“I like Betsy Ross as a model, too, the quilting bee, sitting around with your friends making art, asking what they think, so that you get the benefit of everyone's opinions and so it's not just about you in your you-dom.” ThinkingArtOpinionBenefitsModelsSittingAskingBeesSitting AroundDomsQuiltingBetsy Ross Author:Kiki Smith
“Without a positive male role model in your life it is extremely difficult to become a man who benefits his family and benefits society.” MenDifficultRolesBenefitsModelsMalesRole ModelsMale Role Models Author:Donald Miller
“The only ones who can really benefit by consulting the model are those who can produce their effect without a model.” EffectsProduceBenefitsModelsConsulting Author:Eugene Delacroix
“Urban transport is a political and not a technical issue. The technical aspects are very simple. The difficult decisions relate to who is going to benefit from the models adopted.” PoliticalDifficultSimpleDecisionIssuesBenefitsModelsAspectRelateUrbanAdoptedTransportDifficult Decisions Author:Enrique Penalosa
“Unless the fundamental categories of economics such as 'property' were to be redefined in a radically personal way the liberal rationalist curse which had established economics as a scientific discipline cut off from human interests would proliferate. Economic models ... have failed to incorporate any meaningful index of individual benefit other than the original utilitarian one, ... the index of increasing income or an increasing flow of commodities.” WayHumansIndividualInterestCuttingEconomicDisciplineBenefitsModelsEconomicsFlowOriginalsFundamentalsPropertyMeaningfulIncomeCurseCategoriesCommodityUtilitarianEconomic Models Author:John Carroll
“The model we established was to give creative people complete creative freedom in exchange for betting on themselves, so they work for the minimums you're allowed to work for, and if the movies work in a big way, everyone does very well. If the movies don't, nobody loses too much money. The benefit to doing all the movies low budget is we can tell different types of stories and take creative risks. The Purge would have been irresponsible to do for $20M, but to do it for $3M makes sense.” PeopleIfsWayGivingWellsDoeHas BeensDifferentStoriesBigsLosesCreativeToo MuchRiskTypeBenefitsModelsLowsMake SenseBudgetsMinimumIrresponsibleCreative PeopleBettingCreative Freedom Author:Jason Blum
“I think that mathematics can benefit by acknowledging that the creation of good models is just as important as proving deep theorems.” ThinkingImportantCreationProveBenefitsModelsMathematicsTheorems Author:David Mumford
“We also exchange oil for software technology. Uruguay is one of the biggest producers of software. We are breaking with the neoliberal model. We do not believe in free trade. We believe in fair trade and exchange, not competition but cooperation. I'm not giving away oil for free. Just using oil, first to benefit our people, to relieve poverty.” PeopleGivingFirstsBelievePovertyTechnologyBenefitsModelsFairsTradeCompetitionOilProducersCooperationSoftwareFree TradeFair Trade Author:Hugo Chavez
“I think the free market model of commercial trade openness - this model has undoubtedly shown enormous benefits for nations, for those of us that follow this model, of course.” ThinkingCoursesNationsBenefitsModelsTradeEnormousOpennessFree Market Author:Enrique Pena Nieto
“I have fought to protect those benefits that ensure better salaries for teachers across the Nation such as grants to pay off student loans and funding for Teach for America. Still, we must all do more to show our continued appreciation for our Nation's leading role models.” StillsShowsAmericaNationsPayRolesTeachTeacherStudentsProtectBenefitsModelsAppreciationGrantsRole ModelsLoanSalaryFundingStudent Loan Author:Solomon Ortiz
“Energy and environmental regulation, transportation, and broadband policy all benefit when legislators have a basic grounding in the technical concepts behind business models, products, and innovation.” EnergyBehindsPolicyProductsBenefitsModelsConceptsInnovationEnvironmentalRegulationTransportationLegislatorsBusiness ModelsGroundingBroadband Author:John Sununu
“I have not only labored solely for the benefit of others (receiving for myself a miserable pittance), but have been forced to model my thoughts at the will of men whose imbecility was evident to all but themselves” MenHas BeensBenefitsModelsMiserableReceivingEvidentMy ThoughtsImbecility Book:The collected letters of Edgar Allan Poe Source: The collected letters of Edgar Allan Poe
“We are an industry that has historically been at the forefront of defining new media environments in ways that benefit consumers and move our entire business model forward. We must ensure that while we are moving quickly, we are also moving smartly.” WayMovingBusinessEnvironmentMediaIndustryBenefitsModelsConsumersDefiningBusiness ModelsNew Media Author:Jim Stengel