“I honestly believe that sound commercialism is the best test of true value in art. People work hard for their money and if they won't part with it for your product the chances are that your product hasn't sufficient value. An artist or writer hasn't any monopoly .... If the public response to his artistry is lacking, he'd do well to spend more time analyzing what's the matter with his work, and less time figuring what's the matter with the public.” PeopleIfsBelieveWellsArtMatterHardArtistValuesSoundChanceResponsibilityProductsHard WorkTestsResponseHonestlySufficientMore TimeLackingMonopolyChances AreArtistryAnalyzingTrue ValueCommercialism Book:Pegasus Pulls a Hack: Memoirs of a Modern Minstrel Source: Pegasus Pulls a Hack: Memoirs of a Modern Minstrel
“The entire history of baby formula has been the history of one overlooked nutrient after another...and still to this day babies fed on the most "nutritionally complete" formula fail to do as well as babies fed human milk. Even more than margarine, formula stands as the ultimate test product of nutritionism and a fair index of its hubris.” HumansWellsHas BeensStillsFailingProductsBabyFairsTestsUltimateFedsThis DayFormulasMilkOverlookedHubrisNutrients Author:Michael Pollan
“I was very pleased to get a Supreme Court justice suggesting a column, so I went and did a column about Beano. I went with my wife and another guy to a Mexican restaurant, which we thought would be the ultimate test for an antiflatulance product. There's a reason most of Mexico is located out of doors. And it worked. Several newspapers refused to run that column. But they did run advertisements for Beano.” ReasonWould BeRunningGuyJusticeWifeDoorsProductsTestsUltimateCourtMy WifeNewspapersSupremeRestaurantsMexicoSupreme CourtMexicanColumnsOther GuysAdvertisementsSuggestingSupreme Court JusticeCourt Justice Author:Dave Barry
“Companies can add value and simultaneously promote themselves if their product or service truly improves the lives of their customers. I mean really improve lives, not wishful thinking, rationalization. That's the acid test.” IfsThinkingMeanValuesCompanyProductsTestsAddCustomersAcidWishful Thinking Author:Guy Kawasaki
“Walgreens, Rite Aid, CVS and Wal-Mart have all figured out the evolution of life and they grabbed all the products that are necessary for a life. And they stuck them in one aisle and they put them in order according to how you mess up... First thing you're going to see: condoms. Next to that: lubricant. Next to that: pregnancy test. Next to that: Pampers. Next to that: formula. And at the end of the aisle they sell beer.” FirstsEndsOrderNextProductsEvolutionTestsSellsAidsStuckMessBeerPregnancyFormulasRiteAisleCondomEvolution Of LifePregnancy Test Author:Gabriel Iglesias