“A price decline is of no real importance to the bona fide investor unless it is either very substantial say, more than a third from cost or unless it reflects a known deterioration of consequence in the company's position. In a well-defined bear market many sound common stocks sell temporarily at extraordinary low prices. It is possible that the investor may then have a paper loss of fully 50 per cent on some of his holdings, without any convincing indication that the underlying values have been permanently affected.” WellsMayHas BeensRealValuesSoundLossCommonCompanyKnownPositionBearsCostPaperLowsConsequenceThirdsImportanceSellsExtraordinaryDefinedAffectedInvestorsDeclineCentsConvincingIndicationDeterioration Author:Benjamin Graham
“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
“We believe that our truly urgent need is to make our nation secure, our economy strong and our dollar sound. For every American this matter of the sound dollar is crucial. Without a sound dollar, every American family would face a renewal of inflation, an ever-increasing cost of living, the withering away of savings and life insurance policies.” NeedsBelieveMatterFacesStrongNationsSoundEconomySecurityPolicyCostDollarsSecureSavingCrucialInflationRenewalUrgentSavingsAmerican FamilyWitheringCost Of LivingInsurance PolicyLife Insurance Policy Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“I want the kind of readers who remain children at any cost. I can tell them at a glance: loyalty to that first enchantment guards better than any cosmetic; than any diet, against the insults of age. But alas for such readers, who would huddle safe and sound in the asylum of their credulous enchantment as if in the womb-our enervating century offends them by its chaos, its fidgets of light and space, the host of its excuses for dividing , for rending oneself from others and from oneself.” IfsWantFirstsKindChildrenI CanLightAgeSoundSpaceCenturyReaderCostSafeChaosOneselfExcuseLoyaltyDietsInsultHostGlancesAlasWombCosmeticsAsylumsEnchantmentDividingSafe And Sound Author:Jean Cocteau
“If you have a regulation that's going to save hundreds of thousands of lives annually and not cost very much, that sounds like a very good idea.” IfsIdeasSoundCostVery GoodGood IdeasRegulation Author:Cass Sunstein
“We need to tap into new issues. There's a way to resurrect the sound policies of our party, but also to look toward new issues - kitchen-table issues like the rising cost of education. I think that's a winning issue for Republicans.” ThinkingWayNeedsLooksWinningSoundPartyIssuesPolicyRepublicanCostTablesKitchenRisingKitchen TableCost Of Education Author:Andrea Tantaros
“You can think of the Health Impact Fund as a mechanism that would keep the benefits and burdens of pharmaceutical innovation for the affluent roughly as they are while massively reducing the burdens presently imposed upon the poor. This sounds like magic. But it really works because the current system is not Pareto efficient. It's a system that generates hundreds of billions of dollars in litigation costs and deadweight losses that HIF-registered medicines would sidestep. By avoiding these losses, the HIF reform can bring improvements all around - including for pharmaceutical innovators.” ThinkingSoundLossPoorMagicCostBenefitsInnovationImpactDollarsMedicineIncludingCurrentsBurdenBillionsImprovementReformFundMechanismEfficientAvoidingWeight LossReducingInnovatorsAffluentPharmaceutical Author:Thomas Pogge
“Politicians also have a love affair with the 'small business exemption.' Too much paperwork? Too heavy a burden? Not enough time? Just exempt small businesses from the rule. It sounds so pro-growth. Instead it's an admission that the costs of a regulation just can't be justified.” EnoughSoundGrowthToo MuchPoliticianCostAffairBurdenHeavyRegulationJustifiedSmall BusinessLove AffairEnough TimeAdmissionPaperworkExemptionNot Enough Time Author:John Sununu
“Ourchestra: So you haven't got a drum, just beat your belly. So I haven't got a horn-I'll play my nose. So we haven't any cymbals- We'll just slap our hands together, And though there may be orchestras That sound a little better With their fancy shiny instruments That cost an awful lot- Hey, we're making music twice as good By playing what we've got!” MayLittlesPlayHandsTogetherSoundHavensCostBeatsInstrumentsAwfulHeyNosesFancyBellyOrchestraHornsSlapCymbalsHands Together Author:Shel Silverstein