“Of course, ISIS is a terrible organization that has to be defeated. And, of course, we need a strong military. But just as with every other agency of government, you know what, the military also has got to get rid of waste and fraud and cost overruns.” KnowsNeedsGovernmentCoursesStrongMilitaryTerribleCostWasteOrganizationAgencyFraudDefeatedIsis Author:Hillary Clinton
“New management at Nine has launched a concerted attack on its cost base in order to restore margins through eliminating waste, improving efficiency and lowering programming costs.” OrderCostWasteManagementNineProgrammingEfficiencyImprovingMarginsEliminating Author:James Packer
“Vague promises of savings from cutting waste, enhancing prevention and wellness, installing electronic medical records and improving quality are merely ‘lipstick’ cost control, more for show and public relations than for true change... Savings will require changing how doctors think about their patients: Doctors take the Hippocratic Oath too seriously, “as an imperative to do everything for the patient regardless of the cost or effects on others.” ThinkingShowsQualityRecordsCuttingEffectsPromiseCostWasteDoctorsRelationPatientMedicalSavingWellnessVagueImprovingImperativesSavingsOathLipstickPublic RelationsPreventionMedical Records Author:Ezekiel Emanuel
“All life produces waste. The act of living produces costs, hazards and disposal questions, and so the (Environment) Ministry has found itself in the center of all life, mitigating, guiding and policing the detritus of the average person along with investigating the infractions of the greedy and short-sighted, the ones who wish to make quick profits and trade on others' lives for it.” PersonsFoundWishEnvironmentProduceCostWasteTradeAverageProfitMinistryGreedyHazardsAverage PersonInvestigatingShort Sighted Book:The Windup Girl Source: The Windup Girl
“The news media reported the $250 million as an unthinkably huge waste of money and proclaimed that something was wrong with NASA. The result was an investigation and a congressional hearing. Not to defend failure, but $250 million is not much more than the cost to produce Kevin Costner's film flop Waterworld.” FilmResultsMillionsMediaProduceHugeCostWasteNewsHearingExplorationInvestigationSpace ExplorationNasaKevinNews Media Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Assuming that a tax increase is necessary, it is clearly preferable to impose the additional cost on land by increasing the land tax, rather than to increase the wage tax - the two alternatives open to the City (of Pittsburgh). It is the use and occupancy of property that creates the need for the municipal services that appear as the largest item in the budget - fire and police protection, waste removal, and public works. The average increase in tax bills of city residents will be about twice as great with wage tax increase than with a land tax increase.” NeedsTwoUseCitiesFireLandCostTaxesWasteIncreasePoliceBillsAssumingPropertyAverageProtectionAlternativesBudgetsItemsResidentsRemovalPittsburghTax IncreasesPolice Protection Author:Herbert Simon
“Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacity for waste and destruction demonstrated. But it affords a feeling of spiritual rectitude at little or no cost.” LittlesFeelingsSpiritualCostWasteCapacityDestructionLiberalismRectitude Book:The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture Source: The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture
“None of the pictures I take a risk in cost a lot, so it doesn't take much for them to turn a profit. We don't deal in big budgets. We know what we want and we shoot it and we don't waste anything. I never understand these films that cost twenty, thirty million dollars when they could be made for half that. Maybe it's because no one cares. We care.” KnowsWantMadeBigsCareFilmTurnsDealsHalfMillionsRiskCostWasteTwentiesDollarsProfitBudgetsThirtyMillion DollarsNo One Cares Author:Clint Eastwood
“The primary source of waste in government is that legislators are often under heavy pressure to vote for projects that will benefit their campaign contributors, even when those projects fail a simple cost-benefit test. But with the Supreme Court showing little interest in permitting tighter rules on campaign contributions in recent years, there is little reason to be optimistic that we'll start curbing this kind of waste any time soon.” YearsKindLittlesReasonGovernmentInterestSimpleFailingSourceCostWasteBenefitsProjectsTestsVotePressureCourtHeavyCampaignsSupremeOptimisticPrimariesContributionSupreme CourtLegislatorsBeing OptimisticContributorsPrimary SourceCampaign Contributions Author:Robert H. Frank
“No one could argue with a straight face that the couples getting married today are much happier just because their wedding celebrations cost three times as much as those in 1980. Bigger mansions and costlier parties are wasteful in the same sense that larger antlers on all bull elk are wasteful. The good news is that simple changes in the tax system can eliminate much of this waste without having to deny people the right to decide for themselves how best to spend their money.” PeopleTodayFacesThreeSimplePartyCoupleCostTaxesWasteMarriedNewsBiggerDenyArguingCelebrationGood NewsThree TimesBullsGetting MarriedMansionsTax SystemStraight FaceElkAntlers Author:Robert H. Frank
“The Australian Government's decision to take on the dominant funding role for the entire public hospital system is designed to: end the blame game; eliminate waste; and to shoulder the funding burden of the rapidly rising health costs of the future.” EndsGovernmentGamesDecisionRolesCostWasteBlameBurdenShouldersRisingHospitalsDominantFundingAustralianBlame Game Author:Kevin Rudd
“Newspapers are technologically obsolete. In the days of instant electronic communications, its crazy to have to print these newspapers at a central plant and deliver them by truck. They're the biggest problem with our solid-waste disposal. And the news you get is a day old. You can get it off the Internet instantaneously for a fraction of the cost.” ProblemCrazyCommunicationInternetCostWasteNewsPlantNewspapersInstantPrintTruckFractionsObsoleteOld YouElectronic CommunicationSolid WasteWaste Disposal Author:Ted Turner
“For 50 years, nuclear power stations have produced three products which only a lunatic could want: bomb-explosive plutonium, lethal radioactive waste and electricity so dear it has to be heavily subsidised. They leave to future generations the task, and most of the cost, of making safe sites that have been polluted half-way to eternity.” WayWantYearsHas BeensThreeHalfGenerationsProductsCostSafeWasteTasksEternityDearNuclearBombsStationsSiteElectricityFuture GenerationLunaticExplosivesNuclear PowerHalf WayPlutoniumNuclear WasteRadioactive Waste Author:James Buchan
“There is a warning. The path of God-exalting joy will cost you your life. Jesus said, “Whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.” In other words, it is better to lose your life than to waste it. If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full. This is not a book about how to avoid a wounded life, but how to avoid a wasted life. Some of you will die in the service of Christ. That will not be a tragedy. Treasuring life above Christ is a tragedy.” IfsSaidBookHardJoyDiesJesusChristLosesPathRiskCostWasteTragedySakeGladWarningWoundedWasted Life Author:John Piper