“Photography is a mechanical device; photomontage is a piece of work done with the products of photography. This entire process forms one whole... If I assemble documents and juxtapose them with intelligence and skill, the effect of agitation and propaganda on the masses will be enormous.” IfsDoneWholeFormProcessPiecesEffectsProductsSkillsPhotographyMassEnormousPropagandaDevicesDocumentsWork DoneAgitation Author:John Heartfield
“I let go of the notion that the Bible is a divine product. I learned that it is a human cultural product, the product of two ancient communities, biblical Israel and early Christianity. As such, it contained their understandings and affirmations, not statements coming directly or somewhat directly from God. . . . I realized that whatever "divine revelation" and the "inspiration of the Bible" meant (if they meant anything), they did not mean that the Bible was a divine product with divine authority.” IfsHumansMeanTwoInspirationUnderstandingCommunityChristianityDivineProductsLetting GoAuthorityNotionAncientIsraelI RealizedStatementsRevelationsBiblicalAffirmationDivine Revelation Author:Marcus Borg
“It doesn't matter if you have the greatest product in the world if no one will buy it. Have an idea of where your customers will come from and how to get to them. Partner with blogs and magazines that target that audience. If you partner with them, hopefully you won't have to spend money on advertising.” IfsWorldIdeasMatterAudienceProductsCustomersPartnersAdvertisingMagazinesHopefullyTargetBlogs Author:Cameron Johnson
“Try to find if something out there is similar. If it's already being done, now you need to find out if you can do it better or cheaper. If you have a good product and no one's buying, improve it and tweak it.” IfsNeedsTryingDoneCan DoProductsBuyingYou Can Do ItCheaperBeing DoneTweak Author:Cameron Johnson
“Blue jeans have gone around the world. But that's a product. We market blue jeans better, just as we market film better. But you can't tell me that if America didn't exist, the culture of movies wouldn't exist. It's not a distinctly American art form.” IfsWorldArtAmericaFilmFormCultureGoneProductsBlueAround The WorldJeansBlue Jeans Author:David Simon
“The key to growing a business is that you need to be meeting some segment of the consumer's needs. If you've got a small business and a product or service that is not popular, you simply have to change your product or service to be more popular.” IfsNeedsGrowingProductsKeysMeetingsConsumersSmall Business Author:Ben Cohen
“Superior quality is a prerequisite to entering the game. By definition, an entrepreneur is undercapitalized relative to the status quo. Therefore, if you enter a product that is either at parity with the leaders, or not as good, you won't even get to the starting line.” IfsGamesLinesQualityLeaderProductsEntrepreneurStartingDefinitionsSuperiorsRelativeEnteringStatus QuoPrerequisitesParity Author:Gary Hirshberg
“If you build a great product or service, people will talk about it. But it starts with having something that's worth talking about.” PeopleIfsTalkingProducts Author:Jeff Bezos
“In a person's career, well, if you're process-oriented and not totally outcome-oriented, then you're more likely to be success. I often say 'pursue excellence, ignore success.' Success is a by-product of excellence.” IfsWellsPersonsProcessCareersProductsExcellencePursueOutcomes Author:Deepak Chopra
“Superior sales and distribution by itself can create a monopoly, even with no product differentiation. The converse is not true. No matter how strong your product-even if it easily fits into already established habits and anybody who tries it likes it immediately-you must still support it with a strong distribution plan.” IfsTryingStillsMatterStrongSupportPlansProductsHabitFitLikesSuperiorsDistributionMonopolyConversesDifferentiation Author:Peter Thiel
“When you write a piece of software you assume a certain type of hardware. If you assume hardware that's too powerful then you can't sell many copies cause very few people have that machine. If you assume hardware that's too simple your product can't do as much.” PeopleIfsWritingCertainCausesSimplePowerfulPiecesProductsTypeMachinesSellsAssumingCopiesSoftwareHardware Author:Bill Gates
“Good developers like seeing their products sell in large quantities. They enjoy the competition of doing a better job than the other company, especially if the other company has more people on the project and they're entrenched and people are saying that we don't have a chance of getting in there and... and doing well.” PeopleIfsWellsJobsEnjoyChanceCompanySeeingProductsProjectsSellsCompetitionQuantityBetter JobsDevelopers Author:Bill Gates
“I'm not mannerist. I don't think I'm interested in mannerism. If I ever use it in a way, or if manner is like some kind of product of certain sorts of usage of different kinds of materials, then it's about involution or turning in on that.” IfsThinkingWayKindDifferentUseCertainMaterialsProductsDifferent KindsUsageMannerisms Author:Julian Schnabel
“A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.” IfsInspirationalDifferentBeliefBusinessCompanyEconomyPathFrontsProductsMarketingEducationalCustomersChosenRight ThingCeoWalletsCustomer SatisfactionInspirational Customer ServiceDifferent PathsDifferent JobsGreat ServiceDownsizingGreat Customer ServiceJob Satisfaction Book:Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs
“If drugs were legalized in the US, the Mexican economy would collapse since the earnings from drugs bring in more hard currency than its largest licit source, oil sales. Mexico is a corrupt state that has now become dependent on the earnings on an illegal product. But inevitably, the product will become legal and then Mexico will retain its corruption but must face the needs of its citizens now employed by the drug industry who have become steeped in violence and conditioned to higher incomes.” IfsNeedsHardStatesFacesEconomyViolenceProductsSourceIndustryHigherCitizensDrugCorruptionOilIncomeDependentIllegalMexicoCollapseCurrencyEarningEmployedMexican Author:Charles Bowden
“Environmentally, business in America in 1970 was very similar to business in China today. Even if a CEO wanted to be a responsible corporate citizen, he (and they were all "he's" then) simply couldn't invest a billion dollars in pollution controls to produce a product that was indistinguishable from those of his competitors. His products would be priced out of the market. Passing laws that created a clean, level playing field for whole industries had to be a core focus of the 1970s.” IfsWholeWould BeTodayWantedAmericaLawLevelsFocusFieldsProduceProductsIndustryCitizensResponsibleDollarsCleanChinaBillionsCorePassingPassingsCorporatePollutionCeoCompetitorsPlaying FieldsLevel Playing FieldPollution ControlPassing Laws Author:Denis Hayes
“The dangers of eating animal products occur after the age of reproduction. If people developed cardiovascular disease that was fatal by the age of twelve or thirteen, eating animals would have died out long ago. You get it after you've already reproduced.” PeopleIfsLongAgeAnimalDangerProductsDiseaseEatingDiedTwelveLong AgoReproductionThirteenEating AnimalsCardiovascularCardiovascular Disease Author:Neal Barnard
“My own standards that I'll hold myself to is if the product that I'm making feels honest and it feels like I didn't compromise and it just came from an honest, correct place.” IfsFeelsMy OwnHonestProductsStandardsCompromise Author:Neill Blomkamp
“If you read Wall StreetÂ’s reports, they donÂ’t talk of soya bean as originating in China. They donÂ’t talk of soya bean as soya bean. They talk of Monsanto soya. Monsanto soya is protected by a patent. It has a patent number. It is therefore treated as a creation of Monsanto, a product of MonsantoÂ’s intelligence and innovation.” IfsNumbersStreetsCreationProductsWallInnovationChinaTreatedReportsProtectedBeansPatentsMonsanto Author:Vandana Shiva
“I would model well-being by presenting myself as a high-energy person who loves what I am doing and who is thrilled to be able to offer books, tapes, and products designed to make people feel good. I would explain that they are in a store filled with this kind of energy and that creating such a space is exactly why I got into the business in the first place. If you want to feel good, then my store is the place you should visit on a regular basis. I would stay very informed about what's out there and make sure I carry many things with very high energy.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsShouldFirstsWellsKindPersonsBookAbleEnergySpaceProductsOffersCreatingModelsBasesFilledStoresFeel GoodWell BeingTapePresentingHigh Energy Author:Wayne Dyer
“If a product costs $10,000 or $20,000 it has limited use. This is what the first computers cost! Only when almost everyone is able to afford it will it be a real thing.” IfsFirstsRealUseAbleProductsCostComputerReal Things Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“One of the most important discoveries I made in those early years was that to succeed at natural farming, you have to get rid of your expectations. Such "products" of the mind are often incorrect or unrealistic . . . and can lead you to think you've made a mistake if they're not met.” IfsThinkingYearsMindMadeImportantNaturalMistakeProductsMetsSucceedExpectationsDiscoveryFarmingMade A Mistake Author:Masanobu Fukuoka
“If you were a corporation needing financial services, and I can give you something better, faster, and cheaper across 12 products as opposed to eight, that's business. I'm doing it because I'm serving you; I'm not doing it because I want to be universal.” IfsWantGivingI CanProductsUniversalFinancialEightFasterCorporationsServingSomething BetterCheaperFinancial Services Author:Jamie Dimon
“People want to be inspired. They want to aspire to something. ... You can have the best product, the best service, the best argument in a debate. But without the effective words you still lose. In the end you need good principles and good language if you are to succeed.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsStillsEndsLanguageLosesPrinciplesProductsSucceedArgumentInspiredDebateAspireBe InspiredBest Service Author:Frank Luntz
“If you see cattle as a source of organic manure, animal energy, as well as milk products, then Indian cattle are not inferior. It is only when you measure them as milk machines that they become inferior. What if we measured the dairy cows of America or Jersey or the Swiss Alps in terms of their work functions? They would be terribly inferior.” IfsWellsWould BeAmericaEnergyTermAnimalProductsSourceMachinesFunctionIndianWhat IfMilkCowsInferiorsJerseyCattleDairySwissManureAlpsDairy Cows Author:Vandana Shiva
“I think if the ingredients have nothing that I recognize, that kind of scares me. I like unique ingredients - like charcoal and baking soda - because it's cool to be able to use products with ingredients you see at home.” IfsThinkingKindUseHomeAbleProductsUniqueIngredientsScareBakingSodaCharcoalBaking Soda Author:Shay Mitchell
“our product will speak for itself if it's that good and your fan base will come and people will want it. Having the right people in your circle is very important to help support that.” PeopleIfsWantImportantHelpingSpeakSupportFansProductsCircles Author:Ledisi
“The federal government has more power to recall a defective stuffed animal who's little glass eye may fall off than to recall contaminated ground beef that could sicken or even kill hundreds if not thousands of people. The meat-packing industry is so powerful that it's managed to prevent the government from having this basic power of recalling a defective product.” PeopleIfsMayLittlesGovernmentEyeFallAnimalPowerfulProductsIndustryGlassesMeatRecallsFederal GovernmentBeefDefectivePackingStuffed Animal Author:Eric Schlosser
“If you look at payments to labor as a proportion of national income or gross domestic product, you find profits going way up, investment and savings going up.” IfsWayLooksProductsLaborInvestmentProfitIncomeSavingProportionGrossPaymentSavingsGross Domestic Product Author:Michael Hudson
“Fur is a contentious issue. Meat is a contentious issue. GMOs are a contentious issue. I think this whole thing going on about whether or not products should be labeled if they have GMOs in them - I, as a consumer, would like to know if I'm eating GMO food. If I choose to buy it then it's my choice.” IfsThinkingKnowsShouldWholeChoicesIssuesProductsEatingConsumersMeatFurGmosContentiousGmo Foods Author:Billy Corgan
“In fact, drinking milk and eating dairy products can rob your body of calcium and contribute to osteoporosis. If you eat dark green leafy vegetables like kale, collards, and mustard greens, you can get enough calcium from a vegan diet.” IfsEnoughFactsBodyDarkProductsEatingGreenDrinkingYour BodyDietsVeganVegetablesMilkDairyMustardVegan DietKaleCalciumOsteoporosisDairy Products Author:Sharon Gannon
“They're trying to tell us that we're not right, so we have to buy their products. The number one cause of mental illness is not knowing who you are and you can't know who you are if you don't spend time honoring yourself, and living in the present.” IfsKnowsTryingCausesNumbersKnowingProductsWho You AreIllnessMental IllnessNot KnowingSpend TimeLive In The PresentKnowing Who You Are Author:Naomi Judd
“Less is more. I think that if you try to put too many beauty products on, you're probably gonna get used to it. Your skin is not supposed to be covered with a bunch of stuff, so I think that less is definitely more.” IfsThinkingTryingUsedStuffProductsSkinsBunchSupposed To BeCoveredLess Is MoreBeauty Products Author:Nina Agdal
“You have to decide what is extraneous and what is central. There is always more to tell. If you want to have a finished product, at some point you have to say "enough."” IfsWantEnoughProductsFinished Author:Adele Logan Alexander
“I think if you look at Hollywood as a whole and the type of content that they put out over the years, it's pretty homogeneous, right? They haven't done a really deep dive into a lot of stories of people of color. I don't want to say that there haven't been attempts, and there has been some great product that has come out over the years, but I think in 2016, we're in a world of struggle. It's not just about race, it's also about the LGBT community too and others.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWantYearsLooksHas BeensDoneWholeStoriesCommunityRaceStruggleHavensColorProductsTypeHollywoodLgbtReally DeepHomogeneousLgbt Community Author:Mike Jackson
“Every day that you get up, it's some kind of victory if you're making a good product, or working on a project that can only help mankind.” IfsKindHelpingMankindProductsVictoryProjectsGet Up Author:Oliver Stone
“Among mammals, a virgin birth (parthenogenesis) can only produce female offspring, for chromosomal reasons. Messiahs are mammals. Therefore, Jesus was... On the other hand, among turkeys, the chromosomal situation is such that all products of virgin birth are males. So if Jesus was a male, he might also have been.” IfsHas BeensReasonHandsMightJesusSituationAtheismProduceProductsBirthFemaleMalesVirginsTurkeysOffspringMessiahMammalsVirgin Birth Author:Frank Zindler
“Writing advice is not the product of an equation. "If you do X, then Y will occur" is false in this instance. "If you name a character John Q. Hymenbreaker, your book will be an instant bestseller" is crazy-talk. Writing advice is not about providing certifiable answers. It is about making suggestions.” IfsWritingBookCharacterNamesAnswersCrazyAdviceProductsInstanceInstantProvidingSuggestionsEquationsWriting Advice Author:Chuck Wendig
“Overall the cost of living in Ho Chi Minh City is cheap and if you can stay away from Western restaurants and use just local products in your everyday life it's really cheap.” IfsUseCitiesProductsCostWesternEverydayLocalsRestaurantsEveryday LifeCost Of Living Author:Doug Rice
“It's one of the underappreciated skills required by an innovator - they have to be able to convince lots of people to do things that might not be fully rational (invest in the company, join something that is likely to fail, try a product they've never seen before), and if you can't tell a good story it is just very hard to make that happen.” PeopleIfsTryingHardStoriesMightHappensAbleCompanyFailingProductsSkillsRationalConvinceGood StoryInnovators Author:Scott D. Anthony
“If you work on a new product launch, spent time in a new geography, or work to develop a completely new skill, you have no choice but to figure out new ways to solve problems.” IfsWayProblemChoicesFiguresProductsSkillsSolveNew WaysGeographyNew ProductsNew Skills Author:Scott D. Anthony
“If you come up with a new product, you can very easily track its contribution to the bottom line. But often the challenge can be both large and subtle.” IfsChallengesLinesProductsBottomTrackCome UpContributionSubtleBottom LineNew Products Author:John Kao
“If you are at Coca-Cola, the creative challenge is one of maintaining - rather than creating - a tremendous level of consumption for your products.” IfsChallengesLevelsCreativeProductsCreatingConsumptionMaintainingCoca Cola Author:John Kao
“Marketers know that if people you respect - perhaps laughably including entertainers and athletes - say they like a product, you're more likely to buy.” PeopleIfsKnowsProductsIncludingAthleteEntertainersMarketers Author:Robert J. Shiller
“If you don't know what career you'd change to, I've come to believe in starting with your values. What do you care most about: producing a new product, a cause, health, something unpopular but important, whatever. Next, get expertise in that, perhaps not at State U let alone private U but at You U: self-study, articles,, webinars, volunteering, etc. Then use your network rather than answering ads to land a launchpad job in that career.” IfsKnowsBelieveImportantSelfStatesUseCareJobsValuesNextCausesCareersStudyLandProductsStartingEtcArticlesAdsVolunteerExpertiseNew ProductsDo You Care Author:Marty Nemko
“It's a standard thing you hear from startup people - that their product is somehow improving the world. And if you follow the reasoning, you will get somewhere, and I'll tell you where you get: You'll get to the description of what happens to the winners under the system that they're building.” PeopleIfsWorldHappensBuildingProductsStandardsWinnerReasoningDescriptionImproving Author:Cathy O'Neil
“If our brands are going to be in print and on mobile handsets and in video and events, we have to acknowledge that the playing fields are going to be different than a print-only product or a print product with extensions to it.” IfsDifferentEventsFieldsProductsVideoBrandsAcknowledgePrintExtensionsMobilePlaying Fields Author:Norman Pearlstine
“Marketing implies that you want a public to relate to your product - if it's a product - in a way that makes them want to use it. That is only good or evil in relationship to what the product actually does.” IfsWayWantDoeUseEvilProductsMarketingRelate Author:Paula Scher
“If people that made products didn't market them and sell them we'd have no economy and nobody would be working.” PeopleIfsMadeWould BeEconomyProductsSells Author:Paula Scher
“It would be nice if everybody were a little bit more mindful of what kind of product you're putting out there. Nothing's for everybody. People are liked and disliked, but at least be mindful of what you're doing and what your message is, and trying to stay true to your authenticity and what you're trying to attain or what your goals are, and don't let anybody get in the way of that. At the same time, have a goal, and have a message.” PeopleIfsWayTryingKindLittlesWould BeBitsGoalNiceProductsLittle BitMessagesAuthenticityBeing NiceStay True Author:Chelsea Handler