Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.
The principles behind explaining and educating the product or the elected official is similar, even though the actual execution of it is very, very different.
If an ad campaign is built around a weak idea - or as is so often the case, no idea at all - I don't give a damn how good the execution is, it's going to fail.
Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.
We have to address impediments that stall implementation of projects and streamline the process to ensure smooth execution going forward. We need to address the leverage levels among corporates to restart investment cycle.
I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.
Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
As you move up a traditional, sort of bureaucratic structure, there's a certain point at which you realize, 'Well, I'm not really on the implementation or execution side - I'm not on the battlefield. I'm an operations person who's overseeing multiple units that are out on the ground doing the job.'
Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.
Execution really shapes whether your company takes off or not.
The role of the musician is to go from concept to full execution. Put another way, it's to go from understanding the content of something to really learning how to communicate it and make sure it's well-received and lives in somebody else.
It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place, than to expand both indiscriminately.
Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.
I'm committed to increasing long-term value for shareholders and am confident we will continue to do so through the successful execution of our core strategic priorities: the creation of high quality, branded content and experiences, the use of technology, and creating growth in numerous and exciting international markets.
I respect the Japanese and especially like their execution and communication styles. Unlike the Koreans, they will not hit you from behind.
It is most necessary to avoid rusticity in any way, whether in material, design, or execution.
In the military, as in any organization, giving the order might be the easiest part. Execution is the real game.
I think Fast Company has a tremendously smart focus and execution.
Continuous productivity manifests itself as an environment where the evolving tools and culture make it possible to innovate more and faster than ever, with significantly improved execution.
It is not questioned that the Federal Government is one of limited powers. Its powers are such, and such only, as are expressly granted in the Constitution or are properly incident to the expressly granted powers and necessary to their execution.
On the tennis court, one needs a cool temperament, tremendous ball sense, reflexes, speed, hand-eye co-ordination, power, timing and peak physical fitness. Off the court, the player and support team need skills in planning, execution, travel, an ability to raise funds when needed, and several other talents.
There's nothing so improves the mood of the Party as the imminent execution of a senior colleague.
Leadership and greatness comes to those who follow-through. Who stand for near-flawless execution.
Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.
The most extremist power any political leader can assert is the power to target his own citizens for execution without any charges or due process, far from any battlefield. The Obama administration has not only asserted exactly that power in theory, but has exercised it in practice.
Success doesn't necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone won't win a game or a battle; the win comes from basic blocking and tackling.
The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.
Operation Fast and Furious was flawed in concept and flawed in execution. The tactics used in this operation violate Department of Justice policy and should never have been used.
Well, I think on second units it's all about execution. Because you come in there, you don't have to worry so much about the studio and all the other actors and all that.
The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.
Saddam Hussein was a nightmare for the Iraqi people, and his execution marks the end of an era when violence against innocent men, women and children was a means to wealth and power.
Seeing something go from concept to execution is a thrill to me.
The execution of any thing considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation.
Motion picture making is a very, very involved affair. It is completely my baby. I'm a thorough professional. I plan films right from the conception of an idea to its final execution.
When you shoot someone who is fleeing, it's not self-defense. It's an execution.
I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.
