“What use is my mind? Granted that it enables me to hail a bus and to pay my fare. But once I am inside my studio, what use is my mind? I have my model, my pencil, my paints. My mind doesn't interest me.” MindUseInterestImaginationPayModelsPaintStudiosGrantedBusPencilsHail Author:Edgar Degas
“There is no sin worse in life than being boring--and nothing worse than letting other people tell you what to do. I was one of the few heiresses to walk the runway as a model. A lot of people thought that was shocking. Why did I do it? Was it a desperate cry for attention, like the papers said? Hardly. It's not like I need any more attention. Did I do it for money? Of course not. Modeling doesn't pay that well, anyway, unless you're Gisele or Cindy Crawford, or, like Patti Hansen, you get to marry a rock star. I did it because it was fun.” PeopleNeedsWellsSaidCoursesFunStarsSinWalksPayAttentionRocksCryPaperModelsBoringDesperateShockingPapersModelingRock StarRunwayCindyHeiress Book:Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose Source: Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose
“The corporatist-economic model of society appears to be governing us. Economists, often in the pay of transnationals, are deciding, for us, what democracy is, and will be.” PayDemocracyEconomicModelsEconomistGoverningEconomic Models Author:B. W. Powe
“To me, the print business model is so simple, where readers pay a dollar for all the content within, and that supports the enterprise. The web model is just so much more complicated, and involves this third party of advertisers, and all these other sources of revenue that are sort of provisional, but haven't been proven yet.” SimplePartyPaySupportHavensSourceReaderModelsThirdsDollarsComplicatedEnterprisePrintProvenRevenueBusiness ModelsAdvertisersThird Parties Author:Dave Eggers
“I don't speak up if I'm working. As a model, no one pays me for my opinion. I want to wear whatever will make a great photo, whether I like it or not. But if the shoes are too small, I will complain!” IfsWantSpeakPayOpinionModelsShoesComplaining Author:Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann
“Everyone caved, adopted loose [accounting] standards, and created exotic derivatives linked to theoretical models. As a result, all kinds of earnings, blessed by accountants, are not really being earned. When you reach for the money, it melts away. It was never there. It [accounting for derivatives] is just disgusting. It is a sewer, and if I'm right, there will be hell to pay in due course. All of you will have to prepare to deal with a blow-up of derivative books.” IfsKindBookCoursesResultsDealsPayHellModelsStandardsBlessedBlowDuesAll KindsDisgustingEarningLinkedAdoptedTheoreticalExoticAccountingAccountantsDerivativesSewers Author:Charlie Munger
“[The Center for Industrial Progress'] model allows us to keep conflicts of interest to an absolute minimum as we do our research and writing. As for our relationship with the fossil fuel industry, it's the same as everyone else - they pay for our ideas, we never accept money to voice theirs.” WritingIdeasVoiceInterestPayAcceptingProgressIndustryConflictModelsResearchAbsolutesFuelOur RelationshipMinimumFossilsFossil FuelConflict Of InterestResearch And Writing Author:Alex Epstein
“If you take a look at the way the premium content is monetized, there's a lot of different models out there. Sometimes you pay for an individual episode, for example on iTunes. Other times you pay for a subscription. And other times it's free ad-supported.” IfsWayLooksDifferentSometimesIndividualPayExampleModelsAdsEpisodesPremiumItunesSubscription Author:Jason Kilar
“I pay my models to work with me, so there becomes this weird sort of economic bartering thing, which made me feel really sort of uncomfortable, almost as though you were buying into a situation - which, again, is another way of looking at those paintings. The body language in those paintings is a lot more stiff.” WayFeelsMadeBodyLanguagePaySituationEconomicPaintingModelsUncomfortableBuyingAnother WayBody LanguageBartering Author:Kehinde Wiley
“Movies you pay for - well, sometimes they throw some ads at the beginning now - but generally you pay for ads. And that business model - actually, much more ancient, paying for stuff - is much more straightforward in terms of the incentives of the people who are then giving you the stuff.” PeopleGivingWellsSometimesStuffTermPayModelsAncientAdsIncentivesStraightforwardBusiness Models Author:Tim Wu
“A technology becomes truly disruptive when it drives the marginal cost of something that used to be scarce and expensive to approach zero. Thus, it used to be to deploy software at scale, you had to fund a data center, buy a set of servers, storage, and networking gear, build an in-house IT management capability, and buy an expensive stack of enabling software before you could even get started. Now you can get all that from Amazon or Microsoft on a pay-as-you-grow model.” UsedHouseGrowsPayTechnologyCostApproachModelsManagementScalesUsed To BeDataExpensiveFundZeroSoftwareCapabilityNetworkingGearsMicrosoftScarceAmazonEnablingStorageDisruptiveServerData Centers Author:Geoffrey Moore
“We need to roll back precarious employment models. Temporary and limited contracts were initially seen as a way of introducing more flexibility so as to bridge periods of need in certain phases of production. Some employers have taken advantage of the model to push down wages. In general, we must strive for equal pay for equal work.” WayNeedsCertainPayTakenPeriodsEqualModelsAdvantageStriveProductionsEmploymentBridgesTemporaryContractsIntroducingPhasesWagesFlexibilityEmployersPrecariousEqual PayTaken Advantage Author:Martin Schulz
“One of my first role models was Eugene Lang, a wealthy businessman who went back to his elementary school in East Harlem and addressed the sixth-grade class. He looked out at that sea of faces and said, "If any of you wants to go to college, I will pay for it." When I read that, I burst into tears. It was so generous and so basic. Not fluffy. I can't understand why we scrimp on education and shortchange our kids. Why would the citizenry do that to the people who are going to inherit its republic?” PeopleIfsWantFirstsSaidI CanKidsSchoolFacesPayClassRolesSeaTearsCollegeModelsEastGenerousGradesWealthyRepublicRole ModelsBusinessmanElementary SchoolHarlemCitizenryFluffySixth Grade Author:Bette Midler
“I was lucky to have a successful career as a model, but that was just a way to pay off my college loans.” WayWealthPayCareersSuccessfulCollegeLuckyModelsLoanSuccessful Career Author:Padma Lakshmi
“We can pay the ecological debt by changing economic models, and by giving up luxury consumption, setting aside selfishness and individualism, and thinking about the people and the planet Earth.” PeopleThinkingGivingEarthPayEconomicPlanetsGiving UpModelsDebtSettingSettingsLuxurySelfishnessIndividualismConsumptionEcologicalPlanet EarthEarth DayEconomic Models Author:Evo Morales
“I have fought to protect those benefits that ensure better salaries for teachers across the Nation such as grants to pay off student loans and funding for Teach for America. Still, we must all do more to show our continued appreciation for our Nation's leading role models.” StillsShowsAmericaNationsPayRolesTeachTeacherStudentsProtectBenefitsModelsAppreciationGrantsRole ModelsLoanSalaryFundingStudent Loan Author:Solomon Ortiz
“I wanted to go to acting school, and I did a few modeling jobs to pay for acting school. I never aspired to be a model. I met lots of photographers, and I learned a lot about light - as a source of love and illumination, light as a gift of love. On film, that's a massive contribution.” LightWantedSchoolJobsFilmPayActingSourceMetsModelsPhotographerContributionMassiveModelingIlluminationGift Of Love Author:Jacqueline Bisset