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Quotes About Industry

In the film industry, we work more on the basis of good faith and verbal commitments rather than legalities.
~ Manisha Koirala
It's not a small thing, it's a pandemic, but economically we should not be in this position that we are this fragile as an industry. We don't go racing for three months and we are on the verge of collapsing, which is amazing.
~ Guenther Steiner
Future is mobile computing - smartphones and tablets are just elements of it. The industry is on the verge of a whole new paradigm.
~ Thorsten Heins
It was the mid-80s and we were on the verge of making it big all over the world, having just released Sparkle in the Rain. However, as with many U.K. bands, the U.S. was proving tough to crack.
~ Jim Kerr
I live in Vermont, and we don't have a tax incentive there, and therefore, we don't have professional crew there.
~ Colin Trevorrow
People forget actors can adapt and change their appearance. In this industry, people sometimes cast to type, or as close to type as possible, but actors are a lot more versatile than you think!
~ Sam Heughan
My constant goal is to create clothing that applies to the lifestyle of my customers. My clothing must be aesthetically pleasing in color, texture, and construction. Rapid changes are a part of fashion, and the demands of the industry are that I remain fluid and versatile. But my aesthetic requirements will always be the same.
~ Leon Max
I didn't want to be taken advantage of and burnt out in the industry. I worked with my family really closely, so I was able to get that respect in the industry. So now I feel that I can let my guard down. People know who I am; I can be myself. I can be more versatile, and I can wear what I want.
~ Goapele
If Madhur Bhandarkar makes a movie tomorrow, people will expect him to do something like 'Chandni Bar' or 'Corporate!' Similarly, it takes time for filmmakers to break that stereotype and attempt something new - it is difficult for filmmakers to be versatile in Bollywood.
~ Vikram Bhatt
I have played different characters in different films and that versatility has worked to my benefit. I don't have to worry about the top or the bottom slot. My place is made in the industry and it's a wonderful one, believe me.
~ Divya Dutta
My strength as a singer is my versatility. I find it really frustrating when I'm only expected to show off. The music industry is awash with female acrobats. What happens to the song, and treating it for its sake and not as an ego example?
~ Alison Moyet
I think the glamour industry, all over the world, does portray a version that is 'Photoshopped' - a picture that is not very realistic.
~ Kalki Koechlin
When you see a merger between two giants in a declining industry, it can look like the financial version of a couple having a baby to save a marriage.
~ Adam Davidson
These days music composers are singing themselves or making other male artistes sing. It is very tough to find a female single in a movie album and even if it is, it is just a female version of a song sung by a male artiste.
~ Neha Bhasin
There are MAYBE 30 years worth of ideas out there... watch for the feature version of ER in about 25 years... Hollywood has become hopelessly chained to the bottom line.
~ Bruce Campbell
I have written my own screen version of Pern, but had no buyers yet.
~ Anne McCaffrey
South Korea's government and private industry have spent the last quarter-century collaborating to build this pop culture empire, in pursuit of a soft-power strategy that they've dubbed "Hallyu," or the "Korean Wave.
~ Unknown
My grandfather's short employ at the Ford Motor Company marked the only time any Stephanides has ever worked in the automotive industry. Instead of cars, we could become manufacturers of hamburger platters and Greek salads, industrialists of spanakopita and grilled cheese sandwiches, technocrats of rice pudding and banana cream pie. Our assembly line was the grill; our heavy machinery, the soda fountain.
~ Jeffrey Eugenides
The 1950s saw the introduction of Sugar Smacks, Sugar Smiles, Sugar Rice Krinkles, Sugar Crisp, Sugar Pops, Sugar Jets, Sugar Stars, Sugar Frosted Flakes, and Corn-Fetti, "a new kind of corn flakes with the magic sugar coat!"* Trix, which we all know is for kids, came on the market containing 46 percent sugar. Sugar Smacks clocked in at 55 percent.
~ Jennifer Traig
Blackwater is a company whose business depends on war and conflict to thrive. It operates in a demand-based industry where corporate profits are intimately linked to an escalation of violence. That
~ Jeremy Scahill
My dad worked for 40 years in an aluminum plant. I don't think he ever got "aluminum block.
~ Jess Walter
In your company or industry, work every job in that industry. It's the only way of having a complete understanding of your people and your company.
~ John Catsimatidis
I've been in this biz so long, it's really my reputation that brings me work.
~ Unknown
I don't get to listen to music for fun very often; a lot of what I'm hearing is for work and isn't released yet.
~ John Legend