Economy Quotes

I'm running for president, because as I go around this nation, I talk to a lot of people. And what I hear is people's concern that the economy we have is a rigged economy.

The economic freedom that made the U.S. economy the leader of the world has given way toa rigged, controlled, and regulated economy.

[Voters] are trying to make up their mind on who has a better plan for the economy, whose presidency would more positively impact my life?

One cannot find a healthy economy anywhere in the world that does not have a strong industrial base, period.

We've created over 200,000 jobs every month this year. Hasn't happened in 17 years. I guess my first question is, when do the Republicans stop calling it 'Obama's economy'?

Lyndon Johnson believed the poor deserved a better life than the economy was providing them. He thought private power and greed had to be checked by a vibrant democracy.

As state leaders, I think its important for us to provide our perspectives on issues we face every day - like access to school spending, access to health care and governing in a global economy.

A good day for Barack Obama is anytime the dominant topic of discussion is anything but the economy.

The only direction Obama has the economy moving is backward.

A government that seizes control of the economy for the good of the people ends up seizing control of the people for the good of the economy

We don't measure our people's success in how they're doing in government. We measure how they are doing in the real world and the private sector economy.

We live in an information and knowledge-based economy.

This is our chance to build a Britain where everyone benefits from the success of the economy.

So I'm definitely in favour of stimulating the dynamic wealth creation sectors of the economy.

Most scientists like to operate in the context of economy. If you don't need an explanatory principle, don't invoke it.

I do a few jokes about the economy but from an everyday person perspective. People like to laugh, and they especially like to laugh during difficult circumstances.

If printing money helped the economy, then counterfeiting should be legal

God never made something out of nothing; it is not in the economy or law by which the worlds were, are, or will exist

The United States is the only advanced economy with no paid parental leave for either mothers or fathers.

One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.

Economists don't seem to have noticed that the economy sits entirely within the ecology.

There is a central difference between the old and new economies: the old industrial economy was driven by economies of scale; the new information economy is driven by the economics of networks.

Obviously the Senate is a federal office, but to get California's economy moving again we need to do some things in the federal arena.

You know, Californians care about protecting their environment. So do I. But they also care about that in the context of a healthy economy.

The 'cash for clunkers' program was a big success in part because it gave people the sense that the economy was moving.

Perhaps the most important principle on which the economy of a manufacture depends, is the division of labour amongst the persons who perform the work.

An economy that adds value through information, ideas, and intelligence-the Three I Economy-offers a way out of the apparent clash between material growth and environmental resources.

In America, the first thing we have to get rid of is entitlements for the wealthy, and at the same time, open up the economy to the disadvantaged.

Corporate welfare, I think, is a disaster for this country. It's crippling our economy. It is contributing to a permanent underclass and corrupting the business community.

In today's competitive economy, to stand still is to die.

Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to gather fresh strength... It is wisdom to take occasional furlough. In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less.

There is no clear sign that the economy is turning the corner in a meaningful way.

There are people who just haven't done as well in a globalized economy.

Once you start thinking about growth of economy, it's hard to think about anything else.

A bad investment is going for quantity over quality. If you're trying to be careful with your wallet, especially with the economy right now, you have to choose staple pieces.

I'd guess that 80 percent of the people who work for Playboy are feminists.

The very first stock I bought right out of college was Berkshire Hathaway.

Some, but much of my money is tied up in Playboy stock.

A natural way that an economist approaches a problem is to say, here's where I think the economy is going; this is what we need to deal with the problem.

Recent research suggests that New Deal programs may actually have had their primary impact on the economy by influencing consumer and business expectations of future growth and inflation.

I think it's really important to realize that small businesses are often the portal for immigrants into the New York City economy.

By strengthening the economy, providing job opportunity and meeting the needs of working families, we can ensure the continued prosperity of our nation.

If you say "the economy," you show you're stupid. There's no such thing as the economy. There is not a unity between the forces of production and the relations of production.

The world has physical limits that we are already encountering, but our economy operates as if no physical limits exist.

Poetry is probably the last gift economy. Part of the negotiation is to understand that you're going to do something you really want to do, so you're going to take whatever life comes with that.

Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign.

This is official today. China has surpassed the U.S. and now has the No. 1 economy in the world. After hearing this, China's children asked, 'So now can we take a lunch break?'

The U.S. team has swept all the medals in the skeet shooting event. So despite our bad economy, it's nice to know our country has never been safer from an attack of skeets.

It's a good thing I was born in this century, when superfluous television seems to be part of the economy.

According to a recent survey, kids are receiving an average of 40 cents less from the tooth fairy. That's right, the economy is so bad that even make-believe people are feeling the pinch.