“We have been restraining the growth of the cost of education-that is, tuition, room and board-to be within approximately one and a half percentage points of the consumer price index.” Has BeensGrowthRoomsHalfCostConsumersBoardsPercentagesTuitionRestrainingCost Of Education Author:Charles M. Vest
“Half of spiritual growth is learning what we don't know. The other half is unlearning what we do know.” KnowsSpiritualGrowthHalfSpiritual GrowthOther Half Book:In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars Source: In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars
“For is it not possible that middle age can be looked upon as a period of second flowering, second growth, even a kind of second adolescence? It is true that society in general does not help one accept this interpretation of the second half of life.” KindDoeHelpingAgeGrowthHalfAcceptingMiddlePeriodsInterpretationAdolescenceMiddle AgesFlowering Author:Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“Twitch launched in June of 2011, and our growth ever since has exceeded even my expectations, which were not small. A year and a half later, the community of broadcasters and viewers has multiplied hundreds of percent.” YearsGrowthCommunityHalfExpectationsPercentViewersJuneBroadcasters Author:Emmett Shear
“Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth. But due to rapid population growth, the wealth per capita has fallen by about half in a generation.” GrowthWealthHalfGenerationsSuicidePopulationDuesFallenLackingRapidsArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisPopulation GrowthRapid Growth Author:Keith Henson
“The upshot is that to send its children to a school of even average quality, a family must outbid half of other similar families who are pursuing the same goal. And that's become dramatically more expensive because of the growth in median house size, which was in turn caused by higher spending at the top.” ChildrenSchoolTurnsHouseGoalGrowthHalfQualityHigherAverageSizeSpendingExpensiveMedian Author:Bob Frank
“There are two economic realities in America today. There's been a record six straight years of job growth, and new census numbers show incomes have increased at a record rate after years of stagnation. However, income inequality remains significant, and nearly half of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.” YearsTwoShowsRealityTodayJobsAmericaGrowthNumbersHalfRecordsEconomicSixRemainsRateSignificantIncomeInequalityPaychecksStagnationIncome InequalityAmerica TodayCensusJob Growth Author:Lester Holt
“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
“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
“The claim made by Team Obama that every dollar in stimulus translates into a dollar-and-a-half in growth is economic fiction. The costs of stimulus reduce future growth. No country has ever spent itself to prosperity. The price of stimulus has to be paid sometime.” MadeCountryGrowthHalfFictionTeamEconomicCostClaimsPaidDollarsProsperityTranslateStimulusFuture Growth Author:Karl Rove