Posts Tagged ‘Quote’

“It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you’re ready.  I have this feeling now that actually no-0ne is ever ready to do anything.  There’s almost no such thing as ready. There’s only now.  And you may as well do it now.  I mean, I say that confidently as if I’m about […]


Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. Albert Einstein    


Sometimes quotes from long ago have an amazing connection to the modern business world. The quote below is from Gaius Petronius Arbiter (c. 27 – 66 AD) who was a  Roman courtier during Nero’s reign: “We trained hard … but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into legions we would be reorganized. […]


The purpose of marketing research is to gain insight that is commercially informative and valuable; helping to identify issues, enhance business decision making and improve competitive performance.


I’m appropriating a quote from Robert Runcie and abusing it for my own purpose today. I’m starting to think that the noisier a creative team are, the more insecure they may be with their ideas. The twisted quote: “Creative Departments are like a swimming pool, all the noise is at the shallow end.”