“There is a rampant tendency in any industry where someone is trying to sell something with a bunch of data, where they cherry pick a little bit... bias a little bit. This becomes quite easy when there is an enormous amount of data to cherry pick from.” TryingLittlesEasyBitsIndustryAmountLittle BitPicksSellsEnormousBunchTendenciesDataBiasCherries Author:Burt Rutan
“Our work on light bulbs wasn't an arbitrary mandate. We didn't just pick a standard out of the air, or look for a catchy sounding standard like 25 by 2025 not based in science or feasibility. Instead, we worked with both industry and environmental groups to come up with a standard that made sense and was doable.” LooksMadeLightGroupsAirIndustryStandardsPicksEnvironmentalCome UpArbitraryMandatesBulbsCatchyLight BulbFeasibility Author:Fred Upton
“In the film industry, we tend to pick up where others have left off, and Id like to think the influences I picked up from Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Sylvester Stallone and Jean-Claude Van Damme are visible in my work.” ThinkingFilmLeftInfluenceIndustryPicksVisibleVansFilm IndustryJackieVan Damme Author:Scott Adkins
“Questions are not happenstance thoughts nor are questions common problems of today which one picks up from hearsay and booklearning and decks out with a gesture of profundity questions grow out of confrontation with the subject matter and the subject matter is there only where eyes are, it is in this manner that questions will be posed and all the more considering that questions that have today fallen out of fashion in the great industry of problems. One stands up for nothing more than the normal running of the industry. Philosophy interprets its corruption as the resurrection of metaphysics.” MatterPhilosophyProblemEyeRunningTodayGrowsCommonSubjectsFashionIndustryNormalPicksCorruptionFallenResurrectionGesturesConsideringMetaphysicsConfrontationSubject MatterDeckProfundityHappenstanceHearsay Author:Martin Heidegger
“Buy a cross section of American industry, and if a cross section of American industry doesn't work, certainly trying to pick the little beauties here and there isn't going to work either.” IfsTryingLittlesIndustryPicksCrossesInvestingSectionsGoing To WorkHere And There Author:Warren Buffett
“When you're working in the [film] industry and you're working with people who are well known and are so regarded, you do just pick up on things. Seeing the way that people hold themselves and compose themselves before a scene - it's inspirational.” PeopleWayWellsFilmKnownSeeingIndustryScenePicksWell KnownFilm Industry Author:Asa Butterfield
“There's a saying in the software design industry: "Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick two."” TwoDesignIndustryPicksSoftwareSoftware Design Author:Larry Wall
“The assumption was that a calorie is a calorie. Nothing could be further from the truth. The food industry wants you to believe that because it works for them. If a calorie is a calorie, then why would you pick on any individual food stuff?” IfsWantBelieveIndividualStuffIndustryPicksAssumptionCaloriesFood Industry Author:Robert Lustig
“We are on dangerous terrain when government picks winners and losers in the economy by subsidizing favored products and industries.” GovernmentEconomyDangerousProductsIndustryPicksWinnerLoserTerrainWinner And Loser Author:Charles Koch
“This is an industry [high fashion] that has an abundance of over-confidence. I don't think anyone would dispute that, and I'm not trying to pick on anybody, but that's just a fact, right? And sometimes that's fun.” ThinkingTryingSometimesFactsFunFashionIndustryPicksAbundanceDisputesHigh FashionOver Confidence Author:Jared Leto
“I couldn't trash [Adolf] Hitler enough. Poor bastards, they make all these contributions to the automotive industry, aeronautics, space - but you pick one wrong guy and it's all out the window. They're never gonna live that one down.” EnoughGuySpacePoorIndustryPicksWindowContributionTrashWrong Guy Author:Bill Burr