“A commodity has a value because it is a crystallization of social labor. The greatness of its value, or its relative value, depends upon the greater or less amount of that social substance contained in it; that is to say, on the relative mass of labor necessary for its production.” ValuesSocialGreaterGreatnessDependsAmountMassLaborProductionsSubstanceRelativeCommodityRelative Value Book:Value, Price and Profit Source: Value, Price and Profit
“Meaning and value depend on human mind space and the commitment of time and energy by very smart people to a creative enterprise. And the time, energy, and brain power of smart, creative people are not abundant. These are the things that are scare, and in some sense they become scarcer as the demand for these talents increases in proportion to the amount of abundant computing power available.” PeopleMindHumansValuesEnergySpaceBrainCreativeTalentDependsAmountDemandSmartCommitmentIncreaseAvailableProportionEnterpriseHuman MindScareCreative PeopleSmart PeopleComputingTime And EnergyVery SmartBrain Power Author:Steven Weber
“A guy my size needs a tremendous amount of protein on a daily basis, just to maintain peak size, strength, and performance. Basically, that means six or seven small meals a day, so I depend on protein supplementation.” NeedsMeanGuyDependsAmountSixPerformancesBasesSevenSizeMealsProtein Author:Kevin Nash
“The quality of a painter depends on the amount of past he carries with him.” PastQualityDependsAmountPainterCarrie Author:Pablo Picasso
“If we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail. Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.” IfsEffortFailingDependsAmountSucceedPeacefulResolveEndeavorGreat Future Author:Akio Morita
“The effectiveness of advertising depends on the amount and kind of product information available to consumers... advertising will be more successful the more impoverished the consumer's information environment.” KindSuccessfulEnvironmentInformationProductsDependsAmountAvailableAdvertisingConsumersEffectiveness Author:Michael Schudson
“My paintings do not have a center, but depend on the same amount of interest throughout.” ArtistInterestPaintingDependsAmount Author:Jackson Pollock