“Since man does not create physical matter, those who handle material objects in the production process are not producers in that sense. Economic benefits result from the transformation of matter in form, location, or availability (intellectually or temporally). It is these transformations that create economic benefits valued by consumers, and whoever arranges such transformations contributes to the value of things, whether his hands actually come into contact with physical objects or not.” MenDoeMatterHandsFormValuesProcessResultsEconomicObjectsMaterialsBenefitsTransformationProductionsHandleContactProducersConsumersLocationAvailability Author:Thomas Sowell
“Joschka Fischer was a Green Party politician and Germany's foreign minister. We hired Mr. Fischer, as well as former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, as advisors because we, as an automaker, want to know, for example, how new emissions laws will develop in the United States, Europe and Asia. Fischer and Ms. Albright have diverse contacts worldwide. They can call our attention to trends early on, information from which we can benefit.” KnowsWantWellsStatesLawUnitedPartyAttentionUnited StatesInformationExamplePoliticianBenefitsEuropeGreenContactFormerMinistersGermanyTrendsDiverseSecretaryAsiaEmissionsAdvisorsFischerMadeleinesGreen Party Author:Norbert Reithofer
“One of the chief inhibitions to human progress arises because of the extreme slowness with which the advances in knowledge become translated into action for the benefit of society as a whole. There is no step more important for the removal of that inhibition than that of providing for intimate contact between the leaders in the fields of pure and applied science.” HumansImportantWholeActionLeaderStepsProgressFieldsPureBenefitsExtremesAriseContactChiefsIntimateProvidingRemovalHuman ProgressInhibitionsSlownessApplied Science Book:The autobiography of Robert A. Millikan Source: The autobiography of Robert A. Millikan
“When white men first effect contact with some unspoilt race of savages, they offer them all kinds of benefits, from the light of the gospel to pumpkin pie. These, however, much as we may regret it, most savages receive with indifference. What they really value among the gifts that we bring to them is intoxicating liquor which enables them, for the first time in their lives, to have the illusion for a few brief moments that it is better to be alive than dead.” MenFirstsKindMayMomentsLightValuesWhiteRaceAliveEffectsRegretOffersBenefitsIllusionFirst TimeContactAll KindsIndifferencePieSavagesWhite ManLiquorPumpkinBrief MomentsPumpkin Pie Book:Human Society in Ethics and Politics Source: Human Society in Ethics and Politics
“Having come into contact with a civilization which has over-emphasized the freedom of the individual, we are in fact faced with one of the big problems of Africa in the modern world. Our problem is just this: how to get the benefits of European society - benefits that have been brought about by an organization based upon the individual - and yet retain African's own structure of society in which the individual is a member of a kind of fellowship.” WorldKindHas BeensFactsProblemBigsIndividualModernCivilizationMembersBenefitsOrganizationStructureContactModern WorldFellowshipBig ProblemsJulius Author:Julius Nyerere
“We got a great benefit from our contact with those people [Lucie Rie, Hans Coper, Richard Batram] and met people that we wouldn't have probably met if we had simply worked at the pottery.” PeopleIfsMetsBenefitsContactPottery Author:Warren MacKenzie
“There are other people on the Internet. It's awesome. You get all the benefits of 'other people' without the body odor and the eye contact.” PeopleBodyEyeInternetBenefitsContactOdorEye ContactFangirlBody Odor Book:Fangirl Source: Fangirl