Where there is no Standard there can be no Kaizen

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.

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

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.

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.

Reality can really tax your imagination.

All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others.

Science is about applying what we know and asking what we don't know.

If you want to hit home runs, you've go to swing a lot.

You do something annual every year, don't you?

An actor can remember his briefest notice well into senescence and long after he has forgotten his phone number and where he lives.

Some moments are perfect, and then someone comes along and f*cks it up. Ain't it always the way.

No man is greater than his respect for sleep.

Wits and swords are as straws against the wisdom of the Darkness.

Repetition is the death of art.