At the same time, much of it seems to have to do with recreating things we or others had already done; it seems rather derivative intellectually; is there a dearth of really new ideas?
Quotes about derivative (15 Quotes)
I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading.
Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around.
I guess after Dances With Wolves they probably tried some derivative westerns, and if they didn't work, they said the western is dead and moved on to something else.
Who has not been amazed to learn that the function y ex, like a phoenix rising again from its own ashes, is its own derivative.
I really enjoyed the sort of real crazy, eclectic layering stuff and how it all worked together. I could tell it was some of it was derivative of something. I could tell that certain things were being looped around and I just really enjoyed the way that it all came together.
In the fall of 1972 President Nixon announced that the rate of increase of inflation was decreasing. This was the first time that a sitting president used the third derivative to advance his case for reelection.
When we say science we can either mean any manipulation of the inventive and organizing power of the human intellect or we can mean such an extremely different thing as the religion of science, the vulgarized derivative from this pure activity . . .
Readers are less and less seen as mere non-writers, the subhuman other or flawed derivative of the author the lack of a pen is no longer a shameful mark of secondary status but a positively enabling space . . .
My first two books are out of print and, okay, they can sleep there comfortably. It's early work, derivative work.
There were a bunch of rumors. One was that the bank had a lot of exposure, unspecified, to the California utility industry. The other one had to do with some kind of exposure to credits in Europe on the derivative side. As soon as I heard it, I thought it sounded like someone who was short and needed to cover and didn't want to get hurt. It was so weird and vague.
It is incontestable and deplorable that Negroes have committed crimes; but they are derivative crimes. They are born of the greater crimes of the white society.
I'm starting to feel like so much of rock music is derivative and boring.
This event highlights once again the difficulty in determining earnings for derivative transactions. It also encourages those who feel that bank accounting in this area is weak. It is a reason why many large banking companies have such low multiples on their stock.
Typically when you look at business class seating, the sleep position is a derivative of the sitting position -- it always keeps you in cradle position. What we're trying to accommodate is a number of different sleeping patterns during a 14-hour flight -- on your side, on your back, on your stomach or moving around between positions.