I simply loathe the crude 1960s distinctions between commerce and art. For me, Warhol and pop obliterated all of those separations – that was the whole point of the Brillo Boxes and Campbell’s Soup Cans. And believe it or not, in 2009, moronic journalists are still saying to me, ‘Your work is so commercial.’
My goal is to ensure the Northern Border is safe, secure and allows for the free flow of travel and commerce.
Commerce is against morality. Morality is going to lose every time.
My entire career has been based around commerce. The Obama campaign was famous for raising boatloads of money online. My question is how do you make conversions better through mobile and e-mail.
Social media is here to stay, and the social phenomenon that is bringing this about is consumers’ willingness to share more about themselves, share more about what they’re doing… people are even willing to disclose where they’re at. And this phenomenon is going to create huge commerce opportunities on the web.
But I am committed to keeping this city a strong and viable center for commerce and industry, for continuing to make it a place of opportunity for its citizens.
Companies should not have a singular view of profitability. There needs to be a balance between commerce and social responsibility… The companies that are authentic about it will wind up as the companies that make more money.
Believe me, I love commerce as much as the rest of the readers of ‘Businessweek.’ But in art, you have to be true to yourself and your musical vision. People have known me well for a long time, so if I was chasing a trend and doing something that wasn’t authentic to who I am, they would know it in just a few seconds.
And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that’s what is required of the industry today.
TV serves us most usefully when presenting junk-entertainment; it serves us most ill when it co-opts serious modes of discourse – news, politics, science, education, commerce, religion.
The Bharat Ram family was into philanthropy a way earlier. They build institutes such as Shri Ram College of Commerce, Lady Shri Ram College, and Shri Ram Schools. They are very inspiring.
Hoover’s first emphasis was on the individual, the spark for all innovation and progress. This is a man who, while commerce secretary, standardized our modern economy, from brick sizes to bed sizes, so that housewives would not be frustrated when the sheets that arrived didn’t fit.
I’m a firm believer in the circle of commerce.
Trade plays an important role in empowering our nation, growing its economy, creating domestic jobs, and enhancing American competitiveness in the global chain of commerce.
Like most markets, Da Jing is most alive just after dawn, when the elementary-school children in their uniforms and bright red kerchiefs set off through narrow streets, marking the start of another frenzied day of commerce.
We’ve made our living for a long time on commerce and trade at the border.
My experience is in merging extraordinary creative content with innovative global commerce.
I was not thinking about infinite multipliers when I was 10. But I did have a father who was a Ph.D. in commerce and finance and an intellectual man. And so I had a feeling, probably about the time I went to college, that I would try to be a scholar and teacher, but I didn’t know which field.
I love a big book, but it’s what most people like which makes commerce sing.
Growing up, I had a sense of the importance of commerce and trade to everyday life. Our family lived in several countries, and I was fascinated by the free exchange of goods and services between individuals and companies – the way both parties could benefit.
With Lady Antebellum, there’s always pressure. It’s hard for commerce not to rear its ugly head when you’re making decisions.
The commerce of India does not grow, nor does that of Portugal, or of Turkey; that but that of the protected countries does increase, as has been shown in the case of Spain, and can now be shown in that of Germany.
As the world has grown bigger for our country, the opportunities greater, the chances more glittering for our commerce and our people, too many of those who practice politics have taken a cramped and limited view of Europe and the rest of the world.
I think there will be an increasing convergence between content and commerce, that it will be about following consumers instead of making consumers come to you, and I am especially excited about the various platforms that will allow more and more access to customers.
One reason the United States is one of three countries in the world that do not have any form of paid maternity leave is that many American business leaders, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, oppose any family-friendly policies. They scare people into thinking maternity leave will be a job killer.
HSN is uniquely positioned to present the seamless connection between media and commerce.
Certainly the advent of technology and electronic commerce has had an immense impact on the real estate industry.
When I was involved in the initial creation of the Department of Homeland Security, we were given a clear twofold mission. The first part of the mission was to secure our borders. The second was to maintain the free and efficient flow of commerce and people.
What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed?
I’m so pathetically eager for people to love D.C. It’s so sad. It’s like I work for the chamber of commerce or something.
The history of Europe over the last several centuries provides clear evidence of the transformative power of commerce.
The public should have access to unfettered communication and commerce, and the Internet is increasingly the medium where that takes place.
Increased access to broadband expands our ability to do commerce and will help bring our farmers’ operations into the 21st century.
All of this conversation about chat and assistance lays the groundwork for what I would look at as the future of commerce.
Modern sport can be an ugly convergence of commerce and celebrity, but it still has the capacity to move a crowd.
Tens of thousands of South Florida jobs are dependent on the trade and commerce that our ports provide, and we have to make sure that we spend our security dollars wisely.
There’s a view of Montana writing that seems stage-managed by the Chamber of Commerce – it’s all about writers like A. B. Guthrie and Ivan Doig. It used to bother me that nobody had a scene where somebody was delivering a pizza.
The fact that the U.S. is superior to all others allows for free commerce to take place.
The question is how much of your privacy and your convenience and your commerce do you want your nation’s security apparatus to squeeze in order to keep you safe? And it is a choice that we have to make.
I will do films I want to make. I will never make a film for commerce.
The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and that the cycle of famine and feast in commerce, first identified in antiquity and well understood in the Middle Ages, was not suddenly abolished in modern times.
Commerce is in no one’s hand and that should not be the only reason to make a film ever.
Young voters may be growing up in an era of increased global connection, cooperation and commerce. But they’re very open to politicians who tell them it is these very things that are keeping elites in power and keeping their generation down.
Far too many people, many of them white men, are losing healthcare insurance as they lose their manufacturing jobs. This is commerce by most real world definitions.
Let’s do away with the Departments of Education, Energy Commerce, Housing and Urban Development.
I am excited Sundial and Unilever have created this partnership, rooted in a purpose-driven ethos, that represents an incredible opportunity to take our Community Commerce economic empowerment and impact model to another level.
Hong Kong has always been a symbol of the vibrant and free exchange of cultures, commerce and ideas. This reputation is threatened, however, in the face of China’s efforts to increase its authoritarian control within its sphere of influence.
The life of Liverpool is commerce; it is a city of warehouses and shops.
It’s a crying shame we don’t play more parks and fairs. I would love to go right to the Chamber of Commerce or whoever they are, so that we could get involved in a different way.
Commerce is a noble profession, and Jews should get over any self-hatred they might harbor from contemplating the capitalist spirit of diaspora Judaism.
In a perfect world, art and commerce, I think, could be in vacuums and coexist in full purity.
Saigon is hot, full of atmosphere, activity, and commerce.
Every single administration in American political history has put cronies and pals and donors into political positions. But normally those people become the ambassador to Liechtenstein or the deputy undersecretary of commerce.
On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died.
Mr. Dingell is just plain Mr. Dingell. And when he gets to be chairman of the Commerce Committee, he doesn’t let it go to his head. However, he thinks he would be a very, very good chairman.
