“I think we can save a lot of money if we do smart growth, where we build the homes and all of this closer into towns.” IfsThinkingHomeGrowthSmartTownsLots Of MoneySmart Growth Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“As the world's "most dynamic" cities seek to manage their own urban growth, American state and local officials have much to offer. Our mayors can share their experiences in urban design, clean energy projects, Smart Grids, codes for energy efficient buildings, transportation safety, and innovative environmental solutions.” WorldStatesEnergyGrowthCitiesShareDesignBuildingOffersProjectsSmartSolutionsSafetyCleanEnvironmentalLocalsManageCodeOfficialsEfficientUrbanInnovativeTransportationMayorsClean EnergyGridsUrban Design Author:Robert Hormats
“In the name of the bee And of the butterfly And of the breeze, amen!” NamesGrowthNatureSmartButterflyBeesConservationBreezeAmenSmart Growth Book:Dickinson Source: Dickinson
“Show me a healthy community with a healthy economy and I will show you a community that has its green infrastructure in order and understands the relationship between the built and the unbuilt environment.” ShowsOrderGrowthNatureCommunityEconomyEnvironmentHealthySmartBuiltGreenShow MeConservationInfrastructureSmart Growth Author:Will Rogers
“The image of a community is fundamentally important to its economic well-being. If all places look alike, there's no reason to go anywhere.” IfsWellsLooksImportantReasonGrowthNatureCommunityEconomicSmartWell BeingNo ReasonConservationSmart Growth Author:Ed McMahon
“The best places to live, work, and visit are those places that are willing to uphold their standards in the face of pressure to allow lowest common denominator development... Successful communities understand that when they say no to development that is contrary to the long-term health of their community, they will almost always get better development in its place.” LongFacesGrowthTermNatureCommunityCommonSuccessfulWillingDevelopmentSmartStandardsPressureContraryGet BetterLong TermConservationLowestPlaces To LiveBest PlaceCommon DenominatorLowest Common DenominatorSmart Growth Author:Ed McMahon
“High-tech employers recognize that we will only be as successful as the employees that we attract. When it comes to transportation, environmental, housing and land use decisions, we don't view investments as tax and spend, but rather as invest and prosper.” UseGrowthNatureDecisionViewsSuccessfulLandTaxesSmartInvestmentEnvironmentalEmployeeConservationHousingEmployersTransportationLand UseSmart Growth Author:Carl Guardino
“The future economic success of Silicon Valley will be contingent on whether we have a good quality of life. World-class workers will only want to come to a world-class living environment.” WorldWantGrowthNatureQualityClassEnvironmentEconomicSmartWorkersValleysConservationQuality Of LifeSiliconGood QualitySilicon ValleyWorld ClassEconomic SuccessSmart Growth Author:Carl Guardino
“The Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group strongly supports green-line policies, because the only way to attract top level employees and their families is to protect the region's open space and environment. We want to build a community that is demonstrates smart growth rather than a model for L.A.-type growth.” WayWantGrowthNatureCommunityLinesSpaceLevelsSupportEnvironmentGroupsPolicyTypeProtectModelsSmartGreenEmployeeRegionsValleysConservationManufacturingSiliconSilicon ValleyOpen SpacesSmart Growth Author:Carl Guardino
“Communities must plan for a variety of uses and income levels. Why do we care about housing as high-tech employers? If teachers, firefighters, peace officers, retail or restau- rant workers can't live here, then we're going to fail.” IfsUseCareGrowthNatureCommunityLevelsTeacherPlansFailingSmartWorkersIncomeVarietyOfficersConservationHousingEmployersFirefighterRetailRantSmart Growth Author:Carl Guardino
“In the new conditions created by the global economy, the information revolution and the growth of smart technologies, it is more necessary than ever for all companies to be guided by their rich spiritual inheritance, as spiritual enterprises.” SpiritualGrowthCompanyTechnologyEconomyRichConditionsInformationRevolutionSmartEnterpriseInheritanceGlobal Economy Author:Ted Malloch
“Smart tech investor thinks about: a) future product roadmap, b) bottoms-up market size & growth, c) talent and skill of team. Essentially you are valuing things that have not yet happened, and the likelihood of the CEO and team being able to make them happen. Finance people find this appalling, but investors who do this well can make a lot of money.” PeopleThinkingWellsHappensAbleGrowthHappenedTeamTalentProductsSkillsSmartBottomInvestingSizeFinanceInvestorsLots Of MoneyCeoLikelihood Author:Marc Andreessen
“I believe that our society's "mistake-phobia" is crippling, a problem that begins in most elementary schools, where we learn to learn what we are taught rather than to form our own goals and to figure out how to achieve them. We are fed with facts and tested and those who make the fewest mistakes are considered to be the smart ones, so we learn that it is embarrassing to not know and to make mistakes. Our education system spends virtually no time on how to learn from mistakes, yet this is critical to real learning.” KnowsLifeBelieveRealFactsProblemSchoolFormI BelieveGoalGrowthMistakeAchieveFiguresTaughtSmartPersonal GrowthInvestingCriticalMaking MistakesOur SocietyFedsEmbarrassingTestedLearning From MistakesEducation SystemElementary SchoolPhobia Author:Ray Dalio
“In order to achieve optimal economic growth, Congress must adhere to sane spending guidelines while promoting smart policies devoted to growing businesses and creating jobs.” JobsOrderGrowthGrowingEconomicAchievePolicyCreatingSmartCongressSpendingSaneDevotedPromotingEconomic GrowthGuidelinesOptimalCreating JobsGrowing Business Author:Michael Steele
“This is the crisis! Difficulty getting credit, slow growth, high unemployment, low consumer confidence-these are challenges entrepreneurs can overcome with hard work, smart risk and tenacious teamwork. This is precisely what entrepreneurs do!” HardGrowthChallengesRiskHard WorkSmartLowsOvercomingDifficultyCrisisEntrepreneurCreditConsumersTeamworkUnemploymentTenaciousSlow GrowthWork SmartConsumer Confidence Author:Oliver DeMille
“The larger the government, the more our livings standards are reduced. We are fortunate as a civilization that the progress of free enterprise generally outpaces the regress of government growth, for, if that were not the case, we would be poorer each year - not just in relative terms, but absolutely poorer too. The market is smart and the government is dumb, and to these attributes do we owe the whole of our economic well-being.” IfsYearsWellsWholeGovernmentWould BeGrowthTermCasesProgressEconomicCivilizationSmartStandardsDumbWell BeingFortunateEnterpriseAttributesRelativeFree Enterprise Author:Llewellyn Rockwell
“From the day Microsoft was started, the only constraint to our growth has been attracting ah, more great programmers, very smart, committed, ah, people. And so we're always on... on the look for ah, that kind of person.” PeopleLooksKindPersonsHas BeensGrowthSmartCommittedConstraintsMicrosoftProgrammersVery Smart Author:Bill Gates
“I think most importantly the reason we've been on the upswing is Ring of Honor has been very smart about the speed of its growth. ROH is not a company that says ok we're going to throw all this money in and let's just go for it. ROH has the business approach of slow but steady.” ThinkingHas BeensReasonGrowthCompanyHonorApproachSmartSpeedRingsSteadyVery Smart Author:Adam Cole
“How do you measure whether or not a strategy of economic growth that is articulated by a very smart, capable economist actually yields growth? You can't. But you can influence.” GrowthInfluenceEconomicCapableSmartStrategyYieldEconomistEconomic GrowthVery Smart Author:George W. Bush
“Vladimir Putin is a smart guy. I don't like him, smart guy. He is going to advance the cause of Russia until he hits a brick wall. He's hit a brick wall in a few areas. I think we need to make it clear that your growth of the former Soviet Union is over. You can be a great power that's respected. Fine. But this is not going to be the old Soviet Union.” ThinkingGuyGrowthWallSmartOver YouSovietSoviet UnionGreat PowerBrick Wall Author:Adam Kinzinger
“I saw Nader shortly before the election and - I voted him the time before, because I liked the sort of long-term strategy of building a viable third party. So, okay, we'll get enough votes, you get a little bit more money, and maybe, if there's continued growth, then maybe eventually there's hope for a viable, legitimate third party. I think the reason why I didn't vote for him last time was because we tried that and it didn't work. Ralph Nader is a very smart guy, and I think he's got a lot of good ideas.” ThinkingReasonEnoughGuyGrowthPartyBuildingSmartOkayVoteElectionStrategyLast TimeVery Smart Author:Aaron McGruder
“Today there's a new report out about how population growth is going down in the United States. Immigrant women are having fewer children. It shows that if you just let women from the developing world have the same rights - or, rather, access - that we have, they make smart decisions.” WorldChildrenTodayGrowthDecisionSmart Author:Barbara Crossette