KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Quotes for topic: Factory


Share this page on

Showing 91-100 of 106 quotes in the topic Factory

Electricity is an example of a general purpose technology, like the steam engine before it. General purpose technologies drive most economic growth, because they unleash cascades of complementary innovations, like lightbulbs and, yes, factory redesign.

~Erik Brynjolfsson

Topics: Because Before Complementary Drive Economic Economic Growth Electricity Engine Example Factory General Growth Innovations Like Most Purpose Redesign Steam Technologies Technology Yes

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


It makes sense that we came up with our public school system during the Industrial Revolution because it's like everybody is a factory worker, eating their terrible food and going back to the room where you're silent and listening to an idiot. That's an epitomizing idea, getting called 'Nothing' for your whole high school experience.

~Ezra Miller

Topics: Back Because Came Eating Everybody Experience Factory Food Getting Going High High School Idea Idiot Industrial Industrial Revolution Like Listening Makes Nothing Our Public Public School Revolution Room School School System Sense Silent System Terrible Up Where Whole Worker You Your

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai, the biggest factory in the world is in China, the largest oil refinery is in India, the largest investment fund in the world is in Abu Dhabi, the largest Ferris wheel in the world is in Singapore.

~Fareed Zakaria

Topics: Abu Biggest Building China Dubai Factory Fund India Investment Largest Now Oil Singapore Wheel World

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


What I loathe is the multi-national conglomerates who must take responsibility for the degradation and pollution of so much of our landscape with their factory farming and greed.

~Fay Godwin

Topics: Degradation Factory Farming Greed Landscape Loathe Much Must Our Pollution Responsibility Take Who

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


My parents had a factory, so I was linked to the textile and fashion industry.

~Francisco Costa

Topics: Factory Fashion Fashion Industry Had Industry Linked Parents Textile

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Right after high school, I moved to Rio and took classes to become a technician for a manufacturing factory where you had to figure out how to produce 3,000 pairs of jeans. But in Rio, I was by myself, which was very liberating, being so young. I got to do my own thing.

~Francisco Costa

Topics: After Become Being Classes Factory Figure Got Had High High School How Jeans Liberating Manufacturing Moved My Own Myself Out Own Pairs Produce Right Rio School Technician Thing Took Very Where Which You Young

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.

~Franklin D. Roosevelt

Topics: Factory First First Thing Join The First Thing Thing Union Work

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


One day I heard a speech of Hitler. In this speech he said that the German factory worker and the German labourer must make common cause with the German intellectual worker.

~Fritz Sauckel

Topics: Cause Common Day Factory German He Heard Intellectual Make Must One Day Said Speech Worker

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


My mom grew up in a strict Catholic family and moved to New York and became part of the Warhol factory.

~Gaby Hoffmann

Topics: Became Catholic Factory Family Grew Mom Moved New New York Part Strict Up Warhol York

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I think anybody who has been in the theater, prefers it. Television is a... factory. You turn out things on a revolving assembly line. You don't have time to perfect anything in television.

~Gale Gordon

Topics: Anybody Anything Assembly Assembly Line Been Factory Line Out Perfect Revolving Television Theater Things Think Time Turn Who You I Think

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Popular Authors

Jean-Michel Basquiat Christopher Hitchens Michael Jordan Marilyn Monroe John Mulaney Rosa Parks Jim Valvano Lil Wayne

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1990 - Bo Burnham

1567 - Saint Francis De Sales

1798 - Jules Michelet

1843 - William Pepper

1872 - Aubrey Beardsley

1904 - Count Basie

1917 - Leonid Hurwicz

1923 - Shimon Peres

1924 - Jack Buck

1927 - Thomas S. Monson

Birthdays on August 21st
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Age Business Car Graduation Marriage Patriotism Politics Success