Historiographical Trends Quotes

I don't set trends. I just find out what they are and exploit them. ~ Dick Clark

I've never been a person who focused on trends. I'm influenced and inspired by trends, but I don't always subscribe to them. ~ Emmy Rossum

I know in fashion what's new is old and trends repeat but the 90's trends ala 90210 aren't exactly styles I'd want to wear today. ~ Tori Spelling

My mother always taught me to wear clothes for myself and not to follow trends as trends will end! ~ Lela Rose

I try to set trends. ~ Mystikal

Adopt and change before any major trends or changes. ~ Jack Ma

Trends become more apparent as you step further away from the chart. ~ Ed Seykota

As a designer, you've always got to push yourself forward; you've always got to keep up with the trends or make your own trends. That's what I do. ~ Alexander McQueen

Don't follow trends, start trends. ~ Frank Capra

Trends don't mean very much. ~ Peabo Bryson

The trends that last and the trends that are relevant are the ones that make you look pretty. ~ Aerin Lauder

Phish has never had anything to do with any trends at all in America. ~ Jon Fishman

I'm one of those people who doesn't follow trends. I set them. ~ Zendaya

I am down with the latest trends. And everyone knows, the thing on the streets is vampires. So I have been biting people on the neck. ~ Stephen Colbert

Opportunities are never lost, just found by those who clearly see the power of trends and timing. ~ Donald Trump

Thought is not consecrated unless it resists trends. ~ Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy

We humans think linearly but tech trends are exponential. ~ Vinod Khosla

Every season, I take the opportunity to convey a much larger message than just hemlines and trends. ~ Kenneth Cole

Trends come like a series of ocean waves, bringing the high tide when things are good and, as conditions recede, the low tide appears. These trends come unexpectedly, unpredictably, and they have to be weathered with temperance, poise, and patience- good or bad. ~ Jesse Lauriston Livermore

Following fashion trends, however ridiculous or uncomfortable. ~ Paulo Coelho

I wish to create trends rather than follow them. ~ Li Bingbing

Build a wardrobe rather than focusing on trends. ~ Phoebe Philo

Most people who try those bizarre trends are looking for magic bullets. There's usually a sexy promise attached to these trends - related to diet or fitness - that many people find too tempting to resist. ~ Jillian Michaels

I don't like trends. They tend to make everybody look the same. ~ Carolina Herrera

Things get much easier if one jumps on the bandwagon of existing trends. ~ Lei Jun

Children are much less annoying [than adults] and they never start trends. ~ Fran Lebowitz

The reality is that most innovative work is incremental improvement. It's about staying ahead of trends as opposed to reacting to trends. ~ Bill Sheridan

The surfeit of bad trends pushes me to set my stories in worlds which are often diminished versions of our own present. ~ Paolo Bacigalupi

Trends come and go, but cool is forever. ~ Steve Stoute

Trends that can't continue, won't. ~ Herbert Stein

I don't feel bound by the ebbs and flows of musical trends, or what's happening with new music in general. ~ Kevin Shields

If I was a fashion designer just following trends or designing for celebrities, I would not be fulfilled. ~ Christian Lacroix

Changing technologies, changing marketplaces, and even changing trends in anti-competitive practices have all presented challenges to antitrust enforcement. ~ Al Franken

I think we have a great track record on being relevant, on identifying consumer trends, needs and wants. ~ Jim Cantalupo

Trends have come and gone and they're coming back my way so I'm super excited about that. ~ Tracy Reese

When it came to my art, I went my own way and did not follow the trends. ~ Frank Frazetta

Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends. ~ Anna Deavere Smith

For those people who want to keep following trends, you do that and when the trend goes away so will you. ~ Ne-Yo

We absolutely look at larger trends and reactions on Twitter here at the White House. ~ Dan Pfeiffer

The public is often right during the trends, but wrong at both ends ~ Humphrey B. Neill

As a new artist you should ignore trends at all costs. ~ Wendy Starland

If I could predict the trends, they would already be there. ~ Tim Gunn

Trends, like horses, are easier to ride in the direction they are going. ~ John Naisbitt

All rising curves that show unwelcome trends in human affairs will approach infinity if extended far enough, but it is we who dictate the curve and not vice versa. ~ Niels Bohr

Trends don't interest me. ~ Manolo Blahnik

«Look, Brixie, I may dress like a nerd, but I can read trends. Yeah, I can tell you what to do.» ~ Bruce Sterling

Each marriage bears the footprints of economic and cultural trends which originate far outside marriage. ~ Arlie Russell Hochschild

I think my days of trying outrageous things are over. I'm not looking for trends, I just want to be the best version of myself. ~ Gwyneth Paltrow

Sustainability is a set of conditions and trends in a given system that can continue indefinitely ~ Alan AtKisson

I don't follow the food trends. ~ Eric Ripert

A lot of young chefs today get carried away by trends, by influences, by movements. ~ Daniel Boulud

I definitely take inspiration from runway trends but also throughout my travels, I see editorials all over in all of the different publications. ~ Olivia Palermo

In general, the apparel industry isn't about continual process improvement or making the perfect piece of denim; it's about chasing trends. ~ Tadashi Yanai

It [economics] facilitates our understanding of the well-being of societies and the challenges they face; it explains many of the daily interactions between individuals, companies and governments, and it offers a guide to understanding political and social trends that are shaping our world. ~ Greg Ip

My advice to young film-makers is this: don't follow trends, start them! ~ Frank Capra

Population trends have always provoked doom-fraught oracles, because their popular interpreters suppose that every new series will be infinitely sustained; yet, beyond the short term, expectations based on them are never fulfilled. ~ Thomas Malthus

I am sick of being the victim of trends I reflect but don't even understand. ~ Jane Wagner

Trends are manufactured. Real things just happen. ~ Eicca Toppinen

The truly important events on the outside are not the trends. They are changes in the trends. ~ Peter F. Drucker

You don't need to follow trends to be stylish. ~ Naomie Harris

On the whole, the evidence indicates that model trends in the troposphere are very likely inconsistent with observations ... ~ David Douglass

I have an RSS reader, Feeddler. I mostly subscribe to board game blogs - they have reviews of new games and discussions about trends. It's straight-up dork talk. ~ Rich Sommer

All caught up in the trends, well the truth began to bend. ~ Jack Johnson

My goal is to spread ideas. Trends always start at the top. ~ Homaro Cantu

Individuals should shape their lives according to their particular needs, not according to social trends. ~ Sadghuru

I've been accused countless times of writing gloomy futures. But to me, the texture of my sci-fi just feels like an extrapolation of current trends. ~ Richard K. Morgan

I like the idea of not looking at trends, not being driven by them. I like what I like and that's it. ~ Erin Wasson

I think music follows the trends of the collective conscious. ~ Pharrell Williams

I don't think I hate any food trends. ~ Ruth Reichl

The thing is to be able to outlast the trends. ~ Paul Anka

I do enjoy fashion - a lot of runway clothes are pretty unwearable, but if moderated, the trends can be worn by just about anyone. ~ Jane Asher

All the trends show that email usage among the younger cohorts of Internet users is declining. Whether it will take five or 30 years for email to go extinct, I'm not sure. ~ Andrew Mason

I don't follow trends. I set my own and I go for the extreme. ~ JWoww

I just don't want to copy the current trends or do movies for teenagers. I want people to get more out of movies. ~ Clint Eastwood

The press Yazoo were receiving were focused on the voice, This obviously was about trends. ~ Alison Moyet

Sometimes it feels like it hurts when you make a big purchase, so I really believe that the more expensive things should be gems that you keep in your closet, not trends. ~ Amber Valletta

Photos convey a point in time, so for casual snapshots I say wear the trends so you have fun images to look back at. ~ George Kotsiopoulos

Every month I look through some ten thousand games, so not as to miss any new ideas and trends. ~ Vladimir Kramnik

I don't like the idea of 'trends' at all. If you follow trends, then everybody looks the same. The best shopping experiences are in local markets, especially in foreign cities. ~ Leigh Lezark

I don't personally follow trends; I don't even like the idea of trends. I think it's kind of absurd that you have to change every six months, so I always try and buy things that hopefully I'll like forever, and resonate with me. ~ Lily Cole

Although the trends are promising and reishi mushrooms exhibit a number of interesting medicinal properties, modern scientific techniques have yet to affirm its traditional 'panacea polypore' status. ~ Paul Stamets

Those others - they're looking for trends - subjects to catch a spark - but I have you - a coal from God's altar - a star cupped in my hands ... ~ John Geddes

Politicians cannot alter trends. ~ Harold Watkinson, 1st Viscount Watkinson

It is in revolutionary periods that the culmination of previous trends and the beginning of new ones appear. ~ C.L.R. James

All the magazines contradict each other because it is so diverse. Know what you like, know what looks good on you and keep doing it, no reason to chase trends. ~ Tim Gunn

Polls are frequently taken to try to tease out or determine likely directions and trends, but once taken, they belong to the past, requiring that new polls be taken. ~ Alan Dundes

Few trends could so thoroughly undermine the very foundations of our free society as the acceptance by corporate officials of a social responsibility other than to make as much money for their stockholders as possible. ~ Milton Friedman

Trends carry on forever, until they stop. I want to be around after things come to a standstill. As a result, I tend to be pretty conservative. ~ Johann Rupert

The themes in WordPress drive a lot of design trends. It democratizes design ... You make a theme, and suddenly it's on hundreds and thousands of sites. ~ Matt Mullenweg

Even some of the greatest technology-led revolutions, or allegedly technology-led, really were only made possible because of trends already present. ~ Scott Cook

I encourage costumers to not focus on trends but to just wear whatever they feel like wearing because I think that's when a woman looks most attractive - when she's the most comfortable. ~ Nicole Richie

We have closely monitored the ups and downs of recruiting and retention trends for many years and have been quick to sound the alarm when challenges came into view. ~ John M. McHugh

Wear what suits you best, rather than following trends, and create your own style ... I go with a feeling or emotion and don't necessarily plan ... ~ Kate Moss

Amidst globalisation, trends are becoming worldwide, so it's important to take a unique approach to what fashion has to offer. Be yourself in the middle of it all; fashion shouldn't be 'try hard.' ~ Carine Roitfeld

The standard of living has risen along with the size of the world's population since the beginning of recorded time. There is no convincing economic reason why these trends toward a better life should not continue indefinitely. ~ Julian Simon

I encourage people to embrace whatever it is that makes them different. Not being like everybody, setting your own trends, being your own person, that's what makes you cool. ~ La La

Trends toward increasing numbers of infection and increasing drug resistance show no sign of abating, ~ Joshua Sharfstein

I don't like the new trends in horror. All this torture stuff seems really mean-spirited. People have forgotten how to laugh, and I don't see anybody who's using it as allegory. ~ George A. Romero

Virtually all the trends that matter are making a mockery of the industry's ritual incantations about the values and virtues of a free press in a free society. ~ Hodding Carter III

Like most trends, at the beginning it's driven by fundamentals, at some point speculation takes over. What the wise man does in the beginning, the fool does in the end. ~ Warren Buffett