“I find man utterly unaware of what his wealth is or his fundamental capability is. He says time and again, "We can't afford it." For instance, we are saying now that we can't afford to do anything about pollution but after the costs of not doing something about pollution have multiplied many fold beyond what it would cost to correct it now, we will spend many fold what it would cost us now to correct it.” MenWealthCostFundamentalsEnvironmentalInstanceCapabilityPollutionFolds Book:World Game Series: Document 1 Source: World Game Series: Document 1
“Everything is important, but there is a weight to these big or expected things and then there is the logistics of them and it's trying to find, while you worry about for instance the ballroom scene, how do you get 500 people to go to the loo in corsets and don't cost you an hour and how do you remember while you're organizing all that to take a breath and say, 'Well the scene is about all of that and it's about Prince hand on the small of Cinderella back as well' and we need time to do that properly as well.” PeopleNeedsTryingWellsImportantHandsBigsRememberHoursWorrySceneCostWeightBreathsExpectedInstanceTime Of NeedBallroomLogisticsCorsets Author:Kenneth Branagh
“For instance, one of the costs of the war is that soldiers today get very seriously injured but stay alive, and we can keep them alive but at an enormous price.” WarTodayAliveCostSoldierEnormousInstanceInjuredStaying Alive Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“You could increase farmworker wages significantly and not change the price to the consumer at all - for instance, if you redistribute how revenue is paid out across the food chain. Labor costs, particularly farm labor, is a tiny portion of the price we pay at the supermarket.” IfsPayCostLaborIncreasePaidTinyInstanceChainsConsumersFarmsPortionsWagesRevenueSupermarketsFood Chain Author:Anna Lappe
“In most instances, at all costs, do NOT check a bag. Especially during the holiday season. You have more flexibility to switch flights, switch airlines or even leave the airport and get a rental car to drive to your next destination. If the airline has your bag, they also have you.” IfsNextCarCostSeasonsChecksFlightInstanceHolidayBagsDestinationFlexibilityAirportsAirlineHoliday SeasonCar Rental Author:Beth Mowins
“Let's take energy, for instance. I understand that in some industries, the input cost of energy is a major factor in whether an industry is going to locate in the United States or go elsewhere. So, when, at Bain Capital, we started a new steel company called Steel Dynamics in Indiana, the cost of energy was a very important factor to the success of that enterprise.” ImportantStatesEnergyUnitedCompanyUnited StatesIndustryCostMajorsFactorsInstanceEnterpriseElsewhereSteelInputDynamicsIndiana Author:Mitt Romney
“Clearly, there needs to be an increase in the capacity of the railway system. That's why there are these projections of increasing the capacity to carry freight on the railways by 30% over the next five years or so, because the volume of goods moved up and down, imports, exports, and within the country, has grown much larger than the capacity. And this is part of the higher costs to business, because charges, for instance, at the ports become too high and they put up the prices of these goods, whether they are imports or exports. You want to reduce that.” WantNeedsYearsCountryNextFiveHigherCostCapacityIncreaseMovedInstanceFive YearsGoodsVolumeUp And DownProjectionPortImportsRailway Author:Thabo Mbeki