“We are watching industries crumble, Wall Street firms disappear, unemployment spike, and unprecedented government intervention. And our designated opinion leaders want to know: Is Obama up this week? Is he down? And is his leadership style more like Bill Clinton's, or Abraham Lincoln's?” KnowsWantGovernmentLeaderOpinionWeekStreetsStyleWallIndustryDown AndBillsClintonDisappearFirmUnemploymentInterventionAbrahamUnprecedentedGovernment InterventionLeadership StyleOpinion Leaders Author:Thomas Frank
“Avarice, the spur of industry, is so obstinate a passion, and works its way through so many real dangers and difficulties, that it is not likely to be scared by an imaginary danger, which is so small, that it scarcely admits of calculation. Commerce, therefore, in my opinion, is apt to decay in absolute governments, not because it is there less secure, but because it is less honourable.” WayRealGovernmentPassionOpinionDangerIndustryDifficultyAbsolutesScaredSecureImaginaryDecayCommerceCalculationsAvariceSpursObstinate Author:David Hume
“The bad workmen who form the majority of the operatives in many branches of industry are decidedly of opinion that bad workmen ought to receive the same wages as good.” FormWorkOpinionIndustryOughtMajorityBranchesGood WorkWagesWorkmen Book:On Liberty: Mill's Works Source: On Liberty: Mill's Works
“The process of shaping opinion, attitudes, and perceptions was termed the 'engineering of consent' by one of the founders of the modern public relations industry, Edward Bernays.” ProcessAttitudeOpinionModernIndustryPerceptionRelationEngineeringFoundersConsentPublic Relations Book:Who Rules the World? Source: Who Rules the World?
“Like a lot of people in the computer industry, Keith Malinowski had spent his whole life being the smartest person in the room, and like most of his fellows the experience left him with a rather high opinion of his opinions.” PeoplePersonsWholeLeftRoomsOpinionIndustryComputerFellowsWhole LifeKeith Author:Rick Cook
“I'm steeped in the news because I enjoy the news - I like reading papers, I like reading the blogs, I love talking to newsmakers and pundits, for that matter, about their opinions. I'm an information gatherer by nature, so that's what attracted me about this industry.” MatterReadingEnjoyTalkingOpinionInformationIndustryPaperNewsPapersBlogsPundits Author:Megyn Kelly
“What I find really astonishing is how quiet everybody is in my industry. I mean, nobody in the entertainment business except for maybe a handful of people ever speak out about what's going on. Nobody takes a political stance or expresses an opinion.” PeopleMeanPoliticalSpeakOpinionIndustryQuietEntertainmentHandfulAstonishingSpeaks OutStanceEntertainment Business Author:Madonna Ciccone