Quotes for All
Given the rest of the economic news, including the fact that GDP growth is positive, inflation is still low, jobless claims are still moving downward and temporary services are firming up, that means the recovery continues, and we hope it will continue in a more robust fashion. Elaine Chao
Because people of color will definitely, definitely become the power base in the Western Hemisphere. Edward James Olmos
I’m crazy about westerns. I need to do a western once in a while. It’s like you know, eating bread, eating pasta, drinking wine. It’s in my blood. I need it. Franco Nero
Britain is a textbook case of how growing inequality leads to economic crisis. The years before the crash were marked by a sharp rise in remortgaging and the growth of 0% balance transfer credit cards. By 2008 the UK had the highest ratio of household debt to GDP of any major economy. Frances O’Grady
I wanted to star in a western opposite Robert Redford. That was my plan for my life Dyan Cannon
All of our competitors around the world, every country is investing more in infrastructure as a percentage of their GDP than we are. And down the road our children and grandchildren will have to compete with that more and more. Douglas R Oberhelman
In the eighties and nineties, the innovation agenda was exclusively focused on enterprises. There was a time in which economic and social issues were seen as separate. Economy was producing wealth, society was spending. In the 21st century economy, this is not true anymore. Sectors like health, social services and education have a tendency to … Read more
I think we have a society which is spending more and more of its money on healthcare as a percent of GDP as a percent of a lot of things. I think that’s a measure of success. Dean Kamen
Pleasure becomes a value, a teleological end in itself. It’s probably more Western than U.S. per se. David Foster Wallace
You won’t be reading reviews of the dystopian sci-fi flick Aeon Flux in the papers today because it wasn’t screened for the press-and, given that it cost the GDP of a small country and that Charlize Theron and the director, Karyn Kusama, are critics’ darlings, this could mean but one thing: A stinker. A weapon … Read more