Will Rogers
Will Rogers
William Penn Adair "Will" Rogerswas an American cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, newspaper columnist, social commentator, and stage and motion picture actor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth4 November 1879
CountryUnited States of America
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It costs ten times more to govern that it used to, and we are not governed one-tenth as good.
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Commodities are a great investment during an inflationary period because increases in the price of raw materials reflect the rising costs of goods.
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With high costs to GM, Delphi and the UAW, a strike still looks unlikely, despite the potential for increased rhetoric over the next several weeks.
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Near term, risks associated with restructuring actions, an aging product portfolio in a hyper competitive environment, deteriorating market share, an over reliance on light trucks and fleet sales, and higher borrowing costs inhibit a return to peak profitability.
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Then we got another letter saying, 'OK, we're back in the business. Then we started going back to Lubbock. But then about a week later, around the end of the year, we were notified that they were sending out contract amendments that in our case was going to change our base price for an autopsy -- we had a contract that was only two months old at the time -- that they were going to raise those contract costs over 100 percent.
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The primary issues today's initiatives set out to resolve are still lingering -- legacy labor costs at GM and a possible supply disruption at Delphi.
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Although we believe GM can reduce capacity and structural costs over the long term, the company will emerge from restructuring with lower earnings power and operating leverage. With a lower dividend, the costs of investing in this longer-term restructuring story have increased dramatically.
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What's the matter with the world? Why, there ain't but one thing wrong with every one of us -- and that's selfishness.
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We changed with the times, so we can't blame the children for just joining the times without even having to change.
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The short memories of American voters is what keeps our politicians in office
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The whole thing about the women is, they lust to be misunderstood
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An economist is a man that can tell you . . . what can happen under any given condition, and his guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's too.
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Everything is funny as long as it is happening to someone else
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Say as little as possible while appearing to be awake.