“Republicans simply don't know how to manage the economy.” KnowsKnow HowEconomyRepublicanManage Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“If in the human economy, a squash in the field is worth more than a bushel of soil, that does not mean that food is more valuable than soil; it means simply that we do not know how to value the soil. In its complexity and its potential longevity, the soil exceeds our comprehension; we do not know how to place a just market value on it, and we will never learn how. Its value is inestimable; we must value it, beyond whatever price we put on it, by respecting it.” IfsKnowsHumansMeanDoeValuesKnow HowEconomyLandFieldsValuableComplexitySoilLongevityExceedComprehensionSquash Author:Wendell Berry
“In our time, in particular, there exists another form of ownership which is becoming no less important than land: the possession of know-how, technology and skill. The wealth of the industrialized nations is based much more on this kind of ownership than on natural resources.” KnowsKindImportantWisdomFormPoliticsNationsNaturalWealthTechnologyKnow HowEconomyLandParticularBecomingSkillsResourcesPossessionOur TimeLiberalismOwnershipNatural Resources Author:Pope John Paul II
“What we learned several years ago was that one of our weaknesses would be if we didn't develop enough people with the know-how to run our company, it would come to the point where we would just stop.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsEnoughWould BeRunningCompanyKnow HowEconomyWeaknessYears Ago Author:Kevin B. Rollins
“We know what we have to do. And we know how to do it. If we fail to convert our self-destructing economy into one that is environmentally sustainable, future generations will be overwhelmed by environmental degradation and social disintegration. Simply stated, if our generation does not turn things around, our children may not have the option of doing so.” IfsKnowsMayChildrenDoeSelfTurnsSocialKnow HowEconomyFailingGenerationsOur ChildrenEnvironmentalSustainabilityOverwhelmedFuture GenerationDegradationOur GenerationDisintegrationEnvironmental Degradation Author:Lester R. Brown
“I am willing to work with anybody who wants to have a serious conversation about our fiscal future. We're not going to do this under the threat of blowing up the entire economy. I will not negotiate over Congress' responsibility to pay the bills that have already been racked up. I don't know how I can be more clear about this.” KnowsWantI CanPayResponsibilityKnow HowEconomyClearWillingSeriousConversationBillsThreatCongressBlowing Up Author:Barack Obama
“It's a horrible economy but I'm trying to do my part. I just bought a new shower curtain it has all the presidents on it. Do you know how hard it is to masturbate with all the presidents staring at you? And when the water hits them it looks like they're crying.” KnowsTryingLooksHardPresidentWaterKnow HowEconomyCryHorribleStaringDo You KnowShowersCurtainsStaring At YouShower Curtains Author:Dave Attell
“Economists may not know how to run the economy, but they know how to create shortages or gluts simply by regulating prices below the market, or artificially supporting them from above.” KnowsMayRunningKnow HowEconomyEconomistShortage Author:Milton Friedman
“The capitalist system is not delivering those decade-after-decade increases it promised. We're not where we should be in terms of our national economies. We don't know how to get out of this malaise and I think we now have to consider more radical policies.” ThinkingKnowsShouldTermKnow HowEconomyPolicyIncreaseDecadesRadicalCapitalistDeliveringMalaiseNational Economy Author:Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell
“We in the Congress have a moral and constitutional obligation to protect the value of the dollar and to understand why it is so important to the economy that a central bank not be given the unbelievable power of inflating a currency at will and pretending that it knows how to fine-tune an economy through this counterfeit system of money.” KnowsImportantValuesGivenMoralKnow HowEconomyFineProtectDollarsCongressObligationTunesPretendingCurrencyUnbelievableCounterfeitCentral Banks Author:Ron Paul
“I found that with Rooney, her instincts in films was always to underplay and to sort of reduce down what was necessary to bring you in - a sense of economy, a sense of scale, which just seemed to understand the medium so well. When you see that in a younger actor, I always think it speaks to incredible knowledge. I can't exactly figure out where that comes from, that confidence to know how to be quiet.” ThinkingKnowsWellsI CanFilmActorsFoundSpeakKnow HowEconomyFiguresQuietInstinctIncrediblesScalesMediumsRooney Author:Todd Haynes