“I wonder if that's hurt me at the box office. Maybe audiences these days want to know exactly what to expect when they go into a movie, and my movies are hard to explain in just one way.” IfsKnowsWayWantHardHurtWonderAudienceOfficeBoxesOne WayThese DaysJust OneHurt MeBox Office Author:Paul Mazursky
“This isn't a picture filled with wonder and a sense of fun; it's so jaded and crass that I almost wonder if it's a highly unscientific experiment designed to gauge how little audiences will settle for these days. Manic and multicolored, "Speed Racer" is an excess of nothingness.” IfsLittlesFunWonderAudienceFilledSpeedExperimentsThese DaysSettlingExcessNothingnessManicJadedGaugesRacersCrassSpeed Racer Author:Stephanie Zacharek
“When you go into a movie and you're surprised by it - these days with brand recognition being such an important thing and essentially trailers, the way trailers have evolved encouraging people not to see the film unless they've already seen the film which is kind of the paradox of marketing these days anytime that you enjoy genuine sense of wonder and surprise in the movies it's priceless.” PeopleWayKindImportantFilmEnjoyWonderImportant ThingsSurpriseMarketingGenuineRecognitionBrandsThese DaysParadoxPricelessTrailersSense Of Wonder Author:Simon Pegg
“My constant prayer, these days, as I start my backswing is, 'Oh, please let me swing slowly.' The trouble is that sometimes I wonder whether I swing at all; whether I am not strictly a chopper.” SometimesSportsPrayerWonderTroublePleaseLet MeConstantThese DaysSwingsSometimes I WonderChoppers Book:The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower: NATO and the campaign of 1952 Source: The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower: NATO and the campaign of 1952
“I reckon I can count on 30 more writing years, averaging a book a year (I can't keep up the 2-2.5 a year I used to do these days). And these days I've gotten round to wondering, for each new idea, "do I want to be remembered for this?" before I get to the point of spending a year on it.” WantWritingYearsI CanBookIdeasUsedWonderRoundsSpendingThese DaysRememberedNew Ideas Author:Charles Stross
“Too many companies these days can't tell the difference between good profits and bad.... By now you're probably wondering how in heaven's name profit, that holy grail of the business enterprise, can ever be bad. Short of outright fraud, isn't one dollar of earnings as good as another? Certainly, accountants can't tell the difference between good and bad profits. They all look the same on an income statement. While bad profits don't show up on the books, they are easy to recognize. They're profits earned at the expense of customer relationships.” LooksBookShowsNamesHeavenEasyDifferencesCompanyWonderHolyDollarsProfitCustomersIncomeStatementsThese DaysEnterpriseExpensesFraudEarningGood And BadAccountantsHoly GrailCustomer Relationship Author:Fred Reichheld