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“If the helplessness and isolation of labour, who have nothing to sell but their labour, can be totally removed by connecting labour with capital through a universal credit system, we'll then have other kinds of actors on the economic scene different from what the existing capitalist world would allow us to bring out.”

Ifs World Kind Different Actors Politics Economy Economic Scene Universal Sells Credit Isolation Liberalism Labour Capitalist Connecting Helplessness

Author:Muhammad Yunus

“The essence of capitalism is expressed in two of its basic features: a) profit maximization and b) market competition. In their abstract formulations none of them was supposed to have anything conspiratorial against the poor. But in real life they turn out to be the "killers" of the poor - by making rich the richer and poor the poorer.”

Two Real Turns Politics Poor Economy Rich Capitalism Essence Competition Profit Real Life Features Abstract Liberalism Killers Profit Maximization

Author:Muhammad Yunus

“I assure this committee that, if I am confirmed, I will be strictly independent of all political influences... essential to that institution's ability to function effectively and achieve its mandated objectives.”

Ifs Political Ability Economy Influence Achieve Essentials Function Independent Institutions Objectives Committees Political Influence

Author:Ben Bernanke

“Our mission, as set forth by the Congress is a critical one: to preserve price stability, to foster maximum sustainable growth in output and employment, and to promote a stable and efficient financial system that serves all Americans well and fairly.”

Wells Growth Economy Financial Congress Missions Critical Employment Preserves Stability Efficient Stable Maximum Output Financial System Price Stability

Author:Ben Bernanke

“The risk exists that, with aggregate demand exhibiting considerable momentum, output could overshoot its sustainable path, leading ultimately in the absence of countervailing monetary policy action to further upward pressure on inflation.”

Action Economy Path Risk Policy Demand Pressure Absence Inflation Momentum Monetary Output Monetary Policy

Author:Ben Bernanke

“I put those people in place. I trusted them. I had no idea they would do anything like this.”

People Ideas Economy No Idea Trusted

Author:Bernard Ebbers

“Well, you have to understand where we came from. We are not here because we decided 10 years ago that we were going to be x-size company, and, oh, yeah, Jackson would be a good headquarters. We work here in Mississippi because we started here, and we are certainly happy here. Those of us working out of Jackson intend to continue working out of Jackson.”

Years Wells Would Be Company Economy Years Ago Decided Yeah Size Work Out Mississippi Headquarters Where We Came

Author:Bernard Ebbers

“I defend the right of almost everything to be published... because I think that you're better off in trusting the marketplace than allowing other people to make that decision.”

People Thinking Decision Economy Allowing Better Off Marketplace

Author:Christie Hefner

“I know what the attitudes of the readers are: These are guys who love women and respect women.”

Knows Guy Attitude Economy Reader Respect Women

Author:Christie Hefner

“It's important not to limit the amount of their own money that candidates can spend, but to give other people access to enough money to run competitive races.”

People Giving Important Enough Running Race Economy Amount Limits Access Candidates

Author:Christie Hefner

“We don't fight about money... I hate to see people fight about money.”

People Hate Fighting Economy I Hate

Author:Christie Hefner

“I read the book with interest, but when Jackson was a candidate in 1828 for the Presidency, I opposed him and voted for Adams. I favored a protective tariff.”

Book Interest Economy Candidates Presidency Protective Tariffs

Author:Ezra Cornell

“Right now we think that rates will stay low, that you'll be able to get a mortgage below seven percent and that's kicked off a refinance boom that's going to put more money in the pockets of consumers.”

Thinking Able Economy Right Now Lows Percent Seven Rate Consumers Pockets More Money Mortgage Refinance

Author:Franklin Raines

“That is - the reason for that is that home prices are only going to go up. Now, they've never gone down nationwide in our - since we've been keeping track of this.”

Reason Home Economy Gone Track

Author:Franklin Raines

“We are shrinking the size of the federal government as a percent of our economy from over 21 percent of the economy to 19 percent of the economy. At the same time, we're growing the private economy.”

Government Economy Growing Percent Size Federal Government Shrinking

Author:Franklin Raines

“Well, there are about 10 million children that aren't covered by health insurance. About 3 million qualify for Medicaid but don't get it, so we're going to reach out and bring more of those kids into the Medicaid program.”

Wells Children Kids Millions Economy Program Covered Reach Out Medicaid

Author:Franklin Raines

“We have indeed at the moment little cause for pride: as a profession we have made a mess of things.”

Littles Made Moments Causes Economy Pride Profession Mess

Author:Friedrich August von Hayek

“If the terrorists have the sympathy of people, it's much harder to find them. So we need people on our side, and that leads us to be responsible leaders of the world, show some concern with the problems.”

People Ifs World Needs Shows Problem Sides Leader Economy Concern Harder Responsible Terrorist Being Responsible

Author:George Soros

“But why shouldn't I speak out? Don't you speak out in this country?”

Country Speak Economy Speaks Out

Author:George Steinbrenner

“I will never have a heart attack. I give them.”

Giving Heart Economy Heart Attack

Author:George Steinbrenner

“I'm really 95 percent Mr. Rogers, and only 5 percent Oscar the Grouch.'”

Economy Percent Oscars Roger Grouches

Author:George Steinbrenner

“In the end, I'll put my good acts up against those of anybody in this country. Anybody.”

Ends Country Economy

Author:George Steinbrenner

“Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.”

Sports Economy Athlete Ruth Greatest Athlete

Author:George Steinbrenner

“I could only speak in the smallest, most intimate circles about the real reasons which made me undertake the changeover of the plants for certain lines of production for I had to expect that many people would not understand me.”

People Made Real Reason Certain Speak Lines Economy Plant Productions Circles Intimate Smallest Understand Me

Author:Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

“Our thoughts fly therefore by themselves in this festive hour of our plant community, to the man whom we thank for the ressurection of our Nation: Adolf Hitler, the patron of German labour and German art.”

Men Art Nations Community Hours Economy He Man Plant Labour Our Thoughts Patron Festive

Author:Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

“Through years of secret work, scientific and basic ground work was laid, in order to be ready again to work the German Armed Forces at the appointed hour, without loss of time or experience.”

Years Order Force Hours Loss Secret Economy Ready Through The Years Armed Forces

Author:Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

“Unanimously we will confess and pledge ourselves to stand behind the Fuehrer and his movement today and forever and thereby to be of service to the idea of eternal Germany.”

Ideas Today Behinds Economy Forever Movement Eternal Germany Pledge

Author:Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

“We are all proud of having thus contributed to the heretofore magnificent successes of our army.”

Economy Proud Army Magnificent

Author:Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

“First, this isn't about telecommuting, because we still have offices that people will come to regularly when they need to brainstorm together, meet with clients, or do research in the library.”

People Needs Firsts Stills Together Economy Office Research Library Clients

Author:Jay Chiat

“If you really think about it, when watching television, you have product placement all the time.”

Ifs Thinking Economy Television Products Watching Television Placement

Author:Jay Chiat

“One is that that's the way we started and we thought there would be more value and less confusion if the business model was just based on delivering news that's of value to Web sites.”

Ifs Way Would Be Values Economy News Models Confusion Site Delivering Business Models

Author:Jay Chiat

“Research we've done seems to indicate that people who are on the Net like the idea that they don't have to leave what they are reading to go buy something.”

People Ideas Done Seems Reading Economy Research

Author:Jay Chiat

“Second, we're spending a huge amount of money on technology so that everyone can check out laptops and portable phones. We're spending more money to write our existing information into databases or onto CD-ROM.”

Writing Technology Economy Information Huge Amount Phones Spending Checks More Money Cds Laptops Databases

Author:Jay Chiat

“We set up a beta site, a test site, with movie, music and book reviews. If you're reading them and you want to buy a book or a ticket for a movie that's reviewed on the site, you can do that without leaving our site.”

Ifs Want Book Reading Can Do Economy Tests Leaving Reviews Tickets Site Book Review Beta

Author:Jay Chiat

“Back in the mid-1980s, congressional hearings were held after we brought this litigation, and held up the first experiment. At that time, I went in front of Congress, along with the major agencies involved with this.”

Firsts Economy Fronts Involved Majors Congress Hearing Experiments Agency

Author:Jeremy Rifkin

“I know quite a few farmers all over the United States who have tried this and have said the opposite, that they have to use more herbicides, not less. The same holds true with BT.”

Knows Said States Use United United States Economy Opposites Farmers Herbicides

Author:Jeremy Rifkin

“So my attorneys brought litigation in the U.S. federal courts. The judge ruled in our favor.”

Economy Judging Court Favors Attorney

Author:Jeremy Rifkin

“What I'm suggesting to you is that this could be a renaissance. We may be on the cusp of a future which could provide a tremendous leap forward for humanity.”

May Humanity Economy Leap Renaissance Suggesting Cusp

Author:Jeremy Rifkin

“And, strangely, this one of the few things in life that the third, the latter, the buy with our eyes closed has actually done better than everybody else.”

Done Eye Economy Thirds Latter Things In Life

Author:Jim Cramer

“I am doing my best to find it. I will find it before the public finds it. I will get out of it before it's too late. The reason I will do that is because that's what I'm paid to do.”

Reason Economy Late Paid Too Late Before It's Too Late

Author:Jim Cramer

“I have never for a minute felt in was my stock picking abilities. I feel that my stock picking abilities aided- I was able to pick out which are the good stocks in the good market, but I have been blessed with a great market.”

Feels Has Beens Able Felt Ability Economy Minutes Picks Blessed

Author:Jim Cramer

“I think that stocks have been this tremendous, tremendous equalizer for people in this country. Guys who can't make a lot of money at their jobs have been able to make a lot of money in the stock market.”

People Thinking Has Beens Country Able Jobs Guy Economy Lots Of Money Equalizer Country Guys

Author:Jim Cramer

“I think that the public is in and the public is in big, and the public is not, I don't think going to pull out because the public knows what I said about 1987.”

Thinking Knows Said Bigs Economy

Author:Jim Cramer

“We typically hear numbers that there are 34 million households that are in stocks in some form. Well, I say that what's occurred is if you have a job in this country, you're in stocks.”

Ifs Wells Country Jobs Form Numbers Millions Economy Household

Author:Jim Cramer

“Well, he's just the same guy who in other aspects of his life would be very late to a trend.”

Wells Would Be Guy Economy Late Aspect Trends

Author:Jim Cramer

“What I'm saying is that there are bargains right now, there are stocks right now that if you're shrewd enough, you will be able to buy them at the opening today and I you'll make money in a year from now.”

Ifs Years Enough Today Able Economy Right Now Opening Making Money Bargains

Author:Jim Cramer

“Attending that Convention and talking with those people and many others convinced me that I should become a blogger in my efforts to reform the government and uphold the integrity of the Constitution and the laws made in furtherance thereof.”

People Should Made Government Law Effort Talking Economy Integrity Constitution Convinced Reform Conventions Attending Bloggers

Author:John Jay Hooker

“If you are a friend of the Constitution as I am, I hope you will consider engaging me in the topics of my posts whether you agree or disagree with my position on a particular subject.”

Ifs Economy Subjects Position Particular Constitution Agree Posts Disagree Topics Engaging

Author:John Jay Hooker

“The Constitution was written by 55 educated and highly intelligent men in Philadelphia in 1787, but it was written so that it could be understood by people of limited education and modest intelligence.”

People Men Economy Written Understood Constitution Intelligent Educated Modest Philadelphia Intelligent Man Highly Intelligent

Author:John Jay Hooker

“I have to take responsibility for anything that happened within its businesses.”

Responsibility Economy Happened Taking Responsibility

Author:Kenneth Lay

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