“Carl Icahn told me to stay away from airlines. In good times, the unions take away the profits, and in bad times, the cost of oil kills you.” CostUnionsProfitOilGood TimesAirlineBad Times Author:Mian Muhammad Mansha
“Thus a new way of finding fluidity will inevitably be imposed on management and labor alike. The profit-sharing, or "progress" sharing union contract is the only possible way of satisfying labor and the consumer without saddling industry with fixed costs that in depression periods can kill off marginal companies like flies.” WayWisdomPoliticsCompanyEconomyProgressIndustryPeriodsCostFindingsLaborManagementUnionsProfitConsumersFixedLiberalismContractsSatisfyingNew WaysFluidityProfit Sharing Author:John Chamberlain
“The most cost-effective move we could make in defense spending would be to shift the focus of CIA operations, giving this agency the directive to make trouble for the Soviet Union.” GivingWarWould BeMovingFocusTroubleColdCostUnionsSpendingDefenseOperationsAgencySovietCold WarSoviet UnionCiaDefense Spending Author:John P. Wheeler III
“I like the idea of there being times when even words cost so much you used them sparingly. I have known a lot of old men and women who talked as if they were paying Western Union by the word.” IfsMenIdeasUsedKnownCostMen And WomenUnionsWesternOld Man Book:The Wheeling Year: A Poet's Field Book Source: The Wheeling Year: A Poet's Field Book
“For a small open economy that trades mostly with the euro zone it makes absolute sense to be part of the currency union. Our currency has already pegged to the euro since 2002. We don't have an independent monetary policy. We are regulated by the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, but we are not able to reap all the profits. Our businesses want to save the transaction costs.” WantAbleEconomyPolicyCostAbsolutesIndependentTradeUnionsProfitZoneCurrencyReapMonetaryTransactionsEuroCentral BanksMonetary PolicyFrankfurt Author:Dalia Grybauskaite
“The European Union spends most of its time either suing me, torturing me, criticizing me or condemning me for lowering the cost of air travel all over Europe.” AirCostEuropeUnionsCriticizeEuropean UnionCondemningAir TravelSuing Author:Michael O'Leary
“Thirty-five states have Canada as their largest export market. Let's say we get into a trade war with the United States - hopefully not, but let's say. Many states in the union are going to have trouble and more costs getting their stuff up to Canada. If we make the border a little thicker in terms of tariffs, and hit back, that will start to impact the states, in particular large business interests that are in Canada. And that starts to put indirect pressure on the White House.” IfsLittlesWarStatesHouseStuffTermInterestWhiteUnitedUnited StatesFiveTroubleParticularCostPressureTradeImpactUnionsHopefullyBordersThirtyCanadaWhite HouseIndirectTariffsHopefully Not Author:Michael Kergin
“Make it a priority to have at least eight months of living costs set aside in a federally insured bank or credit union account.” MonthsCostAccountsUnionsEightCreditPrioritiesCredit Unions Author:Suze Orman
“The union movement has been the best middle class job creating program that America has ever had, and it doesn't cost the government a dime.” Has BeensGovernmentJobsAmericaClassMiddleMovementCostCreatingProgramUnionsMiddle ClassDimes Author:Andy Stern
“The lust of the flesh directs these desires [of personal union], however, to satisfaction of the body, often at the cost of a real and full communion of persons.” PersonsRealBodyDesireCostUnionsSatisfactionFleshLustCommunion Author:Pope John Paul II
“Be faithful, be vigilant, be untiring in your efforts to break every yoke, and let the oppressed go free. Come what may - cost what it may - inscribe on the banner which you unfurl to the breeze, as your religious and political motto - "NO COMPROMISE WITH SLAVERY! NO UNION WITH SLAVEHOLDERS” MayPoliticalReligiousEffortBreakCostSlaveryUnionsCompromiseFaithfulOppressedMottoBreezeBannerBeing FaithfulVigilantYokeNo CompromiseSlaveholders Author:William Lloyd Garrison