“It is your mind that matters economically, as much or more than your mouth or hands. In the long run, the most important economic effect of population size and growth is the contribution of additional people to our stock of useful knowledge. And this contribution is large enough in the long run to overcome all the costs of population growth.” PeopleMindLongImportantMatterEnoughHandsRunningGrowthKnowledgeEconomicEffectsCostMouthsEconomicsOvercomingSizePopulationIntellectContributionLong RunsSmart PeopleKnowledge Is PowerPopulation GrowthUseful Knowledge Author:Julian Simon
“John Kerry reportedly flew in his private hairdresser before his "Meet the Press" interview for a total cost of $1,000. That's $1,000 for a haircut, which sounds like a lot, but have you seen the size of Kerry's head.” SoundCostPressesSizeInterviewsFlewHaircutsJohn KerryHairdresser Author:Jay Leno
“The worst thing the federal government could do is to increase the size, reach and cost of government. If government failed in its response to the hurricane, the answer is not more inefficient government.” IfsGovernmentAnswersWorstCostIncreaseResponseSizeWorst ThingsFederal GovernmentHurricanes Author:Cal Thomas
“If I'm shooting actually a live-action movie and I feel like I can get the shots that I need with the existing 3D cameras, then I see there is no reason to not use those-to not shoot it in 3D. But there are limitations to the 3D cameras in terms of the amount of them, in terms of the size of them, in terms of where you can actually shoot them. There are definitely limitations so you have to weigh the costs. And you have to weigh also what ultimately what creatively you want to get.” IfsWantNeedsFeelsI CanReasonUseActionTermAmountCostShotsCamerasSizeLimitationShootingNo ReasonAction Movie Author:Neal H. Moritz
“Citizen journalism is rapidly emerging as an invaluable part of delivering the news. With the expansion of the Web and the ever-decreasing size and cost of camera phones and video cameras, the ability to commit acts of journalism is spreading to everyone.” AbilityCitizensCostNewsCamerasSizePhonesVideoCommitJournalismExpansionEmergingDeliveringInvaluableVideo CamerasCitizen Journalism Author:Arianna Huffington
“The president-elect [Donald Trump] has set a very aggressive agenda, and I think that repealing and replacing Obamacare with the kind of health care reform that'll lower the cost of health insurance without growing the size of government will be job one.” ThinkingKindGovernmentCareJobsPresidentGrowingTrumpCostSizeReformHealth CareAgendasAggressiveObamacareHealth Care ReformRepealingSize Of Government Author:Mike Pence
“The way Moore's Law occurs in computing is really unprecedented in other walks of life. If the Boeing 747 obeyed Moore's Law, it would travel a million miles an hour, it would be shrunken down in size, and a trip to New York would cost about five dollars. Those enormous changes just aren't part of our everyday experience.” IfsWayWould BeLawHoursWalksMillionsFiveNew YorkCostDollarsEverydaySizeMilesEnormousUnprecedentedComputingWalks Of LifeBoeingMoore's LawBoeing 747 Author:Nathan Myhrvold
“On the Internet, companies are scale businesses, characterized by high fixed costs and relatively low variable costs. You can be two sizes: You can be big, or you can be small. It's very hard to be medium. A lot of medium-sized companies had the financing rug pulled out from under them before they could get big.” TwoHardBigsCompanyInternetCostLowsSizeScalesMediumsFixedVariablesFinancing Author:Jeff Bezos