#today

One fifth of human kind depend on fish to live. Today now 70 percent of the fish stock are over-exploited. According to FAO if we don't change our system of fishing the main sea resources will be gone in 2050. We don't want to believe what we know. ↗

— Yann Arthus-Bertrand

#believe #change #depend #fifth #fish

The green-light decision process today consists of maybe of 30 or 40 people. ↗

— Peter Bart

#decision #green-light #maybe #people #process

The model today is that as much as 70 percent of the financing of the picture would come from overseas. Now we're beginning to run out of suckers, because there are not that many people overseas who are willing to put up more than half the money for a movie. ↗

— Peter Bart

#beginning #come #financing #half #many

Individual investors have become far more powerful than anyone gives them credit for. Today, 85 million Americans invest in stocks. Collectively, that kind of buying and selling power can move markets. ↗

— Maria Bartiromo

#become #buying #collectively #credit #far

There are significant human rights abuses in China. In some areas, the situation is worse today than in the past. In other areas, there have been improvements. We will recognize the latter, and be critical of the former. ↗

— Max Baucus

#been #china #critical #former #human

Back then, a half-a-century ago, the situation was totally different. Economically, we were practically on our knees, and politically, we were still excluded from the community of nations. Today, in this respect, we have a totally different and much more stable basis. ↗

— Franz Beckenbauer

#back #basis #community #different #economically

The Olympic stadium may have been built only in the early 1970s but it was clear for a long time it had no future. For many reasons it is not good enough for modern football and today's fans. ↗

— Franz Beckenbauer

#built #clear #early #enough #fans

Today's smartest advertising style is tomorrow's corn. ↗

— William Bernbach

#corn #smartest #style #today #tomorrow

I know the history of the record business so well because I followed Billie Holiday into the record studios. It was so primitive compared to the sophisticated business today. ↗

— Tony Bennett

#billie #billie holiday #business #compared #followed

The greatest guitar player in the world today for me is Paco de Lucia, who is actually Spanish. ↗

— George Benson

#greatest #guitar #guitar player #me #player