“There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate the risks, want to do too little. And it ultimately gets away from them, and they end up spending more money, causing much more damage to the economy.” WantLittlesLongEndsGovernmentWaitingEconomyRiskLessonsCrisisFinancialSpendingDamageGet AwayMore MoneyUnderestimateFinancial Crisis Author:Timothy Geithner
“Energy apparently increases with the amount of work to be done. When nothing of burning urgency is waiting, it decreases much sooner. Heaven seems to understand such economy.” DoneSeemsEnergyHeavenWaitingEconomyAmountIncreaseBurningUrgencyDecreaseWork To Be Done Author:Edith Stein
“The record-breaking extreme weather events causing chaos across the globe should be a wake-up call. The transition to a low-carbon economy will be much more painful if we wait until there is a climate crisis before recognising that more than half of the world's fossil fuel reserves will have to remain in the ground.” IfsWorldShouldWaitingBusinessHalfEconomyRecordsEventsLowsWake UpCrisisClimateChaosPainfulExtremesWeatherFuelTransitionReservesGlobesCarbonFossilsFossil FuelWake Up CallExtreme WeatherRecords Breaking Author:Christiana Figueres
“Our new immigrants must be part of our one America. After all, they're revitalizing our cities, they're energizing our culture, they're building up our economy. We have a responsibility to make them welcome here, and they have a responsibility to enter the mainstream of American life. That means learning English and learning about our democratic system of government. There are now long waiting lines of immigrants that are trying to do just that. Therefore, our budget significantly expands our efforts to help them meet their responsibility. I hope you will support it.” TryingMeanLongHelpingGovernmentAmericaCultureWaitingLinesEffortCitiesResponsibilitySupportEconomyBuildingDemocraticWelcomeBudgetsImmigrantsMainstreamAmerican LifeBuilding UpSystems Of GovernmentEnergizingLearning English Author:William J. Clinton
“With their endless vacations and pint-sized workweeks, Europe can't produce enough of anything - including more Europeans - to save themselves from doom. So the French and Germans have only one realistic strategy when it comes to revitalizing their comatose economies: Wait for the U.S. economy to rise high enough to float their petits bateaux.” EnoughWaitingEconomyProduceEuropeStrategyIncludingEndlessRealisticVacationFloatsDoomPintsComatose Author:Denis Boyles
“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.” IfsFactsMovingGuyFoundWaitingPerfectBusinessEconomyFiveCrazyRegretPercentPersonal GrowthSeventiesNever RegretI Never Regret Author:Lee Iacocca