Economy Quotes
Massive inequality, we have learned, isn't the best way to run an economy after all. And when you think about it, it's also profoundly ugly.
If we went into stores only when we needed to buy something, and if once there we bought only what we needed, the economy would collapse, boom.
If you really think about it, when watching television, you have product placement all the time.
The greatest thing to be achieved in advertising, in my opinion, is believability, and nothing is more believable than the product itself.
In turning from the smaller instruments in frequent use to the larger and more important machines, the economy arising from the increase of velocity becomes more striking.
Right now, the government is spending billions of dollars supporting the problem-makers in the U.S. economy - the polluters, despoilers, incarcerators, and warmongers.
It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.
We cannot just look at a country by looking at charts, graphs, and modelling the economy. Behind the numbers there are people.
The government does not add value to the economy. It removes value from the economy by imposing taxes on one citizen and providing cash to another.
Printing money creates inflation, which weakens an economy. Unfortunately, this kind of common-sense thinking never seems to penetrate academic circles.
I sold my most valuable possession, but I knew that because I worked at Hewlett Packard, I could buy the next model calculator the very next month for a lower price than I sold the older one for!
The throwaway economy that has been evolving over the last half-century is an aberration, now itself headed for the junk heap of history.
Your income right now is a result of your standards, it is not the industry, it is not the economy.
Lower taxes, less government spending on domestic programs and fewer regulations mean a better economy for everybody.
With a strong domestic economy, low national unemployment at 5 percent, and increasing retail sales, the picture should look rosy. But one look at the trade deficit changes all of that.
Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do.
Yes, I think India's economy always has been a mixed economy, and by Western standards we are much more of a market economy than a public sector-driven economy.
Monetary policy cannot do much about long-run growth, all we can try to do is to try to smooth out periods where the economy is depressed because of lack of demand
A weak currency is the sign of a weak economy, and a weak economy leads to a weak nation.
Global warming threatens our health, our economy, our natural resources, and our children's future. It is clear we must act.
You can't have a healthy economy without sound money, which is why we're on the verge of very serious economic problem.
Profits are the driving force of the market economy. The greater the profits, the better the needs of the consumers are supplied... He who serves the public best, makes the highest profits.
Inadequate use of usability engineering methods in software development projects have been estimated to cost the US economy about $30 billion per year in lost productivity.
Inequality has risen to the point that it seems to me worthwhile for the U.S. to seriously consider taking the risk of making our economy more rewarding for more of the people.
If an economy in the doldrums could drift indefinitely, the price of government inaction might be graver by far than the consequences of bold unorthodoxy.
For more than two decades, I repeatedly voiced the mantra that - situated as we are virtually on the coastline of the world's richest economy - Jamaica has no reason to be poor.
In today's economy there are no experts, no 'best and brightest' with all the answers. It's up to each one of us. The only way to screw up is to not try anything.
Let's be honest about this; the liberal agenda with failed stimulus plans and government entitlement programs is crippling our economy and our quality of life.
If you knew what was going to happen in the economy, you still wouldn't necessarily know what was going to happen in the stock market.
A strong economy depends on a strong middle class, but George Bush has put the middle class in a hole, and John McCain has a plan to keep digging that hole with George Bush's shovel.
Very narrow areas of expertise can be very productive. Develop your own profile. Develop your own niche.
A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest and unoppressive.
If you want to understand geology, study earthquakes. If you want to understand the economy, study the Depression.
The principal investors in the South African economy are South Africans. And this is something, I think, we should really pay attention to.
Poland is one of the few countries that can afford to conduct a conventional monetary policy and that means we have to act against the buildup of imbalances in the economy.
The entire world economy rests on the consumer; if he ever stops spending money he doesn't have on things he doesn't need -- we're done for.
You know, a huge drain on California's economy is the illegal immigrants. We need to close the borders.
They do say that socialism is the ideal philosophy-just as long as you have capitalists to pay for it.
He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.
By restraining spending and by cutting the deficit, Republican policies are helping to keep our economy strong.
Europe would be well advised to pay more attention to Latin America. The emerging economies are the engines of the global economy. Colombia has done too little to improve its reputation in Europe.
The strike, the boycott, the refusal to serve, the ability to paralyze the functioning of a complex social structure-these remain potent weapons against the most fearsome state or corporate power.