Acquisition – Quotes

The acquisition of the

The acquisition of the most elementary truth does not devolve upon the individual alone: it is pre-effected in the development of the race. Ernst Mach

A society whose principles are acquisition, profit, and property produces a social character oriented around having, and once the dominant pattern is established, nobody wants to be an outsider, or indeed an outcast; in order to avoid this risk everybody adapts to the majority, who have in common only their mutual antagonism. Erich Fromm

At IMVU, the cost

At IMVU, the cost of customer acquisition through our five-dollar-a-day AdWords campaign was less than twenty-five cents. Our revenue from those same customers was more than a dollar. Eric Ries

For the scientific acquisition

For the scientific acquisition of knowledge is almost as tedious as the routine acquisition of wealth. Eric Linklater

Then something fails and

Then something fails and they’re all out again, but DVD revenue is disappearing, you know, it’s not disappearing but it’s going off a cliff and what that’s done is it’s polarized the industry in a way that I’ve never seen before where studios are making less, they’re bifurcating their choices where they’re either going very, … Read more

The acquisition of riches

The acquisition of riches has been for many men, not an end, but a change, of troubles. Epicurus

Of all the means

Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends. Epicurus

What is generally regarded

What is generally regarded as success – acquisition of wealth, the capture of power or social prestige – I consider the most dismal failures. I hold when it is said of a man that he has arrived, it means that he is finished – his development has stopped at that point. Emma Goldman

The important outcomes of

The important outcomes of schooling include not only the acquisition of new conceptual tools, refined sensibilities, a developed imagination, and new routines and techniques, but also new attitudes and dispositions. The disposition to continue to learn throughout life is perhaps one of the most important contributions that schools can make to an individual’s development. Elliot … Read more

I have searched frantically

I have searched frantically for contentment for so many years in so many ways, and all the acquisitions and accomplishments- they run you down in the end. Elizabeth Gilbert