Industry Quotes - Page 9

• The president has been a true friend of the ag industry, because he continues to invest large amounts of money at a time when savings is really the goal of the federal government to deal with the deficit.

  Mike Johanns

  True Friend, Government, Goal

  "An Exclusive Interview: USDA Secretary Mike Johanns". Interview with Sam Gazdziak, www.provisioneronline.com. June 1, 2005.

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• You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

  Samuel Johnson

  Money, Work, Luxury

  Samuel Johnson, James Boswell (1825). “The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and Morals”, p.106

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• I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs.

  Quincy Jones

  Thug, Color, Car

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• Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

  Ben Jonson

  Relax, Ruins, Reputation

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• We Liberal Democrats believe in dialogue. We believe in cooperation with both sides of industry and between both sides of industry. And we believe in the language of cooperation. We reject the language of confrontation.

  Charles Kennedy

  Believe, Sides, Cooperation

  Charles Kennedy's speech to the Trades Union Congress (TUC), www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2002.

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• Working in this industry, I have been exposed to so many products and now realize more than ever how cruel and unnecessary animal testing is.

  Kesha

  Animal, Realizing, Unnecessary

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't even know what words to use to talk about the music industry anymore. But the business has changed a lot - the methods of releasing music.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Use, Method, Changed

  Interview With Rick Rubin, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 29, 2010.

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• Nice guys just don't finish first in the music industry.

  Rodney King

  Nice, Guy, Firsts

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Terms like that, 'Humane Society,' are devised with people like me in mind, who don't care to dwell on what happens to the innocent.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Animal, People, House

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• Because I'm on the runway with some of the best models in the industry.

  Heidi Klum

  Runway, Models

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• Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country - and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Trust, Country, Witty

  "Common Ground: How to Stop the Partisan War that is Destroying America". Book by Cal Thomas and Bob Beckel, 2007.

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• When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of god we call him a sportsman.

  Joseph Wood Krutch

  Nature, Animal, Men

  Joseph Wood Krutch, Paul Landacre (2005). “The Great Chain of Life”, p.148, University of Iowa Press

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• The film industry brings people together, and so does technology. I see them as similar platforms.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Technology, People, Together

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• Katalyst is a merger of three industries. A piece of us is connected to ad agencies. Because we get the complex overlay of the social Web, we know how to engage an audience and how to make entertainment for the social Web. And we know how to gain and activate and retain an audience. So we create social networks for brands.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Agency, Gains, Entertainment

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• I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.

  Adam Lambert

  Taken, Broads, Shots

  "Adam Lambert talks sex, drugs, 'Idol'". www.washingtonexaminer.com. June 8, 2009.

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• I think the difficult thing is the transition between TV competition series and going into the actual music industry. There still seems to be a slight disconnect there.

  Adam Lambert

  Thinking, Competition, Transition

  "Adam Lambert talks new album, 'Idol' knock-offs". Interview With Derrik J. Lang, www.yahoo.com. May 14, 2012.

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• The employers cannot carry on industry nor accumulate profits if they have not got the good will of the workers or their acquiescence in carrying on such industry.

  James Larkin

  Acquiescence, Carrying On, Profit

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• It is no longer an unwritten law of American capitalism that industry will attempt to maintain wages at a level that allows a single wage to support a family.

  Christopher Lasch

  Law, Support, Wages

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• I think as far as the music industry is concerned, it's kind of been the wild, wild West in a way with the Internet, which is not necessarily a bad thing to me.

  Queen Latifah

  Thinking, Way, West

  "Queen Latifah: 'Joyful Noise' Role Brings Her Closer to God". Interview with Kelly Mahan, theboombox.com. January 4, 2012.

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• No education can be of true advantage to young women but that which trains them up in humble industry, in great plainness of living, in exact modesty of dress.

  William Law

  Christian, Religious, Humble

  William Law (2013). “A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life”, p.233, Courier Corporation

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• Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically. They have to please the crowd - they're movie stars; their image is their industry. It goes beyond acting.

  Ang Lee

  Stars, Careers, Risk

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• I think the best actors in the world are here in New York City. And this city is just so vibrant the energy is just phenomenal. Great crews here. All the technicians, all the artists that work in this industry. I've just been very happy with the body that we've been able to do, especially those films we shot here in New York City.

  Spike Lee

  New York, Artist, Thinking

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• Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity.

  Mike Leigh

  Integrity, Real, Principles

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• Most women are dissatisfied with their appearance - it's the stuff that fuels the beauty and fashion industries.

  Annie Lennox

  Fashion, Fuel, Stuff

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. February 13, 2009.

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• The Nobel Prize is run by a self-perpetuated committee. They vote for themselves and get the world's publishing industry to jump to their tune.

  Doris Lessing

  Running, Self, Tunes

  "In their own words: literary giants who died this year" by Jess Sutcliffe, www.theguardian.com. December 28, 2013.

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