“The industrial economy which divides society absolutely into two portions, the payers of wages and the receivers of them, the first counted by thousands and the last by millions, is neither fit for, nor capable of, indefinite duration: and the possibility of changing this system for one of combination without dependence, and unity of interest instead of organized hostility, depends altogether upon the future developments of the Partnership principle.” FirstsTwoWisdomLastsPoliticsInterestPrinciplesMillionsEconomyPossibilityDependsDevelopmentFitCapableUnityCombinationOrganizedLiberalismDividesPortionsPartnershipDependenceWagesHostilityDurationReceiverFuture Development Book:Principles of political economy with some of their applications to social philosophy Source: Principles of political economy with some of their applications to social philosophy
“Even after I had just done Twilight, which made $400 million at the worldwide box office, I could not get financing for three or four projects that I really loved and I thought people would love because they didn't fit some studio or investor's model of thinking, "This will definitely make money." It's a business and a film does potentially cost millions of dollars, and they have to think that they're going to get their money back somehow.” PeopleThinkingDoeMadeDoneFilmThreeLove IsMillionsFourFitCostOfficeProjectsModelsDollarsBoxesStudiosMaking MoneyInvestorsTwilightFinancingBox Office Author:Catherine Hardwicke
“There are some who ask us to believe that if we want the best of times for ourselves, the fit and the fortunate, then we'll just have to learn to live with the worst of times for millions of other Americans - that we're doomed to be a nation of the lucky and the left-out. I don't believe it. My mother didn't believe it. Your ancestors didn't believe it. And I don't think you should believe it.” IfsThinkingWantShouldBelieveMotherAsksLeftNationsMillionsWorstFitLuckyDon't BelieveFortunateAncestorDoomedLeft Out Author:Mario Cuomo
“I really don't know where the independent fits in anymore when twenty-five million dollar movies are considered straight-to-video fare. We're like penny postage stamps.” KnowsMillionsFiveFitTwentiesIndependentDollarsVideoStampsPenniesMillion DollarsTwenty FivePostagePostage Stamps Author:Kurt Voss
“There's nothing new. I think that's the weird thing for me. Over the last couple of months, the keep-fit shows, and then at the end of it you get to lose weight and one of you is going to win a million dollars - that's not real. In many ways, even 10 years ago that wouldn't have worked.” ThinkingWayYearsRealEndsShowsLastsWinningLosesMillionsMonthsCoupleFitYears AgoWeightDollarsMillion DollarsLose WeightWeird ThingsNothing New Author:Gordon Ramsay