Take a long-term view, and the interests of customers and shareholders align.
Here's my review after having Google Glass for two weeks: I will never live a day of my life from now on without it (or a competitor). It's that significant.
If I were a big publisher I don't think I'd spend $80 million on a risky title. I would spend $80 million on 80 risky titles.
Effective scientific observation requires a good background, for only by being familiar with the usual can we notice something as being unusual.
What the human being is best at doing is interpreting all new information so that their prior conclusions remain intact.
Why does Gleevec, a leukemia drug that costs $70,000 per year in the United States, cost just $2,500 in India? It's seemingly simple. Gleevec is under patent in the U.S., but not in India. Accordingly, Novartis, its Swiss-based manufacturer, may prevent competitors from making and selling lower-cost versions of the drug in the U.S., but not in India.
I don’t have talent. I have tenacity.
Britney Spears was finished recording her album, so label executives turned down "Umbrella," sending it over to Mary J. Blige. Blige turned it away, too, so it ended up in the hands of the Rihanna... who took the song and won a Grammy.
Really good spitballing, like improv comedy, requires a high degree of social disinhibition. So the writers’ room, like a therapist’s office, must remain inviolable.
All your clothes now are for 20 year olds that weigh 100 pounds. It is OK to have that, but don't forget about middle aged people who don't want to to wear crazy clothes that only models can wear on runways. Let the Jr. department have those clothes and bring back a missy department.
The sweetness of this ad, the pleasantness of this ad and the music in these two ads.