Week 3 Top 5 Quotes from other sources

This post goes off my last post except this time the quotes I chose were not covered in class.

"Next Christmas the ipod will be dead, finished, gone, kaput." -Business mogul Lord Alan Sugar on the fate of Apple’s iPod back in 2005.

• It is weird to imagine where we would be without ipods, possibly still listening to cd players
• the ipod helped Apple raise its revenue by 75%
• the ipod was not only a huge success but it continues to get better every year

"Remote Shopping, while entirely feasible, will flop."- time magazine

• We can see that online shopping is huge today
• we have countless online shopping companies that are worth millions of dollars such as ebay, amazon, and craigslist
• online shopping is increasing as people find it convenient to order things online from the comfort of their home

"The cinema is little more than a fad. “It’s canned drama. What audiences really want to see is flesh and blood on the stage.”- Charlie Chaplain 1916

• This quote was ironic because the man who said it was an actor himself
• it is evident that the film industry is huge and has had a significant impact on the entertainment industry as well as the american culture and way of life
• 90.9 billion revenue from film industry in 2014

"It will be years -- not in my time -- before a woman will become Prime Minister." -- Margaret Thatcher, 1974.

• another ironic quote since Margaret Thatcher became the first women prime minister of the UK from 1979-1990
• pioneer for women running for higher positions in government

"While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially it is an impossibility." -- Lee DeForest, inventor

• not only was television feasible but it is one of the top forms of entertainment in the world
• tv is a billion dollar industry, producing tons of hollywood stars
• televised news revolutionized the news industry as well