Economy Quotes

When we fight wars, money is no object. When we choose peace, we ration every penny.

The way of the consumerist culture is to spend so much energy chasing happiness that it has none left to be happy.

Regulations in an "Idea Economy" are restraints on innovation.

The right to "liberty" and "pursuit" of happiness is incompatible with a government that makes choices for you.

Centralization is an abomination! Decentralize everything! Leave nothing to the central planners.

I will feel no guilt on shutting my door to those who didn't listen.

Until you realize how easily it is for your mind to be manipulated, you remain the puppet of someone else's game.

Control over the production and distribution of oil is the decisive factor in defining who rules whom in the Middle East.

Politicians sre the same all over.They promise to build bridges, even where there are no rivers.

Having the understanding of God, God’s ambassadors are able to bring a country out of crisis, change politics, business and economy

All told, over the period 1932-1980, nearly half a century, the top federal income tax rate in the United States averaged 81 percent.

[Conventional wisdom] very heavily tends to reflect the preferences and the interests of the elite.

absolute equality not possible . what is possible, we can honour the qualities in each person .that would reduce this gap

Most of us fear change. Even when our minds say change is normal, our stomachs quiver at the prospect. But for strategists and managers today, there is no choice but to change.

Engage the whole community with a common purpose to build an innovative and sustainable enterprise.

The economists have us well along the way of the greatest mass extinction event in human history.

The land of easy mathematics where he who works adds up and he who retires subtracts.

Nature's design is fully economical. Human design follows this model when it minimizes information and maximizes understanding.

Peace is significant for any country that seeks prosperity, because it is easier to uplift the economy in a peaceful environment.

g*d wept, but that mattered little to an unbelieving age ... for there began to rise in America in 1876 a new capitalism & a new enslavement of labor" --w.e.b. dubois

*Prostitution* is a euphemism for rape incidents that the victim and the economy profits from.

When water fountains start charging to drink, then you know we have a problem.

If your expenditure brings you poverty, then you may call yourself a poor but the world will call you a fool.

All of society’s problems which could be solved by money, were caused by money.

Functional societies need algorithms which reward us for being of service to those who need it most. Instead we have algorithms which reward us for being of service to those who need it least

Where there is society, there is no need for charity.

A problem with global reasons cannot effectively be met with local measures.

If you don't have a whole lot of unsatisfied people, the economy stops dead, doesn't it?

Europe, the land of easy mathematics where he who works adds up and he who retires subtracts. The land where the economy gets to stagger all over the continent.

What will we be doing, when everything that can be done, can be done better by robots?

Let's stop kidding ourselves that Greek debt is the Euro's key problem. With Greece gone, who's next ?

If we ask the right questions, we can change the world with the right answers.

You don't need to chase wealth, just become a real entrepreneur and the world is your oyster.

We can't all be bakers or chefs. Many of us have modest ambitions. But we can all buy a piece of the pie.

Nothing is illegal so long as you correct it before the SEC catches it.

If economies collapse and lawlessness rules and resources are scarce, many people who claim with their mouths that they follow Jesus... will abandon him with their lives.

...distinction between growth and development. Aggregate growth in national economic indicators need not mean an improved life for the majority of the people.

Any factor that breeds polarization will worsen policy, and thus cause lower growth.

Electricity, shelter, and a safe place to sleep . . .trump the need to preserve your credit score, orpurchase a new gizmo.

Disease is the biggest money maker in our economy.

In rural and struggling Lexington, Virginia, Lee's new postwar home, one writer joked darkly dollars were so scarce that they had to be introduced to one another when they met on Main Street.

Bigotry hurts the economy, so the next time you want to blame minorities for your problems, first take a look in the mirror.

When the economy of a country is based fundamentally on the principles of truth and honesty, that nation experiences economic stability.

Just because the economy is down, doesn't mean that your spirit has to be down with it.

No nation has ever taxed itself into prosperity.

The Nigerian economy needs the world, and the world needs the Nigerian economy.

Every totalitarian Communist considered themselves as a Socialist first and foremost.

Without anarchy, there would be chaos.

When the vision of the U.S. government included guarding the rights of people but staying out of their way, America was an economic engine more powerful than anything the world had ever witnessed.

Why do people look to the government to fix the economy? It's mind-boggling.