Famous Quotes & Sayings

If I can do something with economics or I can be a musician, I think I will be a musician.

I can understand why they do it. It's a very economical and efficient way to operate.

I don't think the economic minister would have happened to be in Pittsburgh.

Mo Ibrahim

If economic progress is not translated into better quality of life and respect for citizens' rights, we will witness more Tahrir Squares in Africa.

I could fix all the houses in Price Hill and it wouldn't do any good unless the human infrastructure is in shape. People have got to want to live in the neighborhood. Nice parks, good schools, strong churches, diversity, economic development -- if you don't have those things in place, then I'm wasting my time.

Jacques Chirac

I am not prepared to accept the economics of a housewife.

Because of economic conditions, we have a big pool of qualified technicians.

But to get on real solid economic footing, it has to embrace the everyday sports fan. And if the only time the everyday fan gets exposed to hockey is with a scandal, that doesn't help.

But you have to come back to the fact that another good month is another good month. And that is good news for the economic recovery.

The Japanese economy will enjoy robust growth through 2006 led by the global economic boom.

The Japanese economy is improving. The outlook for the yen looks positive given Japan's economic backdrop.

The leading economic indicators suggest moderate growth into the fall.

The Leading Economic Index, however, rose sharply in three of the last four months. That could be a signal of a faster pace this spring.

The main figure doesn't look very strong, but taken as a whole the survey still points to a moderate economic recovery under way.

Nouriel Roubini

In the history of modern capitalism, crises are the norm, not the exception.

Eric Alterman

The ability of the 1 percent to buy politicians and regulators is nothing new in American politics - just as inequality has been a permanent part of our economic system. This is true of virtually all political and economic systems.

Ariel Sharon

The disengagement is the political and economic process that resulted in the growth in the economy in 2004 and the first half of 2005,

Donald Evans

America's economic recovery is now well underway thanks to the President's tax relief,

Donald Rumsfeld

All the elements -- counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency, economic development and counter-narcotics are an integral part of an final solution.

All the economics have gotten worse in the past five years. The process is going to be very painful.

All the good news about economic reports has already been discounted in share prices. The market is at quite a high level.

Hilaire Belloc

The power of the State must be invoked for restoring economic freedom just as it has been invoked for destroying economic freedom.

Johann Lamont

It's true across the U.K. that those who had least to do with causing the economic crisis are carrying the heaviest burden. That's unacceptable.

Omar Bongo

Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results.

The evidence is quite clear, it does help students from any economic strata.

Javier Solana

The EU remains willing to resume the negotiations we had with Tehran for a new political and economic relationship,

The equity market typically positions itself for economic recovery at the approximate mid-point of recession.

The coincident economic indicators have been rising moderately but steadily in recent months, suggesting the economy is sustaining a relatively moderate pace.

The film market is the economic engine of the festival, but the films remain its heart and soul.

Joan Robinson

The only thing worse than being exploited by capitalism is not being exploited by capitalism.

George Akerlof

Economic theorists, like French chefs in regard to food, have developed stylized models whose ingredients are limited by some unwritten rules. Just as traditional French cooking does not use seaweed or raw fish, so neoclassical models do not make assumptions derived from psychology, anthropology, or sociology. I disagree with any rules that limit the nature of the ingredients in economic models.

Joseph Stiglitz

Much of my work in this period was concerned with exploring the logic of economic models, but also with attempting to reconcile the models with every day observation.

John Maynard Keynes

Economics is a very dangerous science.