“Nothing about economic growth in the United States over the course of the past 40, 50 years, during which time this has been continually happening, would indicate that we are being harmed in an overall sense by this.” YearsHas BeensStatesPastCoursesGrowthUnitedUnited StatesEconomicHappeningsEconomic Growth Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“We're [with Donald Trump] working from Day 1, which will be [Monday, January 23 2017], the first full business day of the administration, to begin to roll back the unconstitutional executive orders and an avalanche of regulations that have been stifling growth and jobs in Indiana and across the economy.” FirstsHas BeensJobsOrderGrowthEconomyTrumpAdministrationExecutivesRegulationMondayJanuaryIndianaStiflingUnconstitutionalAvalanchesExecutive Orders Author:Mike Pence
“We identified various sectors of the economy, which we said were growth sectors. I have mentioned tourism. We said, for instance, agro-business. We grow a lot of food and fruit and things like that. It must be possible to process those.” SaidGrowsProcessGrowthEconomyFruitVariousInstanceTourism Author:Thabo Mbeki
“We raised the matter of an agreement that was reached at the Growth and Development Summit, which was that we should access a certain part, 5% was mentioned, of the funds in the hands of the institutional investors, domestically, for investment in the real economy. That being an agreement of the Growth and Development Summit, we will engage South African business to see how we can make that a practical thing. So, there is a different set of engagement with local business.” ShouldDifferentRealMatterHandsCertainGrowthEconomyDevelopmentInvestmentSouthRaisedAccessPracticalsLocalsAgreementFundInvestorsEngagementSouth AfricaSummitPractical ThingsLocal Business Author:Thabo Mbeki
“The problems that are arising at Johannesburg International Airport are because of the growth of volume, not because of inefficiencies at the Airport. But, the growth in movement of goods by air means that cargo capacity needs to be improved. And I am quite certain that we will do it.” NeedsMeanProblemCertainGrowthAirMovementCapacityInternationalGoodsVolumeAirportsInefficiencyCargoJohannesburg Author:Thabo Mbeki
“If you look at the Company Register, maybe that's what we should say to that business consultant or analyst. If you look at the Company Register with the Department of Trade and Industry, one of the remarkable things that you will see over the last few years is, in fact, the growth of small and medium business, many of whom depend on these services to succeed.” IfsShouldYearsLooksFactsLastsGrowthCompanyDependsIndustrySucceedTradeMediumsDepartmentRemarkableRegisterAnalystsConsultants Author:Thabo Mbeki
“If we look at everybody's darling, China, there is an analogue called Taiwan that is inhabited by the Chinese as well. But the standard of living and of innovation of the Taiwanese economy cannot be compared with the Chinese growth rate.” IfsWellsLooksGrowthEconomyStandardsInnovationRateChinaChineseDarlingStandards Of LivingTaiwanAnalogue Author:Garry Kasparov
“Decreasing economic growth and increasing inequality leads to increased uncertainty.” GrowthEconomicInequalityUncertaintyEconomic Growth Author:Nicholas Bloom
“I'd say the modern world has moved yet further away from me, and I don't think whether or not I am incarcerated has had much to say in this context. Living with your family changes you, for the better, and that would be the reason for the accelerated growth in the post-prison period, so to say.” ThinkingWorldReasonWould BeGrowthModernPeriodsMovedPrisonPostsOur FamilyModern World Author:Varg Vikernes
“My own growth is a part of a group evolution, definitely. It does feel as if the changes in the group are meant to be, and that I am not as much a catalyst, so to say, but rather a result of this.” IfsFeelsDoeGrowthMy OwnResultsGroupsEvolutionMeant To BeCatalyst Author:Varg Vikernes
“My own growth comes not (just) individually, but mainly as part of a greater change for the better.” GrowthMy OwnGreaterChange For The Better Author:Varg Vikernes
“During the [Barack] Obama presidency, the Dow doubled in real terms. What's more, its growth has been remarkably steady.” Has BeensRealGrowthTermBarackSteadyPresidency Author:Kevin Drum
“The only way an established enterprise can dramatically increase its stock price is by adding a net new high-growth earnings engine to its existing portfolio.” WayGrowthIncreaseEnterpriseEnginesEarningPortfoliosStock Price Author:Geoffrey Moore
“I'm very primitive in terms of economics. The kind of new business in which stock gets more valuable because the company grows, but there must be limits to growth. But if publishing is expanding to fill that retail space, it seems like there may be a necessary and unpleasant correction waiting down the road. How many books to people WANT?” PeopleIfsWantKindMayBookSeemsGrowsWaitingGrowthTermSpaceCompanyLimitsEconomicsValuablePrimitivePublishingExpandingCorrectionsDown The RoadRetailNew Business Author:William Gibson
“This is again, one of our pieces of our 200-pay plan, part of our very ambitious agenda. We really don`t think we can get the kind of economic growth we could - we had the potential to get without tax reform.” ThinkingKindGrowthPayPiecesPlansEconomicTaxesReformAgendasAmbitiousEconomic GrowthTax Reform Author:Paul Ryan
“We want manufacturing to return to America. We want jobs. Economic growth.” WantJobsAmericaGrowthEconomicReturnEconomic GrowthManufacturing Author:Paul Ryan
“If you can clean up the cesspool of the tax code and give us a pro-growth tax code, that is how you grow the economy. That`s how you take power and money out of Washington and give it back to the people and we are so excited. We have a president [Donald Trump] that is here to work with us in doing that.” PeopleIfsGivingGrowsGrowthPresidentEconomyTrumpTaxesCleanExcitedCode Author:Paul Ryan
“I`d say is stimulus infrastructure spending is not instant jobs. I think the real reason the president [Donald Trump] wants to do this is because we have a crumbling infrastructure problem and you need a good modern infrastructure for economic growth to occur.” ThinkingWantNeedsRealReasonProblemJobsGrowthPresidentEconomicModernTrumpSpendingInstantInfrastructureEconomic GrowthStimulusCrumblingCrumbling Infrastructure Author:Paul Ryan
“Not just the jobs building the infrastructure, but you need to have a good highway system. You need to have a good bridge system, a good pipeline system, a good canal and waterway system for economic growth to occur, for a modern economy to succeed.” NeedsJobsGrowthEconomyEconomicModernBuildingSucceedBridgesHighwaysInfrastructureEconomic GrowthCanalsPipeline Author:Paul Ryan
“We think that`s necessary just as a foundation for economic growth. It`s not the jobs in and of themselves, which you do make by building bridges and things like this, but it`s the economic growth that comes from having a modern infrastructure that is in dire need of repair.” ThinkingNeedsJobsGrowthEconomicModernBuildingFoundationBridgesInfrastructureEconomic GrowthBuilding Bridges Author:Paul Ryan
“People don't tend to notice, but in the past 10 years especially there's been a lot of growth in how I write songs and what goes into them. You can listen to Mountain Goats from 1991 to 2007 and never hear a seventh chord. In 2007 or 2008, I started working on the piano to grow as a songwriter. I started throwing major sevens in and sixes and more interesting stuff.” PeopleWritingYearsPastSongGrowsStuffGrowthInterestingMountainMajorsPianoThrowingSongwritersChordsGoatsInteresting Stuff Author:John Darnielle
“I just feel like the people who are discouraged about religion, it's [really] the connotation of people that go to church. People that go to church love the Lord and they like to be around people who love the Lord. It's a fellowship and it's a growth and it's a feeding for them that when they're in a social group of people who believe, it makes them grow spiritually.” PeopleFeelsBelieveSocialGrowsGrowthChurchLordGroupsFeedingDiscouragedFellowshipConnotationSocial Groups Author:Reba McEntire
“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” InspirationalNationsGrowthPresidentFreedomLibertyEnemyGrowingPoliticianIndependenceIndividualityObediencePresidentialBeing YourselfConformityConventionsConform4th Of JulyFreedom Of ChoiceNonconformityComplianceBusiness GrowthPresidents DayGreat PresidentsPrice Of FreedomChange And GrowthJailerIntellectual FreedomNigeria IndependenceThinking Of YourselfConformity And IndividualityInspirational PresidentialProfiles In CourageChange GrowthInspiring PresidentialThinking About YourselfGrowing Business Author:John F. Kennedy
“The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital from static to more dynamic situations, the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth of the economy.” GrowthDecisionEconomyRiskTaxesGainsFlowDifficultyInvestmentEaseVentureObtainingMobilityCapital GainsNew VenturesCapital Gains Tax Author:John F. Kennedy
“I think one of the great things that I have seen happen since the rise of the movement for black lives is the growth of more training and leadership spaces.” ThinkingHappensLife IsBlackGrowthSpaceMovementTrainingGreat ThingsBlack Lives Author:Eugene Puryear
“I think it is important that we are targeting HIV/AIDS resources into the communities where we're seeing the highest growth rates. That means education and prevention, particularly with young people.” PeopleThinkingMeanImportantYoungGrowthCommunitySeeingHighestResourcesRateAidsHivPreventionHiv Aids Author:Barack Obama
“What I want to try to do is unify the two wings of the Democratic Party. What's considered the more progressive wing of the Democratic Party - the more centrist wing of the party. I think we can craft an approach that is more American, pro-worker, pro-business, pro-growth.” ThinkingWantTryingTwoGrowthPartyApproachWingsDemocraticWorkersCraftsProgressiveDemocratic Party Author:Barack Obama
“Coolidge really hated government being in the power business. He thought it was wrong. He saw the potential for growth in the power business. He didn't want the federal government in it.” WantGovernmentGrowthSawsHatedFederal Government Author:Amity Shlaes
“You can't have 23 million people struggling to get a job. You can't have an economy that over the last three years keeps slowing down its growth rate. You can't have kids coming out of college, half of them can't find a job today, or a job that's commensurate with their college degree. We have to get our economy going.” PeopleYearsKidsTodayJobsLastsThreeGrowthHalfMillionsStruggleEconomyCollegeDegreesRateComing OutThree YearsSlow DownSlowingCollege Degree Author:Mitt Romney
“Heaven works extensively with the fact that we're currently placed here in 3D as the 'spirit' part of what is to come. Each being in heaven represents the human factor dimensionally, therefore our focus is the direction of the dimensions to be able to assist all here as one. My 'daily' focus here is the discovery/growth of self, if I am to use such a word, meaning who am I?” IfsHumansSelfFactsUseAbleSpiritHeavenGrowthFocusDiscoveryFactorsDimensions Author:Timothy Treadwell
“Death is inevitable from the perspective that, if you're done here on earth, you have completed what is necessary to have been done here and you are now ready to further the discovery/growth of self which occur in the dimensions - it's time to go.” IfsHas BeensSelfDoneEarthGrowthReadyPerspectiveDiscoveryInevitableDimensions Author:Timothy Treadwell
“For me I'm natural not because somebody else believes I'm natural, I'm natural because I don't use steroids, I don't use growth hormone, I don't use any of those enhancers. I'm natural in my own right because I don't do that and not because other people accept the fact that I'm natural or not.” PeopleBelieveFactsUseGrowthNaturalMy OwnAcceptingHormonesSteroidGrowth Hormones Author:Kai Greene
“The rate of growth of the relevant population is much greater than the rate of growth in funds, though funds have gone up very nicely. But we have been producing students at a rapid rate; they're competing for funds and therefore they're more frustrated. I think there's a certain sense of weariness in the intellectual realm, it's not in any way peculiar to economics, it's a general proposition.” ThinkingWayHas BeensCertainGrowthGoneGreaterStudentsIntellectualEconomicsRatePopulationRealmsFundPeculiarRelevantFrustratedCompetingPropositionsRapidsVery NiceWeariness Author:Kenneth Arrow
“Because national borders are eroding, because of the growth of non-state actors. It's a different kind of a world. We are tied down by a tiny little country - Iraq. It's amazing, given the disparity in military economic strength. It's a world where most of the big problems spill over national boundaries, and there are new kinds of actors and we're feeling our way as to how to deal with them.” WorldWayKindLittlesDifferentCountryStatesFeelingsProblemBigsActorsGivenGrowthDealsEconomicMilitaryIraqTinyBoundariesBordersDifferent KindsTiedSpillsBig ProblemsDisparityNational Borders Author:Brent Scowcroft
“Common, ordinary, everyday Democrats, not leftists, there may be - if the agenda gets implemented and this country starts humming on the domestic side and if jobs come back and if the economy gets up to 3% growth and is sustained and the job market expands accordingly and people's wages go up, it won't matter.” PeopleIfsMayCountryMatterJobsSidesGrowthCommonEconomyOrdinaryDemocratEverydayGet UpAgendasWagesLeftistsHumming Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Something I was adamant about was that the movie [Everybody Lovess Somebody] wouldn't end with, oh, marriage saved [the main character]. They're married and she's OK. I was very pushing on having the ending be that she made an inner growth of healing so that she can then have the ability and the space to love and be loved by someone else, and that love is open-ended and doesn't mean they're going to get married tomorrow and all her problems are solved.” MeanMadeEndsCharacterProblemGrowthAbilitySpaceLove IsHealingTomorrowMarriedSavedPushingMain CharactersAdamantInner GrowthPushing On Author:Karla Souza
“For the three decades after WWII, incomes grew at about 3 percent a year for people up and down the income ladder, but since then most income growth has occurred among the top quintile. And among that group, most of the income growth has occurred among the top 5 percent. The pattern repeats itself all the way up. Most of the growth among the top 5 percent has been among the top 1 percent, and most of the growth among that group has been among the top one-tenth of one percent.” PeopleWayYearsHas BeensThreeGrowthGroupsGrewPercentPatternsDecadesIncomeRepeatsLaddersUp And DownWwii Author:Robert H. Frank
“Deliver infinite growth having your customers talk about you, exclaim you and tell their friends and colleagues about you.” GrowthInfiniteCustomersColleagues Author:Michael J. Silverstein
“We can't know at any given time how God will bless our faithful witness. So the apparent numerical growth of the church is never a good guide to how faithful we have been in evangelism.” KnowsHas BeensGivenGrowthChurchGuidesGods WillWitnessFaithfulBlessEvangelism Author:Mark Dever
“Child care can almost bankrupt a family, even a two-parent household in which both parents are working. That keeps a parent from being at ease and it really stifles the social and economic growth of a family. Women are hit hard across the board, but particularly in homes where the mother is the head of the household and the only wage-earner. It hurts her, and it hurts her children.” ChildrenTwoHardHomeCareMotherSocialParentGrowthHurtEconomicEaseBoardsHouseholdIt HurtsEconomic GrowthChild Care Author:Nina Turner
“From 2008 to 2016 all the growth in the American economy, all the growth in national income, was earned just by the wealthiest 5% of the population. So they got all the growth. 95% of the population didn't grow. If you can get a flat tax or other lower tax, as Trump is suggesting, then this richest 5% will be able to keep even more money. That means that the 95% will be even poorer than they were before, relative to the very top.” IfsMeanAbleGrowsGrowthEconomyTrumpTaxesPopulationIncomeFlatsRelativeMore MoneySuggestingAmerican EconomyFlat Tax Author:Michael Hudson
“What we have to do moving forward is to make sure that small businesses that account for most of the job growth in our economy are getting the kind of financing that they need.” NeedsKindJobsMovingGrowthEconomyAccountsMoving ForwardSmall BusinessFinancingJob Growth Author:Barack Obama
“We've got to make sure that we rebuild the infrastructure in America, because we used to be - have the best bridges, the best roads, the best airports. And now, when you go to China or you go to Europe, you see that they are outstripping us in terms of infrastructure. And if we put people back to work, that would be good not only in the short term, but it would also lay the foundation, the framework for long-term economic and job growth.” PeopleIfsLongWould BeJobsAmericaUsedGrowthTermEconomicEuropeFoundationLaysChinaBe GoodUsed To BeBridgesLong TermAirportsInfrastructureFrameworkShort TermBack To WorkJob Growth Author:Barack Obama
“Do people have confidence? I think the real confidence you need is the confidence in your outlook, and I think people are pretty confident it is a low-growth world.” PeopleThinkingWorldNeedsRealGrowthLowsOutlookHave Confidence Author:Ken Moelis
“Whatever it is, in a 1% GDP world, I think people feel like there are other things they have to do other than just organic growth.” PeopleThinkingWorldFeelsGrowthGdp Author:Ken Moelis
“The family today counts for less and less. Why? Who knows - the growth of science, the Cold War, the atomic bomb, the world war we've made, the new philosophies we've created; certainly something is happening to man, so why go against it, why oblige this new man to live by the mechanisms and regulations of the past?” KnowsMenWorldMadeWarPhilosophyTodayPastGrowthColdHappeningsWar Of The WorldsBombsLive ByMechanismRegulationCold WarAtomic BombFamilies Today Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“Other than areas of high-tech, fracking is probably one of the largest areas where concentrated growth in America's economy is taking place. There are oil booms in the Dakotas, in North Dakota. They are having to build entire cities, towns, to house employees showing up to work in fracking. The left is trying to shut it down under some claim that it destroys the environment. Natural gas and oil, of course, are the evil twins of opposition to the mainstream environmentalist wacko movement.” TryingAmericaCoursesEvilHouseLeftGrowthNaturalCitiesEconomyEnvironmentMovementAreasClaimsTownsOilEmployeeOppositionGasMainstreamTwinsEnvironmentalistShowing UpDakotaNatural GasFrackingNorth Dakota Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Now, in economic crises times, the kind of things you're looking at is it's generally harder to get capital, revenue growth may be more, revenue lines may be unstable or growth may be less easy to predict that you're going to get to. And so what you do is you take a certain conservative approach of when, as all entrepreneurs should do, you plan for both good luck and bad luck, you put extra time on, "Okay, if I have bad luck, what do I do about that?"” IfsShouldKindMayCertainEasyGrowthLinesPlansEconomicApproachOkayHarderCrisisLuckEntrepreneurConservativeExtrasRevenueGood LuckUnstableBad LuckEconomic CrisisExtra Time Author:Reid Hoffman
“Well, well-run companies always have a focus on growth and the two lines, which includes profit. The key thing during, I think, tough times, is to make sure that you've covered the basis for when something, you know, essentially things taking longer, bad luck, adversity, other kinds of circumstances may occur. Make sure that you can monitor to win, it's potentially, you know, something is going to go wrong, monitor early enough, and then take appropriate action to essentially counteract that or shift your strategy or plan, even if in fact something is not working out as well as it is.” IfsThinkingKnowsWellsKindMayTwoEnoughFactsRunningActionWinningGrowthLinesCompanyFocusPlansKeysCircumstancesToughBasesAdversityLuckStrategyProfitWork OutAppropriateCoveredTough TimesBad LuckKey Things Author:Reid Hoffman
“Times of economic crises can change what the competitive landscape looks like, because when, for example, you have boom times, capital is easy to come by, growth is easy, sometimes what you focus on is, you know, how to accelerate in the boom. During economic crises, the question is, the companies that come out of, you know, that are sailing through that with the best liquidity, both assets on the balance sheet, making money, ability to grow their businesses, get a disproportionate competitive advantage.” KnowsLooksSometimesGrowsEasyGrowthAbilityCompanyKnow HowFocusEconomicExampleBalanceAdvantageCrisisMaking MoneyLandscapeAssetsSheetsSailingAccelerateCompetitive AdvantageEconomic CrisisLiquidityBalance Sheets Author:Reid Hoffman