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Douglas_Adams
Don't Panic
“In many of the more relaxed civilizations on the Outer Eastern Rim of the Galaxy, the Hitch Hiker's Guide has already supplanted the great Encyclopedia Galactica as the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom, for though it has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate, it scores over the older, more pedestrian work in two important respects. First, it is slightly cheaper; and secondly it has the words Don't Panic inscribed in large friendly letters on its cover”.
- Source: Adams, D. (1979). ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’. New York, NY: Harmony Books.
- Keywords: Panic_quotes Repository_quotes Knowledge_quotes Wisdom_quotes Accuracy_quotes Relax_quotes Civilization_quotes Galaxy_quotes Guide_quotes Encyclopedia_quotes Galactica_quotes Hiker_quotes Standards_quotes Omission_quotes Apocryphal_quotes Wild_quotes Inaccurate_quotes Score_quotes Old_quotes Pedestrian_quotes Work_quotes Cheap_quotes Word_quotes Inscribe_quotes Large_quotes Friendly_quotes Letter_quotes Cover_quotes
Daniel_Dennett
Philosophy and Pornography
“Philosophy is to science as pornography is to sex: it is cheaper, easier and some people prefer it.”
- Source: Unattributed, but cited by Daniel C. Dennett in the book 'Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking', 2013, WW Norton, ISBN 978-0-393-24068-9 (e-book), Introduction.
- Keywords: Philosophy_quotes Pornography_quotes Sex_quotes Cheap_quotes Ease_quotes People_quotes Preference_quotes Science_quotes
Henry_Ford
Wages
“There is nothing to running a business by custom – to saying: 'I pay the going rate of wages.' The same man would not so easily say: 'I have nothing better or cheaper to sell than any one has.' No manufacturer in his right mind would contend that buying only the cheapest materials is the way to make certain of manufacturing the best article. Then why do we hear so much talk about the 'liquidation of labour' and the benefits that will flow to the country from cutting wages – which means only the cutting of buying power and the curtailing of the home market? What good is industry if it be so unskillfully managed as not to return a living to everyone concerned? No question is more important than that of wages – most of the people of the country live on wages. The scale of their living – the rate of their wages – determines the prosperity of the country.”
- Source: Henry Ford. A book. Entitled My Life and Work. Written by Henry Ford in collaboration with Samuel Crowther. Published 1922, Garden City, NY: Doubleday. Chapter VIII.
- See Also:
- Keywords: Business_quotes Pay_quotes Rate_quotes Wage_quotes Manufacture_quotes Sell_quotes Mind_quotes Buy_quotes Cheap_quotes Material_quotes Liquidation_quotes Labor_quotes Benefit_quotes Cut_quotes Power_quotes Market_quotes Industry_quotes People_quotes Prosperity_quotes Country_quotes Inequality_quotes Nothing_quotes Run_quotes Custom_quotes Say_quotes Man_quotes Easy_quotes Better_quotes Contend_quotes Best_quotes Article_quotes Hear_quotes Talk_quotes Curtail_quotes Home_quotes Management_quotes Living_quotes Question_quotes Important_quotes Scale_quotes Determine_quotes
German_Proverbs
Cheapest_Expensive
“The cheapest is always the most expensive.”
- Original German: "Das Billige ist immer das Teuerste."
- Source: Original source unknown. Quoted as a proverb on https://www.germanpod101.com
/blog /2021 /06 /10 /best-german-proverbs/. - See Also:
- Keywords: Cheap_quotes Most_quotes Expensive_quotes
Gordon_Glegg
User Specifications
“If you are concerned in making the production of some article quicker, better or cheaper, you will naturally study how it is being done at the moment. It may seem paradoxical but the man least likely to help you is the operator in charge of the machine. The more 'down-to-earth' and 'practical' he considers himself the more 'unpractical' and 'up-in-the-air' he is likely to be from your point of view. He is too near the machine to know why it works. He only knows how it works.”
- Source: Glegg, G. L. (1969). The Design of Design. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0-511-79996-9. Chapter 1, page 12.
- Keywords: Concern_quotes Production_quotes Quick_quotes Fast_quotes Better_quotes Cheap_quotes Study_quotes Paradox_quotes Status_Quo_quotes Operator_quotes Machine_quotes Practical_quotes Perspective_quotes Point_of_View_quotes Knowledge_quotes Unpractical_quotes DownToEarth_quotes UpInTheAir_quotes
Capers_Jones
Quality Software
“High-quality software is not expensive. High-quality software is faster and cheaper to build and maintain than low-quality software, from initial development all the way through total cost of ownership.”
- Source: The Economics of Software Quality by Capers Jones and Oliver Bonsignour, 2011, chapter 7.
Steven_Pinker
Experts
“Experts are invaluable and are usually rewarded in esteem and wealth. But our reliance on experts puts temptation in their path. The experts can allude to a world of wonders — occult forces, angry gods, magical potions — that is inscrutable to mere mortals but reachable through their services. Tribal shamans are flimflam artists who supplement their considerable practical knowledge with stage magic, drug-induced trances, and other cheap tricks. Like the Wizard of Oz, they have to keep their beseechers from looking at the man behind the curtain, and that conflicts with the disinterested search for the truth.”
- Source: Steven Pinker (1997). How the Mind Works. New York, NY: W. W. Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-06973-0; eISBN 978-0-393-06973-0. Chapter 5 Section: Ecological Intelligence.
- Keywords: Expert_quotes Invaluable_quotes Reward_quotes Esteem_quotes Wealth_quotes Reliance_quotes Temptation_quotes Path_quotes Allude_quotes World_quotes Wonder_quotes Occult_quotes Anger_quotes God_quotes Magic_quotes Inscrutable_quotes Mortality_quotes Reach_quotes Service_quotes Tribal_quotes Shaman_quotes Flimflam_quotes Art_quotes Supplement_quotes Practical_quotes Knowledge_quotes Stage_quotes Drug_quotes Induce_quotes Trance_quotes Cheap_quotes Trick_quotes Wizard_quotes Oz_quotes Beseech_quotes Look_quotes Behind_quotes Curtain_quotes Conflict_quotes Search_quotes Truth_quotes Disinterest_quotes
