“The central fact for me is, I think, that the [role of the] intellectual... cannot be played without a sense of being someone whose place it is publicly to raise embarrassing questions, to confront orthodoxy and dogma (rather than to produce them), to be someone who cannot easily be co-opted by governments or corporations, and whose raison d'etre is to represent all those people and issues that are routinely forgotten or swept under the rug.” PeopleThinkingFactsGovernmentRolesIssuesProduceIntellectualRaisesForgottenCorporationsDogmaEmbarrassingOrthodoxyRaison D'etreEmbarrassing Questions Author:Edward Said
“I hope always to be busy, even if only directing an orchestra in the pit. However, I should prefer to produce movies or be the directing head of a radio corporation.” IfsShouldProduceBusyRadioCorporationsOrchestraPits Author:Rudy Vallee
“There used to be corporations that produced products. Now there are just banks that produce deals, hedge-fund-driven banks and derivatives and those things.” UsedDealsProduceProductsDrivenUsed To BeCorporationsFundDerivativesHedge Fund Author:Cornel West
“Given the fact that we are in a capitalist society, we still do not want to overlook not only what a corporation produces and its profitability but also how it impacts the environment, touches human life and whether it protects or undermines the dignity of the human person.” WantHumansPersonsStillsFactsGivenEnvironmentProduceProtectDignityImpactCorporationsHuman LifeCapitalistProfitability Author:Dean Smith
“Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it.” DiesProduceMassCorporationsPunkExploits Author:Jello Biafra