Quotes for All
Despite the large number of mergers, and the growth in the absolute size of many corporations, the dominant tendency in the American economy at the beginning of [the 20th] century was toward growing competition. Competition was unacceptable…it was not the existence of monopoly that caused the federal government to intervene in the economy, but the … Read more
Modern capitalism needs men who cooperate smoothly and in large numbers; who want to consume more and more; and whose tastes are standardized and can be easily influenced and anticipated. It needs men who feel free and independent, not subject to any authority or principle or conscience– yet willing to be commanded, to do what … Read more
Modern capitalism needs men who cooperate smoothly and in large numbers; who want to consume more and more; and whose tastes are standardized and can be easily influenced and anticipated … what is the outcome? Modern man is alienated from himself, from his fellow man and from nature. Erich Fromm
Zero invites imagination, but small numbers invite questions about whether large numbers will ever materialize. Eric Ries
Whether it’s a street poster on a brick wall, a magazine cover on a newsstand, or animation on a movie screen – art is an effective means of communicating with large numbers of people. Eric Drooker
A battery by definition is a collection of cells. So the cell is a little can of chemicals. And the challenge is taking a very high-energy cell, and a large number of them, and combining them safely into a large battery. Elon Musk
Let’s think beyond the normal stuff and have an environment where that sort of thinking is encouraged and rewarded and where it’s okay to fail as well. Because when you try new things, you try this idea, that idea… well a large number of them are not gonna work, and that has to be okay. … Read more
What a large number of factors constitute a single human being! How very many layers we operate on, and how very many influences we receive from our minds, our bodies, our histories, our families, our cities, our souls and our lunches! Elizabeth Gilbert
It’s the function of a playwright to write. Some playwrights write a large number of plays, some write a small number. Edward Albee
There is another side to death. Whether death happens through an act of violence to a large number of people or to an individual, whether death comes prematurely through illness or accident, or whether death comes through old age, death is always an opening. So a great opportunity comes whenever we face death. Eckhart Tolle