“. . . you [film critics] always overstress the value of images. You judge films in the first place by their visual impact instead of looking for content. This is a great disservice to the cinema. It is like judging a novel only by the quality of its prose. I was guilty of the same sin when I first started writing for the cinema. . . . Now I feel that only the literary mind can help the movies out of that cul de sac into which they have been driven by mere technicians and artificers.” FeelsWritingMindFirstsHas BeensHelpingFilmValuesSinQualityNovelJudgingImpactMereCriticsDrivenGuiltyCraftsCinemaVisualsProseTechniciansDisserviceFilm Critics Author:Orson Welles
“Using SROI to explore the value of our online question and answer service, askTheSite, helped us develop new mechanisms for speaking to young people and gain a real insight into the impact of our work. The project enabled us to demonstrate YouthNets commitment to robust impact measurement as well as our commercial approach to project evaluation. Perhaps most importantly, being able to assign a monetary value to askTheSite has enabled YouthNet to convey to current and potential funders how valuable the service is for both young people and the wider society in a language that they understand” PeopleWellsRealAbleYoungValuesLanguageAnswersProjectsApproachCommitmentGainsImpactCurrentsValuableInsightOnlineMechanismMeasurementMonetaryRobustEvaluationQuestions And AnswersMonetary Value Author:Sarah McCoy
“I'd say that, in addition to actually taking my brother and sister and I camping and hiking and river rafting all our lives and introducing us to the power of natural landscapes, his [my father's] biggest impact on my thinking has been to always argue that the "spiritual case for Nature" was not going to outweigh the needs of 7 billion people and to insist that law, science and economics were the critical frameworks through which we had to defend the value of nature.” PeopleThinkingNeedsHas BeensSpiritualLawValuesFatherNaturalCasesOur LivesBrotherEconomicsRiversImpactCriticalArguingBillionsLandscapeMy BrotherHikingIntroducingBrothers And SistersFrameworkCampingRafting Author:Edward Norton
“Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance and value that nobody was expecting it had.” ValuesCultureCompanyAchievementPerformancesOvercomingImpactProfoundLeavingObstaclesExpecting Author:Carlos Ghosn
“Sperry's thinking about subjective experience, consciousness, the mind, and human values makes a powerful plea for a new scientific examination of ethics in the workings of consciousness. These ideas were crystallized in his paper "The Impact and Promise of the Cognitive Revolution" (1993).” ThinkingMindHumansIdeasValuesPowerfulConsciousnessRevolutionPromisePaperEthicsImpactSubjectiveExaminationCognitiveHuman Values Author:Roger Wolcott Sperry
“SDN is a major shift in the networking industry. At Juniper, we think the impact of SDN will be much broader than others have suggested. It will redefine networking and create new winners and losers. We're embracing SDN with clearly defined principles, a four-step roadmap to help customers adopt SDN within their business, and the networking industry's first comprehensive software-centric business model. We're incredibly excited about the value that SDN will deliver to our customers and are committed to leading the industry through this transition.” ThinkingFirstsHelpingValuesStepsPrinciplesFourIndustryMajorsModelsImpactCommittedExcitedCustomersDefinedWinnerLoserTransitionSoftwareNetworkingComprehensiveBusiness ModelsWinner And Loser Author:Bob Muglia
“Madonna has a far profounder vision of sex than do the feminists. She sees both the animality and the artifice. Changing her costume style and hair color virtually every month, Madonna embodies the eternal values of beauty and pleasure. Feminism says, 'No more masks.' Madonna says we are nothing but masks. Through her enormous impact on young women around the world, Madonna is the future of feminism.” WorldYoungValuesSexPleasureVisionFeminismStyleColorHairMonthsEternalImpactFeministEnormousAround The WorldMaskYoung WomenCostumesArtifice Author:Camille Paglia
“I would like to think that I will be remembered as someone who had some positive impact on the sociosexual values of his time. And I think I'm secure and happy in that.” ThinkingValuesImpactSecureRememberedPositive Impact Author:Hugh Hefner
“The value of books is proportionate to what may be called their plasticity -- their quality of being all things to all men, of being diversely moulded by the impact of fresh forms of thought.” MenMayBookFormValuesQualityAll ThingsImpactPlasticity Book:Summer Source: Summer
“Even though there's an entertainment value to the film, I think it's very important because you can't really separate the impact of that political message from it. It's rare that you get films like that I think; that really have an important message and are also entertaining.” ThinkingImportantFilmPoliticalValuesMessagesImpactEntertainmentEntertaining Author:Woody Harrelson