Quotes for All
When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him whose. There’s no evidence that more people with more skills would produce more jobs. There’s a great deal of evidence that they produce more competition for the jobs that exist, and in turn, drive down the cost of labour. Nothing pleases … Read more
There’s competitiveness in everything. In any job, I’m sure. I think there’s also this stereotype that women together are catty and competitive, which is just – nobody ever talks about men being catty or competitive. I don’t think that’s fair. Elle Fanning
Mediocre design provably wastes the world’s resources, corrupts the environment, affects international competitiveness. Design is important. Fred Brooks
Competitiveness is just as much a part of our nature as empathy. The ideal, in my view, is a democratic system with a social market economy, because it takes both tendencies into account. Frans de Waal
Energy is significantly underpriced in many parts of the world, leading to wasteful consumption, price volatility and fuel smuggling. It’s also undermining the competitiveness of renewables. Fatih Birol
There are a very few consistent, common threads among the most successful NFL quarterbacks. Most of them are intangibles, which you can’t measure with a physical test. You need leadership ability, competitiveness, drive, and will. You need focus, poise, and charisma. Drew Brees
Following the rise of the Labour Party it seemed reasonable, in 1927, to expect, or at least hope, that co-operation for the common good might gradually replace the competitiveness of capitalism. Dora Russell
The passion, the competitiveness, the swinging for the fences, it adds up. Donny Deutsch
When considering the stature of an athlete or for that matter any person, I set great store in certain qualities which I believe to be essential in addition to skill. They are that the person conducts his or her life with dignity, with integrity, courage, and perhaps most of all, with modesty. These virtues are … Read more
This is a sensible response to employer concerns that the minimum wage is starting to have a damaging impact on competitiveness. Digby Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham