Efficient may refer to:
- Efficiency, the extent to which time or effort is well used for the intended task or purpose
- Efficient (horse) (foaled 2003), a Thoroughbred racehorse
- Efficient Networks, a modem manufacturer once a division of Siemens now part of Gigaset Communications
Famous quotes containing the word efficient:
“I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you’re going to be lazy.”
—Shirley Conran (b. 1932)
“The truly efficient laborer will not crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task, surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure, and then do but what he loves best. He is anxious only about the fruitful kernels of time.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)