Quotes About Trends

The computer saves man a lot of guesswork, but so does the bikini.

The wise man tests before he talks. The critic but follows the fad of a cynical and apathetic age.

Does a man need to know what a peplum is? Probably not.

You have likely heard me describe the state of churches in North America. Nearly nine out of ten are either declining, or they are growing more slowly than the communities in which they are located. In simple terms, 90 percent of our churches are losing ground in their respective communities.

If we want any hope of reversing troubling church trends, especially among young people, we must focus not on tribal heritage, denominational branding, theological hair-splitting, or pharisaical purity. We must focus on Jesus—and his sacrificial love for us and all people.

During the Great Depression, levels of crime actually dropped. During the 1920s, when life was free and easy, so was crime. During the 1930s, when the entire American economy fell into a government-owned alligator moat, crime was nearly non-existent. During the 1950s and 1960s, when the economy was excellent, crime rose again.

If 'American Beauty' came out today, it wouldn't make nearly as much money.

Negative books can be bestsellers, but seldom classics.

The hardcore fanbase of nerds that live on the Internet are not nearly as powerful as I thought they were. They really, really aren't. They also flip-flop like mad.

Netflix likes critical attention, and they like their analytics.

In Hollywood, there's a network of creative executives, and when they hear something is good, it catches fire.

The only way to stop the erosion in network television is to come up with shows that are very popular.

I feel like the networks always end up doing similar stuff at the same time.

I've very into grays and neutrals. They match with basically everything.

It's normal when there's a new show on the air to say this is the new 'Game of Thrones' or this is the new 'Vikings,' because we need to put things in boxes.

When I come around people, I'm up to date on everything. I know all the new music that's coming out, all the stuff that ain't came out yet.

We live in the Age of the Next New Thing; we're assaulted day and night by tastemakers telling us what the next hit will be, the next style, the next cool.

One thing we seem to be missing is that just as we no longer search for the news, the news finds us today (e.g. this article found me) we will no longer search for products and services, rather we will look to our social graph to what products and services they like and don't like.

Newspaper readership is still growing in India.

People hear about stuff from their friends or a magazine or a newspaper.

It's very weird because the 'It' guy usually is not the 'It' guy next year or even a guy that anyone is talking about.

Music lives in cycles. One day, one type of music is on top and the next year another genre is on top. Either the fans love you or they jump from one artist to another.

There is something I don't get about the party scene in Delhi and Gurgaon, especially in Gurgaon. Why do people dress up so much when they go out to the nightclub or disco here?

If hotels are replacing nightclubs, then they're replacing nightclubs for yuppies.