“I am not robbed by people who have more money than me. I am robbed by a government that wants to penalize my industry and give increasing portions of what I earn to people who do not emulate my principles, morals and ethics.” PeopleWantGivingGovernmentMoralPrinciplesIndustryEthicsPortionsMore MoneyEmulate Author:Cal Thomas
“There are now businesses and entire industries that exist solely as a result of federal patronage. Profiting from government instead of earning profits in the economy, such businesses can continue to succeed even if they are squandering resources and making products that people wouldn't ordinarily buy.” PeopleIfsGovernmentResultsEconomyProductsIndustrySucceedResourcesProfitEarningPatronageSquandering Author:Charles Koch
“I was an advocate of the deregulation movement and I made - along with a lot of other smart people - a fundamental mistake. The financial industry undergirded the entire economy and if it is made riskier by deregulation and collapses in widespread bankruptcies as what happened in 2008, the entire economy freezes because it runs on credit.” PeopleIfsMadeRunningMistakeEconomyHappenedMovementIndustrySmartFundamentalsFinancialCreditCollapseFreezeBankruptcySmart PeopleDeregulation Author:Bill O'Reilly
“I was an advocate of the deregulation movement and I made - along with a lot of other smart people - a fundamental mistake, which is that deregulation works fine in industries which do not pervade the economy. The financial industry undergirded the entire economy and if it is made riskier by deregulation and collapses in widespread bankruptcies as what happened in 2008, the entire economy freezes because it runs on credit.” PeopleIfsMadeSaidRunningMistakeEconomyHappenedMovementFineIndustrySmartFundamentalsFinancialAppearanceCreditCollapseFreezeViewpointsBankruptcySmart PeopleDeregulation Author:Richard Posner
“The importation of foreigners into a country that has as many inhabitants as the present employments and provisions for subsistence will bear, will be in the end no increase of people, unless the new comers have more industry and frugality than the natives, and then they will provide more subsistence, and increase in the country; but they will gradually eat the natives out. Nor is it necessary to bring in foreigners to fill up any occasional vacancy in a country for such vacancy will soon be filled by natural generation.” PeopleEndsCountryNaturalGenerationsIndustryBearsIncreaseFilledEmploymentOccasionalProvisionForeignersFrugalitySubsistenceVacancyImportation Book:Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin Source: Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin
“British fashion is a serious business. The British fashion industry is worth £21bn to the U.K. economy and employs 819,000 people across the country.” PeopleCountryEconomyFashionSeriousIndustryBritishFashion IndustrySerious Business Author:Natalie Massenet
“I think music piracy is forcing many people to look at the live aspect of the record industry as an income and in many ways that's what sets apart good music and musicians from the fly by night pop sensations.” PeopleThinkingWayLooksNightRecordsIndustryMusicianAspectPopsIncomeSensationsPiracy Author:Ben Howard
“I want the music to be heard as close to when I made it, as much as possible. I don't want to get into some "future of the music industry" thing, or where I stand on digital this or that, but I think it's ridiculous that a lot of people in the industry plan so far ahead that it makes a lot of improvisation impossible and makes a lot of people's expectations fixed and not fluid.” PeopleThinkingWantMadePlansImpossibleHeardIndustryExpectationsRidiculousMade ItFixedDigitalFluidImprovisationMusic Industry Author:Bradford Cox
“I love working with other people, and I love the fact that film is a collaborative industry and form of art. You're all working with each other and playing off of each other and getting the best ideas out of everybody.” PeopleArtIdeasFactsFilmFormIndustryWorking With Others Author:Rick Heinrichs
“The fact that there are awards and exhibitions and some people know who I am is just all gravy. I'm lucky to just work in an industry where I get to play so much.” PeopleKnowsPlayFactsIndustryLuckyWho I AmAwardsExhibitionsGravy Author:Rick Heinrichs
“We do want people to know if in fact we learn of an incident that's focused on a particular city.If we learn of long-term planning, that's focused on a particular industry or infrastructure. And so we feel we have an obligation to let people know if we have information of a credible threat or not.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantFeelsLongFactsTermCitiesInformationParticularIndustryThreatFocusedPlanningObligationLong TermInfrastructureIncidentsCredible Author:Barack Obama
“And then, once you've written, you meet producers and directors and actors. You get to meet interesting, talented, creative, artistic people, and it also staves off a bit of creative stagnation when you can't act, which is the reality of the industry. So often, you can't act because there are just too many cars and not enough car parks. But, I love writing and I'll never stop doing that.” PeopleWritingEnoughRealityActorsBitsInterestingCreativeWrittenCarIndustryDirectorsProducersArtisticParksStagnationCreative ArtCar Parks Author:Josh Lawson
“No one can predict whether the earth will be cooler or hotter next year, let alone do anything to change it. If you're afraid of global warming, turn off the lights when you leave the room - but don't participate in the corruption of science, don't scare our kids with unproven cataclysmic theories, and don't try to ban economic energy sources that people living on this planet depend upon today. And don't try to stop progress; it's the only hope the earth has of seeing clean industry, short of exterminating mankind.” PeopleIfsTryingYearsLightKidsTodayEarthTurnsNextEnergyRoomsProgressSeeingEconomicMankindPlanetsTheorySourceDependsIndustryCleanCorruptionGlobal WarmingScareNext YearBansLiving OnTurn OffEnergy SourcesHotter Author:Doug Casey
“I have always firmly believed that every director should be judged solely by their work, and not by their work based on their gender. Hollywood is supposedly a community of forward thinking and progressive people yet this horrific situation for women directors persists. Gender discrimination stigmatizes our entire industry. Change is essential. Gender neutral hiring is essential.” PeopleThinkingShouldCommunitySituationIndustryDirectorsEssentialsHollywoodGenderDiscriminationProgressiveJudgedPersistHiringHorrificForward ThinkingGender GapGender Discrimination Author:Kathryn Bigelow
“I think that when you're making your way up in the music industry you have all these heroes and the reasons why they are your heroes. As soon as you get into the industry your guidelines change a little bit. For me, my heroes now are great people first and great artists second.” PeopleThinkingWayFirstsLittlesReasonArtistBitsIndustryHeroLittle BitReason WhyGreat ArtGreat PeopleMusic IndustryGreat ArtistMy HeroGuidelines Author:Taylor Swift
“A lot of times when you keep it real with somebody, you can't expect them to keep it real with you. In this industry people just want to be famous and they forget how to keep it real and they forget to give credit to the people who helped them get to where they at.” PeopleWantGivingRealForgetIndustryCreditKeeping It Real Author:Gucci Mane
“What Hollywood has done through the years is glamorized it even more, made it sexy, made it sensuous, and dwelled on those pleasure aspects, completing ignoring the fact that Hollywood as an industry, was pointing the gun at young people - pointing a gun at them when they were 12 to 14 years.” PeopleYearsMadeDoneFactsYoungPleasureIndustryGunAspectHollywoodSexyMade ItPointingThrough The YearsSensuousCompleting Author:Joe Eszterhas
“I don't compete with other people in the industry, I compete with myself.” PeopleIndustry Author:Taylor Swift
“You can say that all you want, but even in the little time that I've been in this industry, I've learned that it isn't exactly what you expect, so you've got to have a level head. I thought people would dig it. I thought people would enjoy it. It's AMC. I thought people would be fans. But, I did not think we would be the best new show on television.” PeopleThinkingWantLittlesShowsWould BeEnjoyLevelsFansTelevisionIndustryI've LearnedBeing The BestLittle Time Author:Steven Yeun
“Unfortunately, violence begets violence. And this is how the war on terrorism seems to be going at this juncture. A lot of people are losing their lives. Many children are losing their parents. Too many houses are being destroyed. And, unfortunately, the arms industry seems to flourish.” PeopleChildrenWarSeemsHouseParentViolenceArmsIndustryLosingTerrorismDestroyedBegetsWar On TerrorWar On TerrorismJuncture Author:Shirin Ebadi
“There are many people in the industry that know nothing about games.” PeopleKnowsGamesIndustry Author:Hiroshi Yamauchi
“One of the things that's funniest about the entertainment industry and comedy is that people go 'Oh, you're great, but I don't know what to do with you.' The great thing about the Internet is that nobody has to figure out what to do with you. You can figure out what to do with you, and you can say, 'I made this thing, and I'm going to put it out, and now if people want to come see me and buy things from me they can.'” PeopleIfsKnowsWantMadeComedyFiguresIndustryInternetEntertainmentGreat ThingsEntertainment Industry Author:Eugene Mirman
“I mean, a lot of people don't realize it, but fashion is one of the most racial industries left out there now. Radio and music aren't. Television and movies aren't. Even commercials now are showing interracial couples. You see a lot of diversity in TV shows, but you don't see that in fashion. You think there would be some, because the consumer is of all colors and all shades. But you don't see that in fashion.” PeopleThinkingMeanShowsWould BeLeftRealizingFashionTelevisionColorTvsIndustryCoupleDiversityRadioConsumersShadeTv ShowsLeft OutInterracial Couple Author:Tyson Beckford
“In our modern society the image and mythic process has been taken over by corporations that directly control advertising and, indirectly, the entertainment industry. Powerful erotic images are used for the sole purpose of selling consumer products; the side effects of this commercialization have a profound impact on the sexual imagination and identity of vast numbers of people.” PeopleHas BeensUsedPurposeProcessSidesImaginationPowerfulNumbersTakenModernEffectsIdentityProductsIndustryImpactProfoundEntertainmentSellingAdvertisingConsumersCorporationsSoleEroticModern SocietyEntertainment IndustrySide EffectsCommercialization Author:Robert Lawlor
“A good rule of thumb is as follows: If the numbers come from somebody wearing a tie (Wall Street economist or analyst, industry public relations department, captive think tank academic and so on), you ought to be very skeptical. By design messages from these people are intended to move markets, move merchandise and/or move public policy and are not a comment on the state of the physical universe.” PeopleIfsThinkingStatesMovingUniverseNumbersStreetsPolicyDesignWallIndustryOughtMessagesRelationTiesDepartmentCommentAcademicEconomistSkepticalTanksThumbsCaptivesPublic RelationsPublic PolicyAnalystsMerchandise Author:Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“As an old creative industry full of cruelty and moral sense, British journalism once flourished on the imperative that people required the truth in order to survive. But people don't require that now. They want sensation and they want it for nothing.” PeopleWantOrderMoralCreativeIndustryBritishCrueltyJournalismSensationsImperativesCreative Industries Author:Andrew O'Hagan
“I recognise a lot of myself in these kids who enter shows like Pop Idol. It's very hard to get into the music industry and you have to take every opportunity that you can. Something like Pop Idol is a great opportunity but unfortunately, I think it's tainted by the people that make these shows.” PeopleThinkingHardShowsKidsOpportunityIndustryPopsIdolsRecogniseMusic IndustryGreat OpportunityTainted Author:Melanie Chisholm
“I must say that when I first learned of the existence of the Australian Greenhouse Office, I assumed it was responsible for supplying tomatoes to the Parliament House kitchen. But, no, as I soon learnt as industry minister, it was in fact a government funded redoubt of veritable soldiers in a war against carbon dioxide. The zealotry and obsessive passion of these warriors in the battle against the apparent evils of carbon dioxide remains a curiosity to me. After fighting these people for three years as industry minister, I really did wish they would just go away and grow tomatoes.” PeopleYearsFirstsWarFactsGovernmentFightingPassionThreeEvilHouseWishGrowsExistenceIndustryBattleOfficeResponsibleRemainsCuriositySoldierWarriorMinistersKitchenGoing AwayThree YearsCarbonParliamentAustralianObsessiveTomatoesGreenhousesCarbon DioxideZealotry Author:Nick Minchin
“About 1990 there was a huge shakeup in the music industry and the 6 major record companies fired all the music people and hired business graduates to take over the spots. So the music became not as important. What really became important was the bottom line, how much money you could make.” PeopleImportantLinesCompanyRecordsHugeIndustryMajorsMusic IsBottomSpotsGraduatesBottom LineMusic IndustryRecord Companies Author:Geoff Tate
“It's sad. There's a lot about this industry that a lot of people don't know about and don't find out about. There are a lot of tough things and trials and stuff that you're faced with. Sometimes, God has other plans for people. Sometimes bands can't stick through it. It depends on the situation. Keep praying for the bands that you like, seriously, because a lot of things will try to get in the way of being together. We've been blessed with not deal with those yet, but if we ever did...?” PeopleIfsKnowsWayTryingSometimesTogetherStuffDealsSituationPlansDependsIndustryPrayingBandToughBlessedSticksTrialsBeing TogetherTough Things Author:Trevor McNevan
“As I got older, I had a bunch of friends that were various teen stars. I've always known people in the spotlight and people who just grew up in LA and had nothing to do with the industry.” PeopleStarsKnownGrewIndustryGrew UpVariousBunchSpotlight Author:Troian Bellisario
“Most of the reggae awareness is still among music industry people and people who are already into all types of music.” PeopleStillsAwarenessTypeIndustryMusic IndustryReggae Author:Billy Gibbons
“People were very protective of me. Overly so. I was in the industry for a long time before I had any idea of what drugs people were doing.” PeopleLongIdeasIndustryDrugLong TimeProtective Author:Joni Mitchell
“So many people are working in industries that don't inspire them, to pay the bills and survive. In an ideal world, everyone would get paid to work within their passion and expand in their talents. If you have a skill, a passion, and a love for creating change, the best way to support us is to co-create with us.” PeopleIfsWorldWayPassionPaySupportTalentInspireIndustrySkillsCreatingIdealsPaidBillsBest WayIdeal WorldCreating Change Author:Ian Somerhalder
“I am very pro-union and very anti-authority by nature, so by showing the housekeepers and valets, I was being loyal to those people - those workers. I'm glad that the service industry unionized.” PeopleIndustryAuthorityUnionsWorkersGladLoyalHousekeepersValetService Industry Author:Jacob Tomsky
“There's a lot of madness going on out there. Artists can only be what they are, but the industry only goes with what they think people wanna hear.” PeopleThinkingArtistIndustryMadness Author:Pras Michel
“People say, 'Oh, you're famous now, so you must go to L.A.' - I don't live in L.A. now - but it's like, why wouldn't you? The weather is amazing, the film industry's there, it's a great quality of life.” PeopleFilmQualityIndustryWeatherQuality Of LifeFilm IndustryGreat Qualities Author:Nick Frost
“...the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are beholden to industry. They always will be. And, the American people are fooled when they think that if you can just get McGovern instead of Humphrey, or if you can get a Democrat instead of a Republican, this will be the end of our problems.” PeopleIfsThinkingEndsProblemPartyIndustryRepublicanDemocraticDemocratRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyFooled Author:Benjamin Spock
“This present system by which industry is motivated exclusively by the quest for maximal profits - though it may have helped a great deal to develop, to industrialize our country so rapidly and so successfully - now it's clearly passed its usefulness. It is keeping us from achieving the ideal society that we should have. We say industry must produce to improve the quality of life for all our people.” PeopleShouldMayCountryDealsQualityAchieveProduceIndustryIdealsShould HaveProfitOur CountryMotivatedQuestsQuality Of LifeUsefulnessIdeal Society Author:Benjamin Spock
“The plot details of B movies are irrational: accept that people do things that are contradictory, against their own best interests, have short term aims & limited attention span, and do incredibly stupid things while things blow up. Apart from things blowing up, this is just like the music industry.” PeopleTermInterestAttentionAcceptingStupidIndustryAimBlowDetailsPlotIrrationalShort TermContradictoryMusic IndustryStupid ThingsAttention SpanBlowing Up Author:Robert Fripp
“... people in the newspaper industry saw the web as a newspaper. People in TV saw the web as TV, and people in book publishing saw it as a weird kind of potential book. But the web is not just some kind of magic all-absorbing meta-medium. It's its own thing.” PeopleKindBookSawsMagicTvsIndustryNewspapersMediumsPublishingAbsorbingBook Publishing Author:Paul Ford
“Meeting people is difficult, period. LA is a difficult place to meet people anyway, and Hollywood is such a small community. But I don't make it a rule just to date other actors and people in the entertainment industry. It could work out with me and a dentist. It could work out with me and a lawyer.” PeopleActorsDifficultCommunityIndustryPeriodsHollywoodMeetingsEntertainmentWork OutLawyerDentistEntertainment IndustrySmall Communities Author:Eva Longoria
“I was lucky enough to build on the work of a number of people who had already run laps around this theory-building track. The original classification scheme, years ago, distinguished radical from incremental change. The theory said that established firms managed incremental change well, but would be expected to founder when their industry encountered a radical change.” PeopleYearsWellsSaidEnoughWould BeRunningNumbersBuildingTheoryIndustryLuckyYears AgoOriginalsTrackExpectedRadicalFirmSchemesFoundersLapDistinguishedClassificationRadical ChangeIncremental Change Author:Clayton Christensen
“Whether or not, you know, people think that Martin Shkreli is the worst person in the world, the reality is that he is the symptom or a larger problem in an pharmacology industry.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldPersonsProblemRealityWorstIndustrySymptomsPharmacologyWorst Person Author:Joy-Ann Reid
“The demise of the monolithic record industry has been, for a lot of people, really liberating and emancipating.” PeopleHas BeensRecordsIndustryLiberatingDemise Author:Moby
“I think that people should find a niche that will work. I have friends growing up who sat around playing video games for hours after school, and now they work for the video game industry. People need to find a niche so it doesn't feel like a job anymore. When I'm working on the "Lights Out" brand, it's fun. It's not work.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFeelsShouldLightSchoolJobsGamesFunHoursGrowing UpGrowingIndustryVideoBrandsSatNicheAfter SchoolPlaying Video GamesFriends Growing Up Author:Shawne Merriman
“A lot of people in our industry haven't had very diverse experiences. So they don't have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one's understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.” PeopleHumansEndsEnoughProblemUnderstandingInspiringHavensDesignPerspectiveIndustrySolutionsBroadsLife ExperienceDiverseHuman ExperienceDotsLinearAdvocacyBetter JobsConnecting The DotsSimplicity In DesignDesign And ArtBest DesignArt Design Author:Steve Jobs
“People will always tell stories. The publishing industry might vanish, but not stories.” PeopleStoriesMightIndustryPublishingPublishing Industry Author:Aleksandar Hemon
“I identify as being an independent artist. I think people often forget that Indie is actually short for independent. For me, the word has a meaning more than what it connotes from an industry standpoint.” PeopleThinkingArtistForgetIndustryIndependentStandpoint Author:Mirah
“It's not about charisma and personality, it's about results and products and those very bedrock things that are why people at Apple and outside of Apple are getting more excited about the company and what Apple stands for and what its potential is to contribute to the industry.” PeopleResultsCompanyProductsPersonalityIndustryExcitedApplesCharismaBedrock Author:Steve Jobs