Management development providers GNP publish a monthly set of handy 'quotable quotes' for anyone to use in presentations, speeches or training sessions. Arranged into 100 'themes' including vision, change, leadership, teamwork, communication, motivation and innovation. TrainingZONE has arranged to bring you the quotes on a regular basis. This month the theme is "IMAGES".
"What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are."
Epictetus, Greek philosopher (55-135 AD)
"Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets."
Baltasar, Spanish philosopher, author (1601-1658)
"We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are."
Anais Nin, US author (1903-1977)
"An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an individual, institution, corporation, product or service."
Daniel J Boorstin, US media author, historian (b.1914)
"The right name is an advertisement in itself."
Claude C Hopkins, US advertising guru
"Tell them it's Old Crow. Then give them another taste of Old Crow, but tell them it's Jack Daniels. Ask them which they prefer. They'll think the two drinks are quite different. They are tasting images."
David Ogilvy, US advertising executive, author (b.1911)
"There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer."
Ansel Adams, US photographer (1902-1984)
All quotations drawn from '1000 Great Quotations for Business, Management & Training' published by GNP Ltd.
