Re: REQUEST: Deming's quote on Profound Knowledge (help!!!)

[James Robert Crow <jr1crow@mindspring.com>]

Hello Group:

I believe the quote you are looking for is in the New Economics.  What
Deming actually says is "The system cannot understand itself.  Help must
come from outside and by invitation."  Look on page 56.

RC
At 10:17 AM 10/04/1999 -0400, you wrote:
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>I believe that I saw a quote by Dr Deming once that went something like
"Profound Knowlede can not come from within".....
>
>Can someone help me... is this right?... where can I find the quote? (been
surfing & scouring my books but can not locate .... maybe because such
knowledge does not come from within!!!!)
>
>thanks
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