Fads Quotes
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Barbie’s one of those fads whose popularity makes you lose all faith in the human race.
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More Fads Quotes
Like all fads, corporate governance has its zealots
conrad black— On corporate governance, in May 2003
People look to us as style leaders. But this is one more aspect in which we simply do what we please. We never follow fads; we create them.
kano sisters— Kyoko Kano, in TIME magazine (8 October 2001)
The largest cultural menace in America is the conformity of the intellectual cliques which, in education as well as the arts, are out to impose upon the nation their modish fads and fallacies, and have nearly succeeded in doing so. In this cultural issue, we are, without reservations, on the side of excellence (rather than "newness") and of honest intellectual combat (rather than conformity).
buckley, william f., jr.— "Our Mission Statement" in National Review (19 November 1955)
You shouldn’t be looking for the secret to making people follow fads, you should be looking for the secret to making them think for themselves. Because that’s what science is all about.
connie willis— Chapter 5 “Main Channel”, Section 2 (p. 226)
Like all fads, corporate governance has its zealots.
— Conrad Black in: Olive, David ed. "The world according to Conrad Black" Toronto Star, March 11, 2007
Above all, beware of compromises. Hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others’ “fads” through the greed of getting supporters. Your Atman is the support of the universe whose support do you stand in need of?
— Vivekananda's Quotes. Vivekananda Vedanta Network Organization. Retrieved on 29 November 2013.
