“Customers don't know what they want. There's plenty of good psychology research that shows that people are not able to accurately predict how they would behave in the future. So asking them, 'Would you buy my product if it had these three features?' or 'How would you react if we changed our product this way?' is a waste of time. They don't know.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayWantShowsAbleThreePsychologyChangedProductsWasteResearchAskingCustomersPlentyFeaturesBehaveWasting Time Author:Eric Ries
“But there'll be plenty of room on Earth then because right now, what is it?-Only one-fifth of the Earth's surface is land, right? Whereas then there will be no more sea, it'll all be land, seas will be gone. The seas are the World's great septic tanks, its great cesspools, where all the waste of the World drains off into the sea.” WorldEarthRoomsGoneSeaLandRight NowWasteSurfacePlentyHeavenlyFifthTanksDrains Author:David Berg
“It's always the rich and there's plenty to waste, yet still China has a lot of people living in very spare, poor conditions.” PeopleStillsPoorRichConditionsWasteChinaPlentySpares Author:Ai Weiwei
“Also, I had not yet found out about time; I was still under the illusion that I had plenty of time - time for this, time for that, time for everything, time to waste.” StillsFoundWasteIllusionPlenty Book:Joe Gould's Secret Source: Joe Gould's Secret
“But suppose your dæmon settles in a shape you don't like? Well, then, you're discontented, en't you? There's plenty of folk as'd like to have a lion as a dæmon and they end up with a poodle. And till they learn to be satisfied with what they are, they're going to be fretful about it. Waste of feeling, that is. But it didn't seem to Lyra that she would ever grow up.” WellsEndsFeelingsSeemsGrowsGrowing UpShapesWasteFolksSatisfiedPlentySettlingLionsPoodles Book:His Dark Materials: The Complete Trilogy Source: His Dark Materials: The Complete Trilogy