Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gregory Smith

The real estate market has been one of the big successes in the economy for the last 10 years. I think this would help pull the rug out from under it. If it's not broken, don't fix it.

There is a lot of extra fiscal stimulus moving into the economy from the storm relief.

Ronald Coase

There is no doubt that the recognition by economists of the importance of the role of the firm in the functioning of the economy will prompt them to investigate its activities more closely.

Edward Abbey

What our economists call a depressed area almost always turns out to be a cleaner, freer, more livable place than most.

Edward Heath

Protectionism is the institutionalization of economic failure.

Aaron Eckhart

I owned a 1972 Plymouth Valiant that we bought for $125. It was infested with cockroaches and geckos - it was its own little ecosystem.

Lowering inflation to 3-4% annually should be a priority, a major instrument of economic policy, and we have the means to lower inflation to this level.

Losing the Saudi oil would immediately shock the U.S. economy to the worst level in decades,

Losing one day in July is an economic disaster.

Let's give the individual the space to grow, instead of the economy

Leading economic indicators in general have indicated a slowing for some time.

Tim Ryan

Many of the businesses, large and small, that were operating in New Orleans on Aug. 28 are not going to be here anymore, ... If we were to measure the New Orleans economy now, it would make everybody sick.

Many states are having an unexpected surplus of revenue, and that is because of economic growth. It's mainly because their estimates on economic growth were very low.

sensible economic policies that put American families first.

The political situation has come to a deadlock that not only hurts investors' confidence, but also is likely to hurt the economy by delaying government infrastructure projects and free trade talks.

Jean-Cyril Spinetta

The pilots are responsible, realistic, qualified people, who know the (state of the) economy,

Kate Warne

The overall tenor of the market has been very positive because the economic numbers are relaxing fears of a rate hike (by the U.S. Federal Reserve).

The overall intention is to try to have mares reside longer in the state. That's where the greatest economic development is derived.

The outlook for the New Zealand economy points to relative weakness.

Winona LaDuke

I'm Harvard-educated; I'm an economist by training. I'm an author, a journalist, as well as being active in community development.

Walter Isaacson

You can't have a sustainable US economy without a great education system. Teach students to do the job right. You don't have an innovative economy unless you have a great education.

Always remember: the alleviation of poverty is never a political or economic issue - it is moral.

Bobby Seale

Revolution is about the need to re-evolve political, economic and social justice and power back into the hands of the people, preferably through legislation and policies that make human sense. That's what revolution is about. Revolution is not about shootouts.

Eric Ripert

Everybody wants to support his own region and economy and farming. If we can preserve the land and if we can preserve the ocean, we all know, deep inside that we're doing the right thing.

Ernest Istook

Our economic freedom is founded on individual property rights; government should never be permitted to take those away.

Justin Trudeau

I think growing an economy is a good way to help with a deficit, but ultimately, it's about fiscal discipline and responsible spending - and smart decisions.

Iris Apfel

The fashion industry has done itself in by neglecting the 60- to 80-year-old market. They have the time and the economic resources. They want to go shopping.

Steven Pinker

There is a correlation between economic inequality and personal violence. The explanation for the correlation isn't completely clear; there are a number of possibilities.

Nolan Gould

I need something to fall back on if fame doesn't work. I'll have to become an economist or something.

Vik Muniz

Drawing is not only a way to come up with pictures: drawing is a way to educate your eye to understand visual information, organizing it into a more hierarchical way, a more economical way. When you see something, if you draw often and frequently, you examine a room very differently.

Bill Owens

Americans no longer look to government for economic security; rather, they look to their portfolios.

Orison Swett Marden

True economy means the wisest expenditure of what we have, everything considered, looking at it from the broadest standpoint. It is not a good thing to save a nickel at the expenditure of twenty-five cents' worth of time.

Ben Shapiro

President Obama is one of the great political knife-fighters in modern history. He is a failed president - his economy is bleak, his foreign policy bleaker, his vision for American even bleaker still. But he wins.