“If we could muster the same determination and sense of responsibility that saves a country like Japan - or a company like Xerox - then investing to save women and children who are dying in the developing world would be very good business.” IfsWorldChildrenCountryWould BeResponsibilityCompanyDyingDeterminationInvestingVery GoodDevelopingJapanGood BusinessMusterSense Of ResponsibilityXerox Author:Anne M. Mulcahy
“The biggest engineering companies, like Schlumberger, Halliburton and others, have technology they spent billions of dollars developing.” CompanyTechnologyDollarsBillionsDevelopingEngineering Author:Vagit Alekperov
“In developing countries the situation could be even worse because developing countries do not have to count their emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. Private companies from industrialized nations will seek cheap carbon credits for their country in the developing world.” WorldCountryNationsCompanySituationCreditDevelopingCarbonEmissionsProtocolDeveloping CountriesKyotoKyoto Protocol Author:Jennifer Morgan
“As James Surowiecki noted in a New Yorker article, given a choice between developing antibiotics that people will take every day for two weeks and antidepressants that people will take every day for ever, drug companies not surprisingly opt for the latter. Although a few antibiotics have been toughened up a bit, the pharmaceutical industry hasn't given us an entirely new antibiotic since the 1970s.” PeopleHas BeensTwoChoicesGivenBitsCompanyWeekIndustryDrugDevelopingLatterArticlesTwo WeeksNew YorkersPharmaceuticalAntibioticsAntidepressantsPharmaceutical IndustryDrug Companies Author:Bill Bryson
“Depression seems to be related to fear, anger and frustration. When you're in a bad mood, even if you meet with your friends, you don't take pleasure in their company. But when you're in a good mood, even if things go wrong, you can cope with them without difficulty. This is why putting yourself in a good mood, making a point of developing a sense of loving kindness gives you greater inner strength.” IfsGivingSeemsPleasureCompanyKindnessGreaterDepressionDifficultyMoodDevelopingRelatedFrustrationInner StrengthBe KindWrongCopingWise Man Once SaidLoving KindnessBad MoodGood MoodAnger And Frustration Author:Dalai Lama
“Everybody needs to understand that policies are going to change to make it unprofitable if you wreck the planet, those companies that continue exploring and developing fossil fuel resources for which there is no safe use are going to pay a very heavy cost for that.” IfsNeedsUseChangePayCompanyPolicyPlanetsCostSafeResourcesHeavyDevelopingFuelExploringFossilsWrecksFossil Fuel Author:Jeffrey Sachs
“One of the things I'm real proud of is I just made a deal with 20th Century Fox, and I've got my own production company now. I'm developing some television and movies for other people because I have a lot of fresh new ideas. To write is what I love the most.” PeopleWritingMadeIdeasRealMy OwnDealsCompanyCenturyTelevisionProudProductionsDevelopingNew IdeasFoxes20th Century Author:Dolly Parton
“I spend a lot of my time just developing material; or the company does. That material can come from a book, can come from a newspaper, can come from a discussion and sometimes it can come from a script that got passed over and is floating around.” DoeBookSometimesCompanyMaterialsScriptsNewspapersDevelopingDiscussionMy TimeFloating Author:Ridley Scott
“We don't measure whether an economy is developing. We just measure whether companies are selling more, whether inventories are up or down, not whether the health, safety and economic well-being of people are being advanced.” PeopleWellsCompanyEconomyEconomicSafetySellingDevelopingWell BeingInventorySelling More Author:Ralph Nader