“My concern about Barack Obama is he ran a campaign in 2008 where he said we're going to bring people together and solve big problems. And he specifically talked about the need to reach across the aisle and deal with issues like the economy, which was obviously the top issue in 2008. It has not happened.” PeopleNeedsSaidProblemBigsTogetherDealsEconomyIssuesHappenedConcernSolveCampaignsBarackRanBig ProblemsAisle Author:Rob Portman
“Technology has changed things, same as everywhere. But the economy has changed drastically. When Jamaica first won independence, our dollar was stronger than the U.S. dollar. Now ours is about 90 to one. That's had a big impact on crime and poverty.” FirstsBigsPovertyTechnologyEconomyCrimeChangedStrongerIndependenceImpactDollarsJamaicaBig Impact Author:Damian Marley
“In London - and forget those extra public pressures on politicians - the lovely old Sloane world of manor houses simply hasn't cut it since Big Bang in 1986, the point at which Mrs. Thatcher really started to achieve her ambition to make this country more like America - its ambition, economy, it's very tangible measures of success.” WorldCountryBigsAmericaHouseForgetEconomyCuttingAchievePoliticianAmbitionPressureLondonLovelyExtrasBangsTangibleMeasure Of SuccessMrs Thatcher Author:Peter York
“I think that is the fight that we have to wage if we're to save the middle class. And I do have doubts about whether Hillary Clinton or whether any Republican candidate out there is prepared to take on the big money interests who control so much of our economy and as a result of Citizens United, our political process as well.” IfsThinkingWellsBigsPoliticalFightingProcessInterestUnitedResultsClassEconomyDoubtMiddleCitizensRepublicanPreparedClintonCandidatesMiddle ClassCitizens United Author:Lindsey Graham
“But maybe because the dot-com world gives people positions at a younger age, and many women are prominent in this business, it will help change the view about who can run big companies.” PeopleWorldGivingHelpingBigsRunningAgeViewsCompanyEconomyPositionDotsProminentBig Companies Author:Christie Hefner
“As African economies boom and businesses are created, one of the big questions this growth raises is that of third-level education: how can Africa develop a knowledge infrastructure to rival that of the west, a sort of Harvard University in Africa?” BigsGrowthLevelsEconomyThirdsRaisesWestUniversityInfrastructureRivalsHarvardBig QuestionsHarvard University Author:Richard Attias
“I think the big challenge that we've got on education is making sure that from kindergarten or prekindergarten through your 14th or 15th year of school, or 16th year of school, or 20th year of school, that you are actually learning the kinds of skills that make you competitive and productive in a modern, technological economy.” ThinkingYearsKindBigsSchoolChallengesEconomyModernSkillsProductiveTechnologicalKindergartenBig Challenges Author:Barack Obama
“Look at the whole criminal correction game, which is a big piece of our economy. It's just an invention. Crime is being invented to put people to work.” PeopleLooksWholeBigsGamesEconomyPiecesCrimeCriminalsInventionCorrections Author:Jerry Brown
“Central bankers always try to avoid their last big mistake. So every time there's the threat of a contraction in the economy, they'll over stimulate the economy, by printing too much money. The result will be a rising roller coaster of inflation, with each high and low being higher than the preceding one.” TryingBigsLastsResultsMistakeEconomyToo MuchHigherLowsEconomicsThreatInvestingRisingInflationBankersPrintingRoller CoasterCoastersBig MistakeHighs And LowsContractions Author:Milton Friedman
“Populism is at its essence just determined focus on helping people be able to get out of the iron grip of the corporate power that is overwhelming our economy, our environment, energy, the media, government. One big difference between real populism and what the Tea Party thing is, is that real populists understand that government has become a subsidiary of corporations. So you can't say, let's get rid of government. You need to be saying let's take over government.” PeopleNeedsRealHelpingBigsGovernmentAbleEnergyDifferencesPartyEconomyEnvironmentFocusMediaEssenceDeterminedTeaCorporateCorporationsIronOverwhelmingHelping PeopleOur EnvironmentTea PartyPopulistPopulism Author:Jim Hightower
“There's a tolerance and this is a really big thing when it comes to really increasing the whole sense of getting something done and boosting the economy. Obviously not everything is going to be a bonanza, some things are going to be awful, but wouldn't it be great if we had a fantastic window dresser to do something with those windows on Fairfield green and those Victoria's Secret windows. I love girls in bras in panties, but these are just mannequins. Wouldn't it be great if some local artists got together and said, "Hey, Victoria's Secret, let's do something!" We need that.” IfsNeedsSaidDoneWholeBigsTogetherArtistGirlSecretEconomyWindowGreenToleranceLocalsAwfulHeyFantasticBig ThingsUnderwearVictoriaBrasPantiesDressersVictoria's Secret Author:Tina Weymouth
“The schemes to set up blacks in cleaning stores, gas stations, hamburger stands and fried-chicken franchises, all the low-profit, low-capital enterprises, will rivet the Black man to the least remunerative section of the economy forever. The best such prospects offer are the dissatisfactions of blue-collar life. The big money ain't in pumping rationed gas in an Amoco station leased in your very own name, but in having stock in Exxon.” MenWisdomBigsPoliticsNamesBlackEconomyForeverOffersLowsBlueProfitStoresLiberalismEnterpriseGasStationsChickensSchemesSectionsCleaningDissatisfactionCollarsProspectsHamburgersBlue CollarGas StationsFried Chicken Author:Louis O. Kelso
“Today it is difficult to find leaders who are independent of the forces that have brought us our problems: The Congress, the bureaucracy, the lobbyists, big business, and big labor.” ProblemWisdomBigsTodayPoliticsForceDifficultLeaderEconomyLaborIndependentCongressLiberalismBureaucracyBig BusinessLobbyists Author:Ronald Reagan
“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.” ThinkingKnowsSaidBigsEconomy Author:Jim Cramer
“During the socialist period, the government became too big. That created a crowding-out effect in the private economy, and it gave everybody the need to pay more taxes in order to finance this big government. We are against big government. We want a smaller and more efficient government.” WantNeedsBigsGovernmentOrderPayEconomyEffectsPeriodsTaxesFinanceEfficientSocialistBig Government Author:Antonis Samaras
“Oh, I'm all about small business. I think what we've learned from big business and big Wall Street is that unchecked greed and the creation of false value gets us all in trouble. If we look at the American economy, who's really creating value? It's the small businesses.” IfsThinkingLooksBigsValuesEconomyTroubleStreetsCreationWallCreatingGreedSmall BusinessBig BusinessAmerican EconomyCreating Value Author:Robert Herjavec
“I can see television much more easily than I can see features, because the economy and politics of making big, big features seems to me to be narrowing even from what it was.” I CanBigsSeemsEconomyTelevisionFeatures Author:William Gibson
“Student loan debt is crushing young people. And so they're not doing the things we would expect them to do. They're not moving out of their parents' homes in as big a numbers, they're not saving up money for down payments, they're not buying homes or cars or starting small businesses or doing any of the things that help move this economy forward.” PeopleHelpingHomeBigsMovingYoungParentNumbersEconomyCarStudentsStartingDebtSavingCrushBuyingSmall BusinessLoanPaymentStudent LoanMoving OutSaving UpParents HomeBuying A Home Author:Elizabeth Warren
“In his big victory speech last night, Senator Kerry said that he wanted to defeat George Bush and the 'economy of privilege.' Then he hugged his wife, Teresa, heir to the multi-million dollar Heinz food fortune.” SaidBigsWantedLastsNightMillionsEconomyWifeVictorySpeechDollarsFortuneDefeatPrivilegeSenatorsLast NightMillion DollarsHeirsTeresa Author:Jay Leno
“persons, with big wigs many of them and austere aspect, whom I take to be Professors of the Dismal Science… Coining “Dismal Science” as a nickname for Political Economy” PersonsBigsPoliticalEconomyAspectEconomicsProfessorsNicknamesWigsPolitical Economy Author:Thomas Carlyle
“We got into a recession because the global economy went into the recession and we're a big exporting nation.” BigsNationsEconomyRecessionsGlobal EconomyExporting Author:Stephen Harper
“It really gets me when the critics say I haven't done enough for the economy. I mean, look what I've done for the book publishing industry. You've heard some of the titles. 'Big Lies,' 'The Lies of George W. Bush,' 'The Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them.' I'd like to tell you I've read each of these books, but that'd be a lie.” LooksMeanBookDoneEnoughBigsLyingEconomyHeardHavensIndustryCriticsTitlesLiarsPublishingPublishing IndustryBook Publishing Author:George W. Bush
“Big efforts should be made to integrate Israel's Arab citizens into the fabric of the Israeli society and the Israeli economy. That's really the key to any further progress to do with the Palestinians beyond Israel's borders.” ShouldMadeBigsEffortEconomyProgressKeysCitizensIsraelBordersPalestinianFabricIsraeliIntegrating Author:Moshe Arens
“We need more expensive gasoline to change consumer behavior," Mr. Jackson said. Otherwise, Americans will continue to favor big vehicles, not matter what kind of fuel-economy standards the government imposes on auto makers. Four dollars a gallon, he added, "is a good start.” NeedsKindSaidMatterBigsGovernmentEnergyEconomyFourBehaviorStandardsTradeDollarsFavorsConsumersFuelExpensiveMakersVehicleCapsGasolineGallonsFuel Economy Author:Michael J. Jackson
“We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take away our freedom. And we must always protect the environment in a manner consistent with our values” TryingHandsBigsGovernmentValuesEconomyEnvironmentProtectConsistentBig GovernmentProtect The EnvironmentOverreaching Author:Steve Forbes
“And as a Member of this body, I believe firmly that States do have rights, and I believe that local communities have rights, and they have made decisions to allow these businesses to prosper as they are a big part of their economy.” BelieveMadeStatesBodyBigsI BelieveCommunityDecisionEconomyRightsMembersLocalsLocal Community Author:Jon Porter
“Populism is not a style, it's a people's rebellion against the iron grip that big corporations have on our country - including our economy, government, media, and environment.” PeopleCountryBigsGovernmentEconomyEnvironmentMediaStyleIncludingOur CountryCorporationsIronRebellionPopulismBig Corporations Author:Jim Hightower
“Later, at Stanford University, I thought I'd become a lawyer or businessman, but my father came to me and said he thought there was a big future in the fine-wine business.” SaidBigsFatherEconomyFineWineUniversityLawyerBusinessmanStanfordFine WineStanford University Author:Robert Mondavi
“Cars are the most central thing in America, in a lot of ways. They've probably influenced the way we live more than anything else, and yet every really big problem - whether it's the environment or who dictates the international economy because of oil - is all tied to cars. Ultimately, cars are bad for civilization. I don't know if they'll end us.” IfsKnowsWayEndsProblemBigsAmericaEconomyEnvironmentCarCivilizationInternationalOilTiedBig Problems Author:Chuck Klosterman
“The larger an English industry was, the more likely it was to go bankrupt, because the English were not naturally corporate people; they disliked working for others and they seemed to resent taking orders. On the whole, directors were treated absurdly well, and workers badly, and most industries were weakened by class suspicion and false economies and cynicism. But the same qualities that made English people seem stubborn and secretive made them, face to face, reliable and true to their word. I thought: The English do small things well and big things badly.” PeopleWellsMadeWholeBigsSeemsFacesOrderQualityClassEconomyIndustryDirectorsWorkersTreatedCorporateCynicismSuspicionStubbornBig ThingsSmall ThingsFace To FaceResentSecretive Book:The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain Source: The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain
“I am not a believer in large salaries. I hold that every man should be paid for personal production. Our big men at Bethlehem seldom get salaries of over one hundred dollars a week; but all of them receive bonuses computed entirely on the efficiencies and the economies registered in their departments.” MenShouldBigsEconomyWeekHundredPaidDollarsProductionsBelieverEvery ManDepartmentEfficiencySalaryBonusBethlehem Book:Succeeding With What You Have Source: Succeeding With What You Have
“Having taxed the economy so hard, it has created a big depression. So we have to create a tax system that could really help growth and investment that is the first thing.” FirstsHardHelpingBigsGrowthEconomyTaxesInvestmentTax System Author:Eva Kaili