“When I was younger I was always big; I was a fat boy at school. I had an early growth spurt, and when I went to secondary school I was tall enough to be a policeman.” EnoughBigsSchoolGrowthBoysFatsTallPolicemenSecondary School Author:Alfred Molina
“The reason educational spending in Texas is so low is because you don't have a state tax there, and that's why Texas is big growth because you don't tax people to death.” PeopleStatesReasonBigsGrowthTaxesLowsEducationalSpendingTexas Author:Kinky Friedman
“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
“My life is an unfinished product, but instead of just saying, 'How do I top what I've accomplished,' I decided I wanted to move forward, express my growth and take a big step into the next chapter.” BigsWantedMovingLife IsNextGrowthStepsProductsDecidedMoving ForwardAccomplishedChaptersUnfinishedJust SayingNext Chapter Author:Josh Groban
“You can solo-climb Everest without using oxygen or you can pay guides and Sherpas to carry your loads, put ladders across crevasses, lay in 6,000 feet of fixed ropes, and have one Sherpa pulling you and another pushing you. ... The goal of climbing big, dangerous mountains should be to attain some sort of spiritual and personal growth, but this won't happen if you compromise away the entire process.” IfsShouldBigsHappensSpiritualProcessGoalGrowthPayFeetDangerousMountainLaysPersonal GrowthGuidesCompromiseFixedClimbsPushingClimbingLoadPullingSoloOxygenRopeLaddersEverestSherpas Author:Yvon Chouinard
“Least of all shall we preserve democracy or foster its growth if all the power and most of the important decisions rest with an organization far too big for the common man to survey or comprehend.” IfsMenImportantBigsGrowthDecisionCommonDemocracyOrganizationPreservesSurveysCommon ManImportant Decisions Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“The intelligent investor gets interested in big growth stocks not when they are at their most popular - but when something goes wrong.” BigsGrowthIntelligentInvestingInvestors Author:Benjamin Graham
“I have been very lucky because I have had the opportunity to see what it's like to have little or no money and what it's like to have a lot of it. I'm lucky because people make such a big deal of it and, if I didn't experience both, I wouldn't be able to know how important it really is for me. I can't comment on what having a lot of money means to others, but I do know that for me, having a lot more money isn't a lot better than having enough to cover the basics.” PeopleIfsKnowsLifeMeanLittlesHas BeensI CanImportantEnoughBigsAbleOpportunityGrowthDealsKnow HowLuckyPersonal GrowthInvestingCommentMore MoneyLots Of MoneyBig DealNo MoneyBasics Author:Ray Dalio
“Don't be a perfectionist, because perfectionists often spend too much time on little differences at the margins at the expense of other big, important things. Be an effective imperfectionist. Solutions that broadly work well (e.g., how people should contact each other in the event of crises) are generally better than highly specialized solutions (e.g., how each person should contact each other in the event of every conceivable crisis).” PeopleLifeShouldWellsLittlesPersonsImportantBigsGrowthDifferencesToo MuchEventsSolutionsCrisisImportant ThingsPersonal GrowthInvestingContactExpensesMarginsPerfectionist Author:Ray Dalio
“I was the chairman of the Budget Committee and the lead architect the last time it happened in Washington, and when we did it we had great economic growth, we cut taxes, and we had a big surplus.” BigsLastsGrowthCuttingHappenedEconomicTaxesBudgetsArchitectLast TimeCommitteesEconomic GrowthChairmanSurplus Author:John Kasich
“So all of these companies that are going for the big growth, if it continues for any length of time, will outlast their resources and outlast their customers and go belly-up. And that's why these huge companies have massive layoffs all the time.” IfsBigsGrowthBusinessCompanyHugeResourcesCustomersLengthMassiveBellyLayoff Author:Yvon Chouinard
“Startups are the engines of exponential growth, manifesting the power of innovation. Several big companies today are startups of yesterday. They were born with a spirit of enterprise and adventure kept alive due to hardwork and perseverance and today have become shining beacons of innovation.” BigsTodaySpiritGrowthBornCompanyTechnologyAliveAdventureIndiaInnovationShiningPerseveranceDuesYesterdayEnterpriseManifestEnginesInformation TechnologyHardworkBeaconsBig CompaniesExponential Growth Author:Narendra Modi
“The need of the hour is to think big. The more we focus on skill, scale & speed, it will increase India's growth trajectory.” ThinkingNeedsBigsMotivationGrowthHoursFocusSkillsIndiaIncreaseSpeedScalesThink BigTrajectory Author:Narendra Modi
“Historical romance is still very strong in the market. Writers of historical romance are making the bestselling lists on a regular basis and careers are growing. However, since there is much more variety in romance today, the total sales of historicals might be down from their peak. The talk of the market softening is a reflection of this, and of the fact that one does not see big growth in this area of the market.” DoeStillsFactsBigsMightTodayRomanceStrongGrowthCareersGrowingReflectionAreasBasesHistoricalListsVarietyVery Strong Author:Madeline Hunter
“Polak, a psychiatrist, has applied a behavioral and anthropological approach to alleviating poverty, developed by studying people in their natural surroundings. He argues that there are three mythic solutions to poverty eradication: donations, national economic growth, and big businesses. Instead, he advocates helping the poor earn money through their own efforts of developing low-cost tools that are effective and profitable.” PeopleHelpingBigsThreeGrowthNaturalPoorEffortPovertyStudyEconomicCostApproachSolutionsLowsToolsArguingDevelopingSurroundingsProfitableEconomic GrowthPsychiatristBig BusinessDonationSolutions To Poverty Author:Amy Lockwood
“Sustaining growth is the century's big challenge.” BigsGrowthChallengesCenturySustainingBig Challenges Author:Martin Wolf
“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
“At times we are thrown suddenly into positions that seem too big for us and for which we have little preparation. The Lord stimulates our growth this way.... The Lord blesses us far beyond our natural ability and experience. However, it has been my experience that he expects us to quickly exert ourselves and acquire the things we need. He gives us a little time to improve our management skills and detailed knowledge so that we don't have to rely upon him for everything. We'll always need inspiration in these areas we couldn't possibly understand without his help.” WayNeedsGivingLittlesHas BeensHelpingBigsInspirationSeemsGrowthNaturalAbilityLordPositionSkillsAreasManagementPreparationRelyAcquireThrownBlessLittle TimeRely UponNatural AbilityManagement Skills Author:Robert E. Wells
“Rapture teaching is one of the most faith deadening teachings ever preached. It has the most neutralizing affect on a Christian's aggressive growth process. We have a lot to do in this Earth and there is going to be a lot of stuff that we need to do in eternity. If you don't have a big comprehensive vision, both restorationally and eternally, then what motivation is there to do much except try to win a few souls to get a big reward in heaven?” IfsNeedsTryingSoulBigsEarthChristianMotivationWinningHeavenStuffProcessGrowthVisionTeachingEternityRewardsAggressiveComprehensiveRaptureRewards In Heaven Author:Bill Hamon
“You can invest to create the new growth business while the core business is still growing, because new business units don't need to get big fast. But when the core business stops growing, investing to create new growth businesses becomes impossible.” NeedsStillsBigsGrowthGrowingImpossibleInvestingCoreUnitsNew BusinessNew Growth Author:Clayton Christensen
“People have put a lot of faith in the government's ability to get growth going in China. People have this, what I think, illusion that there are six people in China who really have their hand on every button. And what we're learning is, it's a very big economy and they're not that good at it.” PeopleThinkingHandsBigsGovernmentGrowthAbilityEconomySixIllusionChinaButtons Author:David Wessel
“Finance went from being a small business, effectively, to being a big business. In part, that's the growth of the world's wealth. That's called savings.” WorldBigsGrowthWealthFinanceSavingSmall BusinessSavingsBig Business Author:Jamie Dimon
“Write hand-written notes daily and commit to supporting the growth and self-esteem of children, because it makes such a big difference in terms of their capacity for learning.” WritingChildrenSelfHandsBigsGrowthTermDifferencesWrittenSelf EsteemCapacityNotesCommitEsteem Author:Debra Messing
“In the absence of big budgets, start-ups learned how to hack the system to build their companies.” BigsGrowthCompanyAbsenceBudgetsHacks Author:Micah Baldwin
“To me, Los Angeles and California and executive power are about big, open warehouse buildings. Tech companies are buying oversized buildings, because they project growth immediately.” BigsGrowthCompanyBuildingProjectsCaliforniaBuyingExecutivesLos AngelesWarehouseExecutive Power Author:James Pearse Connelly
“These big Silicon Valley companies that are popping up are projecting growth skyrocketing in a few years. So they need a space they can grow into. Not so much in New York. Super conservative, super small.” NeedsYearsBigsGrowsGrowthSpaceCompanyNew YorkConservativeValleysSiliconSilicon ValleyPopping Author:James Pearse Connelly
“Human overconsumption is a greater problem than human population growth, and meat eating is a big part of that problem.” HumansProblemBigsGrowthGreaterEatingPopulationMeatOverconsumptionPopulation GrowthHuman PopulationMeat Eating Author:Sharon Gannon
“In the West, that's what's happening. The birth rate has been dropping steadily and still is. But there is still a vast amount of the world where that's not the case. And that is where the big population growth is taking place.” WorldHas BeensStillsBigsGrowthCasesAmountBirthHappeningsWestRatePopulationDroppingPopulation GrowthBirth Rate Author:David Attenborough
“I think anybody who knows anything about South Africa and the South African economy would know that one of the big constraints to growth and development is skills shortages. So all of us, need to come at this thing as vigorously as is possible and, of course, the private sector has the capacity to take it on board.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsBigsCoursesGrowthEconomyDevelopmentSkillsCapacitySouthBoardsSouth AfricaConstraintsPrivate SectorShortage Author:Thabo Mbeki
“I think the critical point, really, is that we need to focus black economic empowerment more on the creation of new wealth rather than on these big deals that have been characteristic of this process in the past, of people going to banks, borrowing a lot of money, buying this and when the shares don't perform very well, the shares go back to the banks, because there's other people who own this anyway. I think we need to re-focus it so that it really does impact on growth, new investment, new employment and a general, better spread of wealth in South Africa.” PeopleThinkingNeedsWellsDoeHas BeensBigsPastProcessBlackGrowthWealthDealsFocusShareEconomicCreationEmpowermentImpactInvestmentSouthSpreadCriticalEmploymentCharacteristicsBuyingLots Of MoneySouth AfricaBig DealBorrowingEconomic Empowerment Author:Thabo Mbeki
“I'm not expecting a big sell-off but I do think that if we don't have a move toward economic growth and policies that will promote economic growth and get us out of this 2 percent world - we really need to see 4 percent, 5 percent - to see jobs created, and if we don't see that longer-term, yeah the market will sell-off...[but] I do think things are getting better. It's just been very slow.” IfsThinkingWorldNeedsBigsJobsMovingGrowthTermEconomicPolicyPercentYeahSellsGet BetterExpectingEconomic GrowthThings Are Getting Better Author:Maria Bartiromo
“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
“The impact of QE on generating more lending by Wall Street to Main Street and in generating more employment and increasing overall investment in the economy is quite modest. QE probably limited the initial collapse of the economy in 2008, and likely had a very small positive impact on economic growth, but its broader impact on jobs and growth in the economy seems not very big.” BigsSeemsJobsGrowthEconomyEconomicStreetsWallImpactInvestmentEmploymentCollapseModestInitialsEconomic GrowthLendingPositive ImpactMain Street Author:Gerald Epstein
“Initially, QE contributed to a pretty significant increase in inequality. It raised asset prices, which are owned primarily by the wealthy, while having relatively small if any positive impacts on bank lending, employment, wages or economic growth, so ordinary people haven't had much help. By the third round of QE in 2012-2014, the effects had likely muted quite a bit. There were probably not big impacts on asset prices from QE and the positive effects on employment growth might have strengthened somewhat.” PeopleIfsHelpingBigsMightBitsGrowthEconomicEffectsHavensOrdinaryThirdsIncreaseImpactRaisedRoundsSignificantEmploymentInequalityWealthyAssetsWagesOrdinary PeopleEconomic GrowthLendingPositive ImpactHaving StrengthBig Impact Author:Gerald Epstein
“I am always looking for inspiration. I always live in big cities where I can go every day to a museum, see a lecture, meet people that are artists, go to the cinema. For me, it's like food. It is necessary for my personal growth as a person to grow as an artist, I go basically every week to three or four things. But it's real life that inspires me - when I meet somebody, when I see something.” PeoplePersonsI CanRealBigsInspirationArtistThreeGrowsGrowthCitiesFourWeekInspirePersonal GrowthReal LifeCinemaMuseumsLecturesBig CitiesLooking For Inspiration Author:Blanca Li
“Obama and the Democrats' preposterous argument is that we are just one more big tax increase away from solving our economic problems. The inescapable conclusion, however, is that the primary driver of the short-term deficit is not tax cuts but the lack of any meaningful economic growth over the last half decade.” ProblemBigsLastsGrowthTermHalfCuttingEconomicTaxesArgumentIncreaseDemocratDecadesMeaningfulConclusionPrimariesJust OneDriversDeficitShort TermEconomic GrowthTax CutsEconomic ProblemsTax Increases Author:Bob Beauprez