Economy Quotes
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It is of no small commendation to manage a little well. To live well in abundance is the praise of the estate, not of the person. I will study more how to give a good account of my little, than how to make it more. (Quote by - Joseph Hall)
Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny. (Quote by - Plutarch)
We judged that a sudden, disorderly failure of Bear would have brought with it unpredictable but severe consequences for the functioning of the broader financial system and the broader economy, with lower equity prices, further downward pressure on home values, and less access to credit for companies and households. (Quote by - Timothy Geithner)
Our economy is creating jobs and giving businesses the conditions they need to invest and succeed. (Quote by - Dennis Hastert)
I will continue to stay very focused on the economy. (Quote by - Donald Evans)
There is a state that is able to understand the demand in the economy. That state should use prices as an instrument for implementation of this understanding. (Quote by - Anatoly Chubais)
The success of our economy shouldn't determine the success of our schools. (Quote by - Bob Riley)
Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring it to our shores. (Quote by - Charles Caleb Colton)
The last thing they want is a revitalized economy now. I'm not saying the Democrats don't want a strong economy. Don't misunderstand. They just don't want it now. (Quote by - Rush Limbaugh)
The statists want to control the economy. (Quote by - Grover Norquist)
So now we are pushing economic reform, bank reform and enterprise reform. So we can finish that reform this year, in September or October. Then our economy may be much more, you know, normalized. (Quote by - Kim Dae Jung)
If commerce is the engine of our economy, then advertising is the spark. Responsible advertisers are the drivers who keep us on the right track, leading to a richer, more benevolent society. (Quote by - Brian Philcox)
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. (Quote by - Ronald Reagan)
In light of activists' global boycotts of war profiteers, globalization begins to look evitable. We reverse imperialist's sanctions with the people's sanctions. (Quote by - Arundhati Roy)
We have the most flexible and adaptive economy. Making sure we sustain the ability of the American economy to perform well is really the priority of economic policy. (Quote by - John W. Snow)
At the same time, Clinton was doing a lot things right, like the economy. (Quote by - Sidney Blumenthal)
Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee. (Quote by - Benjamin Franklin)
We've set aside tens of millions of acres of those northwestern forests for perpetuity. The unemployment rate has gone not up, but down. The economy has gone up. (Quote by - Bruce Babbitt)
Commerce is a game of skill which everyone cannot play and few can play well. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
People want economy and they will pay any price to get it. (Quote by - Lee Iacocca)
Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return. (Quote by - Josh Billings)
Now the truth is, a president really can't control the economy, although his policies do have some effect on it. (Quote by - Paul Weyrich)
I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy; about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge. (Quote by - Dave Matthews)
The study of economy usually shows us that the best time for purchase was last year. (Quote by - Woody Allen)
The American taxpayer should not be treated more shabbily than debtors from other nations and we should be encouraging other nations to help rebuild Iraq's economy. (Quote by - Hillary Clinton)
I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared. (Quote by - Thomas Jefferson)
Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship. (Quote by - Benjamin Franklin)
I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college. (Quote by - Hubert H. Humphrey)
A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. (Quote by - Milton Friedman)
And each of these perspectives comes to the same conclusion, which is that our global economy is out of control and performing contrary to basic principles of market economics. (Quote by - David Korten)
Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear. (Quote by - Douglas MacArthur)
What we've proven is that you can protect the environment, use it wisely and grow the economy and that there is no conflict between the two. (Quote by - Bruce Babbitt)
In the immediate postwar years, the whole of Europe was in a recession. So first of all, it helped us step out of a recession; it gave a certain amount of speed to the economy. But that was the first step. (Quote by - Giovanni Agnelli)
A weak currency is the sign of a weak economy, and a weak economy leads to a weak nation. (Quote by - Ross Perot)
Economy is a way of spending money without getting any pleasure out of it. (Quote by - Armand Salacrou)
After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.... Economy is always a guarantee of peace. (Quote by - Calvin Coolidge)
My claim is that we do not have a market economy, but a capitalist economy. (Quote by - David Korten)
It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear. (Quote by - Douglas MacArthur)
I think there's a lot of merit in an international economy and global markets, but they're not sufficient because markets don't look after social needs. (Quote by - George Soros)
Our view is that economic isolationism is the wrong way to go. Vibrant, successful growing economies that advance the interests of their citizens engage the global economy. And, we're committed to engaging the global economy. (Quote by - John W. Snow)
Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it. (Quote by - Christian Nestell Bovee)
I think in part the reason is that seeing an economy that is, in many ways, quite different from the one grows up in, helps crystallize issues: in one's own environment, one takes too much for granted, without asking why things are the way they are. (Quote by - Joseph E. Stiglitz)
The economy is a very sensitive organism. (Quote by - Hjalmar Schacht)
Any discrimination, like sharp turns in a road, becomes critical because of the tremendous speed at which we are traveling into the high-tech world of a service economy. (Quote by - Clarence Thomas)
We should be able to support our own economy within our own borders. (Quote by - Dennis Weaver)
There can be no economy where there is no efficiency. (Quote by - Beaconsfield)
Energy consumption matters both to our environment and our economy. (Quote by - John Baldacci)
Without economy none can be rich, and with it few will be poor. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)
Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings. (Quote by - Walter Lippmann)
The metropolis has always been the seat of the money economy. (Quote by - Georg Simmel)
Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow (Quote by - Calvin Coolidge)
The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy. (Quote by - Milton Friedman)
There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate the risks, want to do too little. And it ultimately gets away from them, and they end up spending more money, causing much more damage to the economy. (Quote by - Timothy Geithner)
I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95 percent of all working families, because, in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle class. (Quote by - Barack Obama)
It is clear that the economy has not gotten better for everyone. (Quote by - Jerry Costello)
The modern economy isn't about the redistribution of wealth, it's about the redistribution of time. (Quote by - Doug Coupland)
I hold it the duty of the executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditure, and a sparing economy is itself a great national source. (Quote by - Andrew Johnson)
Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance. (Quote by - John F. Kennedy)
Our choice of a reform framework dictated that we looked at the fundamental assumptions that had driven Nigeria's economy, society and policy hitherto and to seek ways of either abandoning or transcending those assumptions and their supporting institutions. (Quote by - Ibrahim Babangida)
Every economy is uncertain. Referring to this or any economy as "uncertain" is an unnecessary and pessimistic redundancy. (Quote by - Bo Bennett)
As you see the political problems are closely connected with the economical problems. With the help of politics, we will open the way for the economy and this is why all these problems are included in the program of the newly elected government. (Quote by - Ibrahim Rugova)
So in Asia I want to make - I want to succeed to make a model of what success, practicing democracy, and market economy. Then that will give a good influence over Asian countries. (Quote by - Kim Dae Jung)
The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of soon living beneath them; or as the Italian proverb says, "The man that lives by hope, will die by despair.". (Quote by - Joseph Addison)
The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy. (Quote by - John F. Kennedy)
If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow. (Quote by - George W. Bush)
People do not understand what a great revenue economy is. (Quote by - Marcus Tullius Cicero)
There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people. (Quote by - Toni Morrison)
Everybody is talking today about the economy. (Quote by - Joschka Fischer)
The global economy is in pretty good shape. (Quote by - John W. Snow)
Once we open the door to the plutonium economy, we expose ourselves to absolutely terrible, horrifying risks from these people. (Quote by - David R. Brower)
I don't imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I'm not an economist therefore I can't take decisions on matters of the economy; I'm not a soldier I can't take decisions on matters of defence; I'm not an educationist so I can't take decisions about education. (Quote by - Thabo Mbeki)
People are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does. That's what our economy does. (Quote by - Mitch Albom)
We're focused on doing the things that make the economy perform well, and as you do that, reduce deficits, for one, very important; secondly, keep growth rates high, very important. (Quote by - John W. Snow)
In art economy is always beauty. (Quote by - Henry James)
I believe that we must understand the economy of the situation. (Quote by - Minoru Yamasaki)
We are beginning a new era in our government. I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of a rigid economy and an inflexible determination not to enlarge the income beyond the real necessities of the government. (Quote by - Andrew Jackson)
The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. (Quote by - Ronald Reagan)
In turning from the smaller instruments in frequent use to the larger and more important machines, the economy arising from the increase of velocity becomes more striking. (Quote by - Charles Babbage)
You marvel at the economy and this choice of words. How many ways can you describe the sky and the moon? After Sylvia Plath, what can you say? (Quote by - Toni Morrison)
He who will not economize will have to agonize. (Quote by - Confucius)
There are no doubts that, the situation in the country today, indicates that there is much more work to do in the process of reforming the political economy and improving the quality of life of our people and communities. (Quote by - Ibrahim Babangida)
A successful economic development strategy must focus on improving the skills of the area's workforce, reducing the cost of doing business and making available the resources business needs to compete and thrive in today's global economy. (Quote by - Rod Blagojevich)
Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits. (Quote by - Hannah More)
As president, I will bring all the parties and stakeholders together. I am going to come up with a solution that respects the environment and does not cause an upheaval in the economy. (Quote by - Al Gore)
Women are the engine driving the growth in California's economy. Women make California's economy unique. (Quote by - Arnold Schwarzenegger)
The truth of good economic doctoring is to know the general principles, and to really know the specifics. To understand the context, and also, to understand that an economy may need some tender loving care, not just the so-called hard truths, if it's going to get by. (Quote by - Jeffrey Sachs)
It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy. (Quote by - Stephen Leacock)
Clinton took very tough decisions on the economy. (Quote by - Sidney Blumenthal)
The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures. (Quote by - Charles Babbage)
Today, our economy is about an economy of ideas. (Quote by - Patrick J. Kennedy)
Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire. (Quote by - Ludwig von Mises)
Economy is the basis of society. When the economy is stable, society develops. The ideal economy combines the spiritual and the material, and the best commodities to trade in are sincerity and love. (Quote by - Morihei Ueshiba)
The longer you wait, the less fun. If you wait until the bitter end, the whole economy can be destroyed. (Quote by - Jeffrey Sachs)
Today, our economy is divided: fifty percent is the public economy and fifty percent is the private economy that includes small companies employing from 4 to 200 workers. (Quote by - Ibrahim Rugova)
I sum up the prospects for 1967 in three short sentences. We are back on course. The ship is picking up speed. The economy is moving. Every seaman knows the command at such a moment: 'steady as she goes'. (Quote by - James Callaghan)
Well, I think the global economy is in the position for continuing good growth with inflation well in check. (Quote by - John W. Snow)
But clearly an economy that's growing and expanding like this one - and it certainly is doing that with high GDP output, employment numbers strong, capacity utilization strong - that's an environment in which the Fed needs to continually be alert to early signs of inflation. (Quote by - John W. Snow)
One of the very nice things about investing in the stock market is that you learn about all different aspects of the economy. It's your window into a very large world. (Quote by - Ron Chernow)
We were proposing, in a sense, that the rest of the world be made safe for American ideas, as they adopted intellectual property rights that gave patent protection to our very innovative economy. (Quote by - Jeffrey Sachs)
In the new economy, information, education, and motivation are everything. (Quote by - William J. Clinton)
A penny saved is two pence clear, A pin a day's a groat a year. (Quote by - Benjamin Franklin)
The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who is unwilling to throw away anything that might perhaps serve its turn. (Quote by - Graham Greene)
With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability. (Quote by - Barack Obama)
I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers ... We must make our choice between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the. (Quote by - Thomas Jefferson)
The love of economy is the root of all virtue. (Quote by - George Bernard Shaw)
To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke. (Quote by - Alvin Toffler)
The challenge as we saw in the Nigerian project was to restructure the economy decisively in the direction of a modern free market as an appropriate environment for cultivation of freedom and democracy and the natural emergence of a new social order. (Quote by - Ibrahim Babangida)
Cinema has become a global economy, totally international. (Quote by - Lasse Hallstrom)
Ere you consult your fancy, consult your purse. (Quote by - Benjamin Franklin)
There's plenty of juice to keep this economy going. (Quote by - Steve Forbes)
The world abhors closeness, and all but admires extravagance; yet a slack hand shows weakness, and a tight hand strength. (Quote by - Thomas Fowell Buxton)
Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality - an authoritarian determination of the status of each individual in the new hierarchical order. (Quote by - Friedrich August von Hayek)
I think a major cause of present Asian economic difficulties that mainly come from, you know, lack of market economy. (Quote by - Kim Dae Jung)
Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do. (Quote by - Clara Barton)
I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy. (Quote by - Garry Kasparov)
In today's knowledge-based economy, what you earn depends on what you learn. Jobs in the information technology sector, for example, pay 85 percent more than the private sector average. (Quote by - William J. Clinton)
And as a Member of this body, I believe firmly that States do have rights, and I believe that local communities have rights, and they have made decisions to allow these businesses to prosper as they are a big part of their economy. (Quote by - Jon Porter)
Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a sort of automatic machine, regulated by the balancing of competing interests. (Quote by - C. Wright Mills)
I think most people... would be glad to pay the same taxes they paid when Bill Clinton was president, if only they could have the same economy they had when Bill Clinton was president. (Quote by - Howard Dean)
The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money, not about what benefits the people. (Quote by - Ziggy Marley)
Today, the US spends less on defense as a percentage of our economy than we did at any time since he Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. For the world's only superpower, that is an invitation to very serious trouble. (Quote by - Steve Forbes)
An economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough revenue to balance our budget, just as it will never produce enough jobs or enough profits (Quote by - John Fitzgerald Kennedy)
The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons. (Quote by - Benjamin Netanyahu)
A dynamic economy begins with a good education. (Quote by - Bob Taft)
Let`s give the individual the space to grow, instead of the economy (Quote by - Loesje)
The fact is that the economy is really posed for the kind of recovery that people can see and understand. (Quote by - Al D'Amato)
Have more than thou showest,Speak less than thou knowest. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
We live in an information and knowledge-based economy. (Quote by - Bobby Scott)
The basic idea was that if a country would put its economy as an integrated piece of the world system, that it would benefit from that with economic growth. I concur with that basic view. (Quote by - Jeffrey Sachs)
Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago. (Quote by - Barack Obama)
Not exclusively, but the bulk of our local economy should be covered by local currencies, which is more efficient than having global currencies which lose connection with reality in the markets, shops and communities of the people. (Quote by - David Korten)
Nuclear power will help provide the electricity that our growing economy needs without increasing emissions. This is truly an environmentally responsible source of energy. (Quote by - Michael Burgess)
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy. (Quote by - Ronald Reagan)
A strong economy depends on a strong middle class, but George Bush has put the middle class in a hole, and John McCain has a plan to keep digging that hole with George Bush's shovel. (Quote by - Rahm Emanuel)
Remove advertising, disable a person or firm from proclaiming its wares and their merits, and the whole of society and of the economy is transformed. The enemies of advertising are the enemies of freedom. (Quote by - David Ogilvy)
There can be economy only where there is efficiency. (Quote by - Benjamin Disraeli)
Our nation's security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educational system. (Quote by - Ed Markey)
To compete in a global economy, our students must continue their education beyond high school. To make this expectation a reality, we must give students the tools they need to succeed, including the opportunity to take a college entrance exam. (Quote by - Jennifer Granholm)
But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance. (Quote by - Tadao Ando)
When we think of the state of the economy, we are not thinking in terms of money flow. We are thinking in terms of the effect on everyday lives of people. (Quote by - Daw Aung San Suu Kyi)
Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy. (Quote by - Edmund Burke)
The whole of the global economy is based on supplying the cravings of two per cent of the world's population. (Quote by - Bill Bryson)
The rest of the world needs the US economy and financial system to recover in order for it to revive. We remain at the center of global economic activity with financial and trade ties to every region of the globe. (Quote by - Timothy Geithner)
As the economy grows, so will the demand for energy. (Quote by - Cliff Stearns)
