“There are clear differences between child and adult artistic activity. While the child may be aware that he is doing things differently from others, he does not fully appreciate the rules and conventions of symbolic realms; his adventurousness holds little significance. In contrast, the adult artist is fully cognizant of the norms embraced by others; his willingness, his compulsion, to reject convention is purchased, at the very least, with full knowledge of what he is doing and often at considerable psychic cost to himself.” MayChildrenLittlesDoeArtistDifferencesClearCostActivityAdultsAppreciateArtisticRealmsRejectsSignificanceWillingnessConventionsContrastPsychicsNormCompulsionSymbolicCognizant Book:Art, mind, and brain: a cognitive approach to creativity Source: Art, mind, and brain: a cognitive approach to creativity
“Demonstrate to your customer the difference between price and cost. The price is what it takes to purchase the item. The cost is the amount the customer eventually pays. They are not the same.” DifferencesPayAmountCostCustomersItems Author:Brian Tracy
“Europe's financial system is fragmented, although the gap in funding costs for banks within the euro area is no longer as wide as it was two years ago. But in lending the differences are still very large, and in some countries the credit flow is disrupted.” YearsStillsTwoCountryDifferencesCostEuropeAreasYears AgoFlowFinancialCreditWideTwo YearsGapsFundingEuroLendingFragmentedFinancial SystemTwo Years Ago Author:Mario Draghi
“I don't want to overstate the gender difference. But women are more sensitized to the way that larger issues affect their pocketbooks, like pay equality or cost of living changes.” WayWantDifferencesPayIssuesCostGenderCost Of LivingGender DifferencesPocketbooks Author:Elizabeth Warren
“People, materials, facilities, money, and time are the resources available to us for conducting our business. By applying our skills, we turn these resources into useful products and services. If we do a good job, customers pay us more for our products than the sum of our costs in producing and distributing them. This difference, our profit, represents the value we add to the resources we utilize.” PeopleIfsJobsValuesTurnsDifferencesPayMaterialsProductsCostSkillsResourcesAddProfitAvailableCustomersGood JobFacilityConducting Author:David Packard
“I want to see everyone contribute to the overall costs of the system, and with their entire earnings. I'm convinced that an objective discussion will reveal that the differences between the parties, which have been greatly exaggerated in some quarters, aren't that significant after all.” WantHas BeensDifferencesPartyCostConvincedSignificantObjectivesDiscussionQuartersEarningExaggerated Author:Angela Merkel
“We went back on a very similar manifesto to things I believe in. The difference is that after eighteen months to two years he did the biggest U-turn on policy of all time and started to go the wrong way. In the end, that cost us the next election.” WayYearsBelieveTwoEndsTurnsNextI BelieveDifferencesPolicyMonthsCostElectionI Believe InAll TimeTwo YearsTurn-onEighteenWrong WayManifestos Book:As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations Source: As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations
“Diverse groups of countries can do a lot by trading amongst themselves, exploiting differences in costs, resources, and technologies.” CountryCan DoDifferencesTechnologyGroupsCostResourcesDiverseTrading Author:Daniel Altman
“Real benefits come when managers begin to understand the profound difference between 'cost cutting' and 'eliminating the causes of costs'” RealCausesDifferencesBusinessCuttingCostBenefitsEconomicsManagementProfoundManagersEliminating Author:Brian L. Joiner
“The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.” BigsFunnySexDifferencesMoneyMarriageCostHumorousSexyComparisonFunny MoneyFunny SexHumorous LoveIrish WritersSex And LoveSex RelationshipsSex LoveWitty One LinersGreat MoneySex Differences Author:Brendan Behan
“I mean, Dodd-Frank is strangling small community banks. It doesn't make any difference what the interest rate is. They're not - they're not going to loan the money because they can't make any money for one thing plus the cost of compliance.” MeanInterestCommunityDifferencesOne ThingCostRatePlusFrankLoanInterest RateComplianceStranglingSmall CommunitiesDodd Frank Author:Rick Perry
“In these difficult times, when tough decisions are required, the differences between Labour and the Tories are becoming much clearer. One party believes in intervention to reduce social and economic costs and the other believes in market forces and letting things take their course.” BelieveCoursesForceSocialDifficultDifferencesDecisionPartyEconomicBecomingCostToughLabourInterventionDifficult TimesTough Decisions Author:Lucy Powell