“Normal is fading away. Governments and industries and schools like normal, because it's easier, it scales and it's profitable. But people don't like it - we want to be who we are, not who some marketer tells us to be.” PeopleWantGovernmentSchoolIndustryEasierNormalScalesWho We AreProfitableFadingMarketersFading Away Author:Seth Godin
“In sectors like energy, I haven't been arguing for more spending per se; I've been arguing that it doesn't make sense for us to spend $4 billion subsidizing an oil industry that's mature and very profitable. We should be using that money to finance clean energy of the future.” ShouldPoliticsEnergyHavensIndustryCleanClimate ChangeSpendingOilArguingBillionsFinanceMake SenseMatureProfitableClean EnergyOil Industry Author:Barack Obama
“In economic terms, health care is a highly successful industry - profitable, growing, and virtually recession-proof - but it's a massive burden on the rest of the economy.” CareTermEconomySuccessfulGrowingEconomicIndustryBurdenProofHealth CareMassiveProfitableRecessions Author:Marcia Angell
“When you take into public ownership a profitable industry the profits soon disappear. The goose that laid the golden eggs goes broody. State geese are not great layers.” StatesIndustryProfitDisappearGoldenEggsLayersOwnershipProfitableGeeseGolden Eggs Book:As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations Source: As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations
“Large factory trawlers indiscriminately scrape and haul up everything from the ocean floor, along with everyone unfortunate enough to get caught in the nets. Roughly one-third of what is dragged in is not profitable fish, but other sea animals, including turtles, whales, dolphins, seals, and seabirds. These beings are referred to by the fishing industry as "by-catch." Severely traumatized and wounded, these animals are subsequently thrown back into the ocean, dead or dying.” EnoughAnimalSeaDyingIndustryOceanThirdsIncludingCaughtFishesThrownFishingFactoriesUnfortunateWoundedProfitableWhalesSealsDolphinsTurtlesHaul Author:Sharon Gannon