davis is my hero. He covered Cindy Lauper and Michael Jackson, and he didn't give a hoot about what the purists said.
There is a huge body of business evidence now showing that energy savings give better service at lower cost with higher profit. We have to tear down barriers to successful markets and we have to create incentives to enter them.
I was very struck by the fact that Colin Powell said he would produce evidence and then never produced it. Then Tony Blair produced a document of seventy paragraphs, but only the last nine referred to the World Trade Center, and they were not convincing. So we have a little problem here: If they're guilty, where is the evidence? And if we can't hear the evidence, why are we going to war?
Of course, the other thing about evolution is that anything can be said because very little can be disproved. Experimental evidence is minimal.
I dismiss personal profit and focus exclusively on people and planet. That's what I call social business: a nondividend company dedicated to solving human problems. You can go all the way, forgetting about personal profit, being single-minded about solving problems. The company makes profit, but profit stays with the company.
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