“However destructive may be the policies of the government and the methods and products of the corporations, the root of the problem is always found to be found in private life. We must learn to see that every problem that concerns us as conservationists always leads straight to the question of how we live. The world is being destroyed, no doubt about it, by the greed of the rich and powerful. It is also being destroyed by popular demand.” WorldMayProblemGovernmentFoundPowerfulRichDoubtPolicyProductsDemandConcernRootsMethodGreedDestroyedCorporationsNo DoubtDestructiveConsumerismPrivate LifeOverconsumption Book:Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community: Eight Essays Source: Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community: Eight Essays
“Many concerns now make part or the whole of their dividends from by-products that formerly went to waste. How do we, as individuals, utilize our principal by-product? Our principal by-product is, of course, our leisure time. Many years of observation forces the conclusion that a man's success or failure in life is determined as much by how he acts during his leisure as by how he acts during his work hours. Tell me how a young man spends his evenings and I will tell you how he is likely to spend the latter part of his life.” MenYearsWholeYoungLife IsCoursesIndividualForceHoursProductsWasteConcernDeterminedConclusionObservationEveningYoung ManLatterLeisurePrincipalDividendsSuccess Or FailureFailure In LifeLeisure Time Author:B. C. Forbes
“If Hollywood is the global producer for [media] products all around the world, that's of concern. If all audiences around the world know of America is what they see from Hollywood, then we're in trouble.” IfsKnowsWorldAmericaAudienceTroubleMediaProductsConcernHollywoodProducersAround The World Author:Arthur Dong
“To all viewers but yourself, what matters is the product: the finished artwork. To you, and you alone, what matters is the process: the experiences of shaping that artwork. The viewers' concerns are not your concerns (although it'd dangerously easy to adopt their attitudes.) Their job is wahtever it is: to be moved by art, to be entertained by it, to make a killing off it, whatever. Your job is to learn to work on your work.” ArtMatterJobsEasyProcessAttitudeProductsConcernMovedKillingFinishedWhat MattersViewersArtwork Author:David Bayles
“My concerns through the years increased about the concerns of an independent judiciary and how we maintain it. Certainly in the states. I'm a product of state government in my own state of Arizona. And it seemed to me that the popular election of judges was creating major problems in many states, and we had improved the system in Arizona. And I thought the nation ought to at least rethink how we select our nation's trial judges in the states.” YearsStatesProblemGovernmentNationsMy OwnJudgingProductsOughtCreatingMajorsConcernIndependentElectionTrialsSelectArizonaState GovernmentJudiciaryThrough The YearsMajor ProblemsIndependent Judiciary Author:Sandra Day O'Connor