Porter, Since you spend a lot
of time quoting my relatively short piece on the AAR blog, I want to clarify and expand on my thoughts a bit here.
I can spend a lot
of time quoting figures on eBook and print sales (and analysing how efficacious they are, given the erratic quality of published numbers), but it isn't necessary for this discussion.
However, it is Basil Rathbone who gives Price a run for his money as John F. Black, the landlord who wants what is owed to him and spends a lot
of his time quoting lines from Macbeth.
They are one of the most reliable gossip rags because most
of the time the quotes come from the person them - self — either directly, through a verified family member or a publicist.
According to the New York Times, «Van Jones has been a strong voice for green jobs, and we look forward to having him work with departments and agencies to advance the president's agenda of creating 21st century jobs that improve energy efficiency and utilize renewable resources,» CEQ Chairwoman Nancy Sutley said in a written statement last night.Michale Burnham
of the Times quotes Joe Romm:
Not exact matches
Barbaro, a co-author
of the story, disputed the claim that the
Times didn't speak to women that Trump proposed talking to for the story — saying they did interview and
quote women that Trump's office suggested.
The oft -
quoted Jim Rohn adage that you are the average
of the five people you spend the most
time with has been found to be pretty accurate.
MacLellan goes on to
quote the researchers: «Everyday activities (like household chores or running errands) may afford families quality moments, unplanned, unstructured instances
of social interaction that serve the important relationship - building functions that parents seek from «quality
time».»
My journey to find mentorship started when I heard the Jim Rohn
quote, «You are the average
of the five people you spend the most
time with.»
It identified Oregon as an «epicenter
of cannabis production» and
quoted an academic as saying three to five
times the amount
of pot that's consumed in Oregon leaves the state.
Here is a collection
of inspirational Veterans Day
quotes to support you in your
time of reflection.
Let these 20
quotes from Dr. Wayne Dyer motivate you to become more as a human being, tap into your limitless potential and take
time out
of your busy day to remember a man that transformed millions
of lives in such a profound and powerful way.
One
of my favorite Gary Vaynerchuk
quotes of all
time is «I suck at 99 percent
of stuff, but I go all out on that 1 percent I'm good at.»
I keep a notebook full
of my favorite book passages / adages /
quotes and interesting theories in my backpack or purse so that I never have to feel like I'm wasting
time.
In researching this letter, I poked through news articles from the
time and found a treasure trove
of horribly embarrassing - in - hindsight
quotes.
Not knowing what you want will usually lead to
quotes that can't help but be inaccurate, a lot
of time (and possibly money) spent having your Web designer make mistakes so that you can tell them what you don't want and eventually get to what you do want.
Every
time one
of its 400 lenders provides a
quote for a customer seeking a mortgage, that lender pays LendingTree a fixed fee, whether it eventually writes that borrower a mortgage or not.
A Columbia law professor, Richman was previously
quoted in The New York
Times as a «close friend
of Mr. Comey's who helped woo him to Columbia in 2013.»
There's an important
quote from Jim Collins, business consultant and author
of the New York
Times Bestselling book, «Good - to - Great.»
Recently while watching some
of my all -
time favorite movies, I picked up on some great
quotes that extend beyond the plot
of the movie to my real life and my personal journey while working at a startup over the past two years.
I think Jim Rohn's
quote applies: «You are the average
of the five people you spend the most
time with.»
Getting in front
of a customer and providing a
quote or proposal means you are very close to the sale, but only if you do the right things from that critical
time on.
It was the iPod that Steve Jobs was talking about in 2003 when he uttered the line that has become one
of his most defining, and frequently
quoted, aphorisms: «Most people make the mistake
of thinking design is what it looks like,» he told the New York
Times.
«Markets are coming to the conclusion that the U.S. economy is close to overheating and therefore that the risks
of inflation are bigger than the risks
of a recession,» Deutsche Bank economist Torsten Slok said,
quoted by the Financial
Times.
For Pegg's efforts at becoming the Dr. Johnson
of mash - ups, he's been
quoted in newspapers from Argentina to Germany, including major U.S. publications such as USA Today and The New York
Times.
«The Frida Kahlo Corporation actively participated in the process
of designing the doll, Mattel has its permission and a legal contract that grants it the rights to make a doll
of the great Frida Kahlo,» Mattel said in a statement
quoted by The New York
Times.
Besides his business acumen, Grove was known for being incredibly insightful and generous in giving with respect to his
time, so it's probably not a surprise that he was the source
of quite a few memorable
quotes over the years.
According to Alexandre Lebrun
of Facebook's artificial intelligence division,
quoted by Business Insider, «The better we get [at artificial intelligence], the less
time you spend talking to customer service.
According to Goodman, your book should have three things upon launch: social proof, i.e., a number
of Amazon reviews; an «intangible,» e.g., a
quote from a renowned expert in the field, say a New York
Times bestselling author; and lastly a good book (which may seem obvious, but...).
The Military
Times over the weekend
quoted the Center for Military Readiness President Elaine Donnelly, who runs a military advocacy group, as endorsing the «rolling back»
of some
of President Barack Obama's military personnel reforms.
No one wants to see employees covering up their essential beliefs or wasting
time hiding harmless bits
of weirdness, but as Jarrett points out,
quoting Shakespeare, it is worth keeping in mind that «all the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.»
«A great writer
of software code is worth 10,000
times the price
of an average software writer,» Bock
quotes Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates as saying.
It's impossible to say how many
times it won or lost, but the story
quotes lawyers who say they've prevailed
time and again because
of sloppy paperwork.
Have you heard the popular
quote attributed to entrepreneur John Rohn: «You are the average
of the five people you spend the most
time with.»
I read a
quote by Jim Rohn (American author, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker) that really put this into perspective: «You are the average
of the five people you spend the most
time with.»
Erudite enough to write reviews for The New York
Times and to
quote Wallace Stevens from memory, he also had a strong affinity for physical labor and a history
of writing stories for and about men.
I'll end with one final
quote of advice — this
time from my idol Albert Einstein — that applies especially well for hardware entrepreneurs — «Make things as simple as possible, but not simpler.»
Quote: «All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front
of us, they're behind us... they can't get away this
time.»
Bezos was
quoted as saying, «If you're going to take bold bets, they're going to be experiments, and if they're experiments, you don't know ahead
of time if they're going to work.
Before long, the company's lone fax machine was overwhelmed, in use four
times more than before as telemarketers sent and received page after page
of insurance
quotes and forms.
Janna Drucker, the founder
of a Parkland boutique called Fannies Finds, has a tradition
of slipping small trinkets emblazoned with motivational
quotes into customers» bags when she senses they're having a hard
time.
«The e-book terror has kind
of subsided,» the
Times quoted Steve Bercu, co-owner
of an Austin bookstore as saying.
The contract «particularly important» at a
time when Europe has threatened to cut gas imports and reduce its dependence on Russia because
of the Ukraine crisis, said Alexander Lukin, a deputy head
of the Russian Diplomatic Academy under the country's Foreign Ministry,
quoted by the RIA Novosti news agency.
«In 30 years»
time, as technology moves forward even further, people are going to look back and wonder why offices ever existed,» reads the epigraph
quoting Branson in the last chapter
of the book.
Every day I pick out a
quote that I carry around with me and really spend a lot
of time thinking about it.
Mr Murphy then
quoted from the Financial
Times that «Germany's Wolfgang Schauble and Michael Noonan his Irish counterpart pushed for curbs on emergency liquidity for Greek banks unless capital controls were imposed, one
of the officials said».
«These proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports couldn't come at a worse
time,» Bloomberg
quoted Cody Lusk, president
of the American International Automobile Dealers Association, as saying.
Zhu Xiaohu, founder
of GSR Ventures, an investor in bike - sharing startup Ofo, said in September that it is
time to consider a merger
of bike - sharing market leaders Ofo and Mobike, in a speech in Shanghai
quoted in local media.
The firm's Vice Chairman, Charles Munger, once remarked in an interview that no fewer than three
times in the fifty plus years they ran the business, they watched the
quoted market value
of their Berkshire Hathaway shares collapse by 50 % or more peak - to - trough.
It is not an exaggeration to say that there were many periods, sometimes lasting for extended lengths
of time, during which the shares would fall in a
quoted market by 30 % to 50 % or more.