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“I served at a time when we had a strong economy, when we had deficits that we would die for today. I was able to propose a balanced budget, not over ten years, but over five years. I'm proud of that record.”

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Author:Rob Portman

“College today is an expensive option without a lot of economies of scale, right, when you go and live at a college. So you have a system that's increasing its cost base by probably five percent a year.”

Years Today Economy Five College Cost Percent Scales Expensive

Author:Gerald Chertavian

“A capitalist is someone who derives a substantial share of his income from his equity in producing companies. On this scale the figures are discouraging. Approximately ninety percent of the capital of this country is owned by five or less percent of the American people.”

People Country Wisdom Politics Company Economy Five Share Figures Percent Scales Income Liberalism Capitalist Equity Ninety Discouraging

Author:William F. Buckley, Jr.

“Kelso's proposals do promise to free us from our morbid dependency on economic health through armament manufacture; they promise a way out of the welfare mess, out of foodstamps and ship subsidies, out of perpetual inflation, and they suggest a means of doing these things without being too disruptive of the wealth of five percent of the population who own the rest of us.”

“Of the land which the Romans gained by conquest from their neighbours, part they sold publicly, and turned the remainder into common; this common land they assigned to such of the citizens as were poor and indigent, for which they were to pay only a small acknowledgment into the public treasury. But when the wealthy men began to offer larger rents, and drive the poorer people out, it was enacted by law that no person whatever should enjoy more than five hundred acres of ground.”

Source: Plutarch's Lives: The Translation Called Dryden's

“I come back to the same thing: We've got the greatest pipeline in the company's history in the next 12 months, and we've had the most amazing financial results possible over the last five years, and we're predicting being back at double-digit revenue growth in fiscal year '06.”

Years Lasts Next Growth Results Company Economy Five Months Financial Five Years Revenue Most Amazing Predicting Pipeline Last Five Years Financial Results

Author:Steve Ballmer

“So we believed that strategic alliances and partnerships were critical, and we did that for five years.”

Years Economy Five Critical Five Years Partnership Strategic Alliances

Author:Steve Case

“To make three guineas do the work of five.”

Three Economy Five Guinea

Book:The Works of Robert Burns: With His Life

Source: The Works of Robert Burns: With His Life

“I have always believed that this idea of having a nation go through this very painful five or six years of continuous recession with high unemployment would be detrimental for the economy and the society.”

Years Ideas Would Be Nations Economy Five Six Painful Unemployment Always Believe Recessions Detrimental

Author:Antonis Samaras

“I mean the whole economy just comes to a grinding halt. Competence in markets and in institutions, it's a lot like oxygen. When you have it, you don't even think about it. Indispensable. You can go years without thinking about it. When it's gone for five minutes, it's the only thing you think about. And the oxygen has been sucked out of the credit markets.”

Thinking Years Mean Has Beens Whole Economy Gone Five Minutes Institutions Credit Indispensable Oxygen Five Minutes Competence Halt

Author:Howard Warren Buffett

“There are 11 states in the United States that in the last 50 years instituted an income tax. So I looked at each of those 11 states over the last 50 years, and I took their current economic metrics and their metrics for the five years before they put in the progressive income tax... Every single state that introduced a progressive income tax has declined as an overall share of the U.S. economy.”

Years States Lasts United United States Economy Five Share Economic Taxes Currents Income Five Years Progressive Income Tax Metrics

Author:Arthur Laffer

“We have put our country on solid ground, but let me tell you: The next five years are much, much more important. The next five years are about turning the good news in our economy into a good life for you and your family.”

Life Years Important Country Next Economy Five News Let Me Our Country Our Family Five Years Good Life Good News Family Life

Author:David Cameron

“I came to Playboy not expecting to stay. But after five years, I found myself really enjoying the business world, and I realized I had some skill.”

World Years Found Enjoy Economy Five Skills I Realized Five Years Expecting Playboy Business World

Author:Christie Hefner

“I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually never regret it. It's the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy.”

Ifs Facts Moving Guy Found Waiting Perfect Business Economy Five Crazy Regret Percent Personal Growth Seventies Never Regret I Never Regret

Author:Lee Iacocca