“Look at it this way: if you write the novel of 'Cold Mountain,' it costs exactly the same to produce and market as a novel set in a room. If you make the film, the disparity of costs is huge.” IfsWayWritingLooksFilmRoomsNovelProduceHugeColdCostMountainDisparityCold Mountain Author:Anthony Minghella
“On the one hand, you have these huge budget films that cost millions of dollars. They are effects driven, they don't have well known actors in them, and they are making money. Well, some of them are. One the other hand, you have Stallone and Statham, and guys like DeNiro and Pacino, and Costner, who are all trying to make movies about real people. They are interested in character driven projects.” PeopleTryingWellsRealCharacterHandsFilmGuyActorsKnownMillionsEffectsHugeCostProjectsDollarsDrivenMaking MoneyBudgetsWell Known Author:Dolph Lundgren
“Desert Storm II would be in a walk in the park... The case for 'regime change' boils down to the huge benefits and modest costs of liberating Iraq.” Would BeWalksCasesHugeCostBenefitsIraqStormDesertParksRegimesModestLiberatingRegime ChangeWalks In The ParkDesert Storm Author:Kenneth Adelman
“This freedom of which men speak, for which they fight, seems to some people a perilous thing. It has to be earned at a bitter cost and then it has to be lived with. For freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility.” PeopleMenHumansSeemsFightingSpeakFreedomHuman BeingsResponsibilityHugeCostBitterRequirements Book:You learn by living Source: You learn by living
“I see how complicated it is to make a film and how many people are involved and I love the fact that I get to sit in a room on my own and the set costs nothing and the actors cost nothing and I'm the director and it's so simple. You just need a pen and paper to make a book. You don't need a huge budget or a gaffer or a best boy.” PeopleNeedsBookFactsFilmActorsMy OwnSimpleRoomsBoysHugeInvolvedCostDirectorsPaperComplicatedBudgetsPens Author:Markus Zusak
“When you make a movie, it's just a huge bureaucracy because movies cost so much money. Millions of people get involved, and pretty soon the creative idea gets tramped on and watered down or filtered through a huge system.” PeopleIdeasMillionsCreativeHugeInvolvedCostBureaucracyGet InvolvedCreative Ideas Author:Madonna Ciccone
“The news media reported the $250 million as an unthinkably huge waste of money and proclaimed that something was wrong with NASA. The result was an investigation and a congressional hearing. Not to defend failure, but $250 million is not much more than the cost to produce Kevin Costner's film flop Waterworld.” FilmResultsMillionsMediaProduceHugeCostWasteNewsHearingExplorationInvestigationSpace ExplorationNasaKevinNews Media Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“The Bush administration has been doing everything it can to hide the huge number of returning veterans who are severely wounded - 17,000 so far including roughly 20 percent with serious brain and head injuries. Even the estimate of $500 billion ignores the lifetime disability and healthcare costs that taxpayers will have to spend for years to come.” YearsHas BeensNumbersBrainSeriousHugeCostPercentLifetimeIncludingBillionsAdministrationInjuryDisabilityHealthcareWoundedVeteranTaxpayersHuge NumbersHead Injuries Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“Sometimes I hear news about the huge dollars involved with CEO pay and corporate-management salaries, and I'm mystified at how someone can justify taking that much at the cost of other people's livelihoods. In a bizarre way, I'm almost kind of curious, like "How can they absolve themselves and enjoy their wealth?" I don't understand it.” PeopleWayKindSometimesEnjoyWealthPayHugeInvolvedCostNewsManagementDollarsCuriousCorporateJustifyCeoBizarreSalaryLivelihood Author:Eddie Vedder
“Make in India! By this, we mean we want to give low cost manufacturing, ease of business, skilled manpower. India is a land of huge possibilities & scope.” WantGivingMeanLandPossibilityHugeCostLowsIndiaInnovationEaseScopeManufacturingManpowerMake In India Author:Narendra Modi
“My own belief is that people can come back from anything. It doesn't mean that it won't come at a huge cost.” PeopleMeanBeliefMy OwnHugeCost Author:Alan Ball
“If you're going to make great art, you have to make it at a huge cost - you have to be prepared to sacrifice what other people think of you, other people's opinions, and you have to make personal sacrifices.” PeopleIfsThinkingArtOpinionSacrificeHugeCostPreparedBe PreparedGreat ArtThink Of YouPersonal Sacrifice Author:Romola Garai
“Imagine you have six loans, small to huge. People want to close loans and because of that, they try to pay off the small loans, but that's not the right strategy. The right strategy, of course, is to pay the loan with the highest interest rate. People make this mistake and it costs them lots and lots of money, it's a very expensive mistake because interest rates accumulate and become very, very expensive very quickly.” PeopleWantTryingCoursesInterestPayMistakeImagineHugeCostSixHighestStrategyRateExpensiveLots Of MoneyLoanInterest Rate Author:Dan Ariely
“Linking financial element to energy consumption I think has a huge role if you think about a display instrument that could teach us about what we are using, how much it costs us, how much it is saving, and therefore change our decisions.” IfsThinkingEnergyDecisionRolesTeachHugeCostElementsInstrumentsFinancialSavingDisplayConsumptionEnergy Consumption Author:Dan Ariely
“There's a huge cost to freedom in letting people talk about how you print these plastic guns or letting them say these things about arming for tyranny. There's also a cost to letting the government say these ideas can't be expressed, this is treason. It's difficult.” PeopleIdeasGovernmentDifficultHugeCostGunTyrannyPrintPlasticTreason Author:Glenn Greenwald
“Just getting movies made is difficult because it takes a lot of money; I mean, it costs more money to make one movie than most bands will spend on every single record of their entire career; it's a huge undertaking.” MeanMadeDifficultCareersRecordsHugeCostBandMore MoneyLots Of MoneyUndertakings Author:Rob Zombie
“By electrifying our lives, we reduce our energy costs by 39 percent, which is a huge savings in itself.” EnergyOur LivesHugeCostPercentSavingSavings Author:Mark Ruffalo
“Imposing excessive new regulations, or closing coal-fired power plants, would produce few health or environmental benefits. But it would exact huge costs on society - and bring factories, offices and economies to a screeching halt in states that are 80-98% dependent on coal: Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming.” StatesEconomyProduceHugeCostOfficeBenefitsPlantWestEnvironmentalDependentFactoriesRegulationCoalClosingVirginiaHaltOhioImposingIndianaKentuckyUtahDakotaMissouriPower PlantsWest VirginiaWyomingNorth Dakota Author:Paul Driessen
“I would never go to a studio. I need my space, you know what I mean? I need to be able to chain smoke and pace about, cry and like... spit. Just make noise, make a huge mess. I also feel like if I was concerned for the cost of the studio - like, 'this is costing 40 dollars an hour' - I wouldn't be able to work.” IfsKnowsNeedsFeelsMeanAbleHoursSpaceCryHugeCostConcernedDollarsStudiosNoiseChainsMessSmokePaceSpitMy Space Author:Grimes
“Education is huge for me. I went to public school until I turned thirteen, and was lucky enough to afford college once I became successful as an actress. I cannot believe that quality education costs as much as it does in this country. Ghetto Film School is a remarkable public high school in New York City where students get to learn to express themselves through filmmaking, and have hands-on access to equipment.” BelieveDoeCountryEnoughHandsSchoolFilmCitiesQualitySuccessfulNew YorkStudentsCollegeHugeCostLuckyHigh SchoolActressesAccessRemarkableNew York CityFilmmakingEquipmentPublic SchoolGhettoThirteenFilm SchoolQuality Education Author:Julia Stiles
“With our technology, with objects, literally three people in a garage can blow away what 200 people at Microsoft can do. Literally can blow it away. Corporate America has a need that is so huge and can save them so much money, or make them so much money, or cost them so much money if they miss it, that they are going to fuel the object revolution.” PeopleIfsNeedsAmericaThreeCan DoTechnologyMissingObjectsHugeRevolutionCostBlowCorporateFuelMicrosoftGarageCorporate America Author:Steve Jobs
“Traditionally women have been more reticent to acknowledge their ambition and to say it with pride. So I like having people who work for us who are ambitious, engaged, respectful. Mis-hiring is a huge mistake. It's a tremendous opportunity cost throwing the position to the wrong person.” PeoplePersonsHas BeensOpportunityMistakePositionHugePrideCostAmbitionAcknowledgeEngagedThrowingAmbitiousRespectfulHiringWrong PersonOpportunity Cost Author:Ivanka Trump
“The good news is that we've seen in recent years significant reductions in the cost of solar panels and wind production. We know how significant an impact we can have by moving towards energy efficiency and transforming our transportation system. So we know what has to be done. We have to develop the political will to do it, and, as president, this would be an issue of huge concern to me.” KnowsYearsDoneWould BeMovingPoliticalEnergyPresidentKnow HowIssuesWindHugeCostNewsConcernImpactProductionsSignificantEfficiencyGood NewsTransformingTransportationReductionPolitical WillEnergy EfficiencySolar Panels Author:Bernie Sanders
“The need to be thoughtful about experiment design is particularly acute within large companies, since some of the behaviors, such as having small teams and tapping into low-cost resources to maximize flexibility, won't come naturally to many people inside huge companies.” PeopleNeedsCompanyTeamDesignHugeCostBehaviorLowsResourcesExperimentsThoughtfulFlexibilityTappingLarge Companies Author:Scott D. Anthony
“I really see the U.S. staggering under the burden of three blows. One is 9/11 and the threat of terrorism, which is still huge in Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere. The second is the failed 2003 war in Iraq, which cost so much and ruined America's credibility in the eyes of so many. Obama has repaired it to some extent, but those scars are deep. And then, thirdly, banks failed, the whole real estate market had the carpet pulled out from under it.” StillsWarRealWholeEyeAmericaThreeHugeCostThreatIraqBlowBurdenTerrorismScarElsewhereSyriaEstatesRuinedCarpetCredibilityStaggeringReal Estate Market Author:Chris Alexander
“There is a much bigger issue with student loan rates, the cost of tuition; those are some huge problems that need to be resolved.” NeedsProblemIssuesStudentsHugeCostBiggerRateLoanTuitionStudent Loan Author:Alexis Ohanian
“In the forests of central India and in many, many rural areas, a huge battle is being waged. Millions of people are being driven off their lands by mining companies, by dams, by infrastructure companies, and a huge battle is being waged. These are not people who have been co-opted into consumer culture, into the western notions of civilisation and progress. They are fighting for their lands and their livelihoods, refusing to be looted so that someone somewhere far away may "progress" at their cost.” PeopleMayHas BeensCultureFightingCompanyMillionsProgressLandHugeBattleCostAreasIndiaWesternNotionDrivenForestsConsumersFar AwayInfrastructureCivilisationLivelihoodMiningDamsRural AreasConsumer Culture Author:Arundhati Roy
“Printing and transporting paper is very expensive, and e-books eliminate the expensive four-color printing, the higher quality paper, the ocean shipping, the customs clearance, the inventory, answering the telephone, writing up the orders, picking, packing and shipping and managing all of these functions. So we eliminate a huge number of costs and the chance that those books won't sell.” WritingBookOrderChanceNumbersQualityFourColorHugeHigherCostPaperOceanFunctionSellsExpensiveCustomsTelephonesPrintingPackingInventoryShippingHuge NumbersClearance Author:Dan Poynter
“And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a year, it's going up at the level of inflation, maybe just slightly above inflation, we've made huge progress. And by the way, that is the single most important thing we could do in terms of reducing our deficit. That's why we did it.” IfsWayYearsMadeImportantCareGoalTermLevelsProgressHugeCostPercentImportant ThingsHealth CareInflationDeficitReducingHealth Care Costs Author:Barack Obama