# Quote — Theodore Sturgeon, To Marry Medusa

> There are always many ways to accomplish anything, but only one of them is really best. Which of them is best—that is the source of all argument on the production of anything, the creator of factions among the designers, and the first enemy of speed and efficiency.

- Author: [Theodore Sturgeon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/theodore-sturgeon.md)
- Book: [To Marry Medusa](https://www.leafyquotes.com/theodore-sturgeon/to-marry-medusa.md)
- Page: 142
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Theodore_Sturgeon#To_Marry_Medusa_(1958)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/theodore-sturgeon/to-marry-medusa/there-are-always

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