“Because of their low earnings and family obligations, Latinas would not be putting much money into private investment accounts. An average Latina could wind up losing thousands of dollars under this proposal.” WindLosingLowsAccountsDollarsInvestmentAverageObligationEarningProposalLatina Author:Grace Napolitano
“Experience burned into me the conviction that access to education ought to be based on how much you are willing to learn and how hard you are willing to work, not on how many dollars your family has in their bank account.” HardWillingOughtAccountsDollarsConvictionAccessOur FamilyBurnedBank AccountsWilling To LearnAccess To Education Author:Dave Obey
“In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me, we'll put a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow, which is a hard thing to turn down.” PeopleSaidHardFactsFilmTurnsMillionsTvsTomorrowOffersProgramAccountsDollarsSeriesLots Of MoneyPackagesMillion DollarsHard ThingsBank Accounts Author:Roone Arledge
“If you're lucky enough to have a few hundred thousand dollars in the bank account, that should be sufficient for your own personal needs, and anything more than that you've got to put to good use.” IfsNeedsShouldEnoughUseThousandLuckyHundredAccountsDollarsSufficientBank AccountsPersonal Needs Author:Richard Branson
“There needs to be bolder thinking, ... on how to measure the quality of life of men and women in the work force. Currently, success is measured by material advancements. We need to readjust the definition of success to account for time outside of work and satisfaction of life, not just the dollars-and-cents bottom line.” ThinkingMenNeedsForceLinesQualityMaterialsMen And WomenAccountsDollarsBottomDefinitionsSatisfactionCentsBottom LineAdvancementQuality Of LifeDefinition Of SuccessSuccess Is MeasuredSuccess Is Measured By Author:Betty Friedan
“The most important thing in your life is your health and your body. You can have all the education and you can have millions of dollars in the bank, but if you've got headaches every day, if you're fat and you are out of shape - what good is your money? Your health account and your bank account, build them both up!” IfsImportantBodyLife IsMillionsShapesAccountsImportant ThingsDollarsYour BodyFatsHeadacheBank AccountsImportant Things In Your Life Author:Jack LaLanne
“A man who makes a one-dollar profit on his expense account is dishonest. A man who loses five cents on one is a damned fool.” MenLosesMoneyFiveFoolAccountsDollarsProfitExpensesCents Author:Gene Fowler
“The lobbying over China most favored nation trading status was disgusting. There's no way in hell that MFN would have passed in '95, '96, '97, '98, '99, 2000 if all these companies hadn't come in flooding and making campaign contributions and ask for people's support. That drove the debate. Every year was the allure of corporate dollars flooding into members' bank accounts.” PeopleIfsWayYearsAsksNationsCompanySupportHellMembersAccountsDollarsChinaCampaignsDebateCorporateContributionDisgustingTradingBank AccountsFloodingAllureLobbyingCampaign Contributions Author:Mark Shields
“[T]he rule of law does more than ensure freedom from high-handed action by rulers. It ensures justice between man and man however humble the one and however powerful the other. A man with five dollars in the bank can call to account the corporation with five billion dollars in assets-and the two will be heard as equals before the law.” MenDoeTwoActionLawJusticePowerfulFiveHeardAccountsDollarsHumbleBillionsCorporationsAssetsRulersRule Of Law Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958
“The problem the world faces today is that only one-third of the world's population lives in decent circumstances, while half the population of the world lives on one or two dollars a day. And even as we have this poverty and backwardness, we are facing a global environmental crisis. We need developmental models that will take into account the specific and unique position of each country and at the same time will address the environmental crisis.” WorldNeedsTwoCountryProblemTodayFacesHalfPovertyPositionCircumstancesUniqueModelsThirdsAccountsCrisisDollarsEnvironmentalPopulationDecentAddressesDevelopmentalWorld LifeEnvironmental Crisis Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“We all use cash in our everyday life, but we don't use hundred-dollar bills. We're not using 500-euro notes. And yet these account for mountains of cash out there. I think they're being used in tax evasion and by criminals of all types.” ThinkingUseUsedTypeMountainTaxesHundredAccountsBillsDollarsNotesEverydayCriminalsCashEveryday LifeEuroEvasionDollar BillsTax Evasion Author:Kenneth Rogoff
“An important Italian critic once gave Fistful of Dollars a very bad review when it came out. Then he went to the university here [Rome] with Once Upon a Time in America. We showed it to 10,000 students. And while the man was speaking that day to the students, with me present, he said, "I have to state one thing. When I gave that review about Sergio's films, I should have taken into account that on Sergio Leone's passport, there should not be written whether the nationality is Italian or anything else. What should be written is: 'Nationality: Cinema.' "” MenShouldSaidImportantStatesAmericaFilmTakenWrittenOne ThingStudentsHe ManShould HaveAccountsDollarsCriticsUniversityCinemaReviewsItalianRomeNationalityOnce Upon A TimePassportsBad ReviewsSergio Leone Author:Sergio Leone
“That's why Apple, Microsoft and the big information technology companies have kept so much money registered abroad (although in US dollar accounts with a nominal foreign address's owner). They pretend to make their global income in Ireland. They have an office, which could be simply a postal drop box in Ireland, and claim to make all their money there, not in America.” BigsAmericaCompanyTechnologyInformationOfficeAccountsClaimsDollarsBoxesIncomeApplesAddressesOwnersIrelandMicrosoftInformation Technology Author:Michael Hudson
“If I had a dollar for every time I smiled secretly having you in my mind I think my bank account would show up millions.” IfsThinkingMindShowsMillionsAccountsDollarsBank AccountsFlirty Author:Melville Elijah Stone
“The inspirational value of the space program is probably of far greater importance to education than any input of dollars... A whole generation is growing up which has been attracted to the hard disciplines of science and engineering by the romance of space.” Has BeensHardWholeInspirationRomanceScienceValuesSpaceEducationGrowing UpGreaterGrowingGenerationsDisciplineProgramAccountsImportanceDollarsEngineeringInputSpace Program Author:Arthur C. Clarke
“Maybe 23 cents doesn't sound like a lot to someone with a Swiss bank account, Cayman Island Investments and an IRA worth tens of millions of dollars. But Governor Romney, when we lose 23 cents every hour, every day, every paycheck, every job, over our entire lives, what we lose can't just be measured in dollars.” JobsSoundHoursLosesMillionsAccountsDollarsInvestmentIslandsCentsGovernorsBadassRomneyPaychecksBank AccountsSwissIraGovernor RomneyCayman Islands Author:Lilly Ledbetter