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Knowledge needs to be a verb.
W. Edwards Deming
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W. Edwards Deming
Age: 93 †
Born: 1900
Born: October 18
Died: 1993
Died: December 20
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Sioux City
Iowa
William Edwards Deming
W.E. Deming
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He that would run his company on visible figures alone will in time have neither company nor figures.
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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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We know what we told him, but we don't know what he heard.
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Learning is not compulsory it's voluntary... But to survive, we must learn.
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Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality. Eliminate the need for inspection on a mass basis by building quality into the product in the first place.
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