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“To prefer paper to gold is to prefer high risk to lower risk, instability to stability, inflation to steady long term values, a system of very low grade performance to a system of higher, though not perfect performance.”

Long Values Term Perfect Risk Higher Paper Lows Gold Performances Long Term Grades Stability Steady Inflation Not Perfect Instability High Risk

Author:William E. Rees

“You just get this profound feeling of instability . . . the Earth isn't stable anymore and then it passes and it becomes more infrequent, but I still get it sometimes.”

Stills Sometimes Feelings Earth Profound Stable Instability

Author:Liam Neeson

“Unless we understand what it is that leads to economic and financial instability, we cannot prescribe -- make policy -- to modify or eliminate it. Identifying a phenomenon is not enough; we need a theory that makes instability a normal result in our economy and gives us handles to control it.”

Needs Giving Enough Results Economy Economic Policy Theory Normal Financial Handle Phenomenon Identifying Instability

Book:Stabilizing an Unstable Economy, Part 3 - Economic Theory

Source: Stabilizing an Unstable Economy, Part 3 - Economic Theory

“That instability is inherent in the nature of popular governments, I think very disputable … A representative democracy, where the right of election is well secured and regulated & the exercise of the legislature, executive, and judiciary authorities, is vested in select persons, chosen really and not nominally by the people, will in my opinion be most likely to be happy, regular and durable.”

People Thinking Wells Persons Government Opinion Democracy Exercise Authority Election Chosen Executives Representatives Inherent Select Legislature Secured Instability Judiciary

Author:Alexander Hamilton

“Inanimate objects are always correct and cannot, unfortunately, be reproached with anything. I have never observed a chair shift from one foot to another, or a bed rear on its hind legs. And tables, even when they are tired, will not dare to bend their knees. I suspect that objects do this from pedagogical considerations, to reprove us constantly for our instability.”

Feet Objects Bed Tables Tired Dare Legs Knees Consideration Chairs Suspects Instability Inanimate Objects

Book:The Collected Poems 1956 - 1998

Source: The Collected Poems 1956 - 1998

“We talk of regional conflicts, of economic and social crises, of political instability, of abuses of human rights, of racism, religious intolerance, inequalities between rich and poor, hunger, over-population, under-development and. I could go on and on. Each and every one of these impediments to humanity's pursuit of well-being are also among the root causes of refugee problems.”

“These are the days when men of all social disciplines and all political faiths seek the comfortable and the accepted; when the man of controversy is looked upon as a disturbing influence; when originality is taken to be a mark of instability; and when, in minor modification of the original parable, the bland lead the bland.”

“If things do not exist as fixed, independent entities, then how can they die? Our notion of death as the sudden expiration of that which was once so real starts to unwind. If things do not exist in their own right and are flickering rather than static, then we can no longer fear their ultimate demise. We may fear their instability, or their emptiness, but the looming threat of death starts to seem absurd. Things are constantly dying, we find. Or rather, they are constantly in flux, arising and passing away with each moment of consciousness.”

Ifs May Real Moments Seems Dies Consciousness Dying Ultimate Independent Threat Notion Passing Absurd Passings Fixed Emptiness Entity Static Passing Away Demise Instability Flux Unwind Looming

Author:Mark Epstein

“Some think that by preparing to deal with crises you make them more likely. I think the wiser judgment is the contrary. In this area at least, if you want peace or stability, it's better to prepare for war or instability”

Ifs Thinking Want War Deals Judgment Areas Crisis Contrary Stability Wiser Preparing Instability

Author:Timothy Geithner

“Unlike national markets, which tend to be supported by domestic regulatory and political institutions, global markets are only 'weakly embedded'. There is no global lender of last resort, no global safety net, and of course, no global democracy. In other words, global markets suffer from weak governance, and are therefore prone to instability, inefficiency, and weak popular legitimacy.”

Lasts Political Suffering Courses Democracy Weak Safety Institutions Resorts Governance Embedded Instability Legitimacy Safety Net Inefficiency Lenders Political Institutions

Book:The Globalization Paradox: Why Global Markets, States, and Democracy Can't Coexist

Source: The Globalization Paradox: Why Global Markets, States, and Democracy Can't Coexist

“As soon as children find something that interests them they lose their instability and learn to concentrate.”

Children Interest Loses Instability

Author:Maria Montessori

“Preemption is the right of any nation in order to preserve its National Security; however, preemptive war is a tactic, not a strategy. When used as a strategy preemption dilutes diplomacy, creates an atmosphere of distrust, and promotes regional instability.”

War Used Order Nations Security Strategy Preserves Atmosphere National Security Distrust Diplomacy Tactics Instability Preemption

Author:Ellen Tauscher

“We simply cannot afford any further delay in providing the IMF with the resources it requires to help contain the threat of further financial and political instability around the world.”

World Helping Political Resources Threat Financial Around The World Providing Delay Instability Imf Political Instability

Author:Robert Rubin

“If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate they understand the commitment necessary to govern themselves. Its not clear how they will do it, but it never is.”

People Ifs Looks Term Clear Violence Activity Commitment Significant Short Term Instability

Author:Bob Kerrey

“The international order established at the end of World War II could certainly have been worse. However, this order did contain certain factors which bore within them the seeds of instability.”

World Has Beens War Ends Certain Order International Seeds Factors War Of The Worlds World War Ii World War I Bores End Of The World Instability

Author:Eisaku Sato

“Somewhere along the journey of remembering who we really are, we may find ourselves in a very uncomfortable space, a void in which we realize that we haven't totally let go of our old beliefs, and on the other hand we have yet to fully plug into the new truths we have discovered. This awkward "place of mind" can bring on an internal crisis of uncertainty, instability, confusion, frustration, and a most unspeakable despair as the "dark night" sets in and makes its presence felt.”

“Emotional instability can be one of the factors giving rise to a failure by chess players in important duels. Under the influence of surging emotions (and not necessarily negative ones) we sometimes lose concentration and stop objectively evaluating the events that are taking place on the board.”

Giving Important Sometimes Loses Emotion Psychology Player Influence Events Emotional Negative Chess Factors Boards Concentration Instability Chess Players

Author:Mark Dvoretsky

“Africa has decided to take matters of instability into its own hands.”

Matter Hands Growth Decided Instability

Author:Jacob Zuma

“The Great Depression in the United States, far from being a sign of the inherent instability of the private enterprise system, is a testament to how much harm can be done by mistakes on the part of a few men when they wield vast power over the monetary system of the country.”

Men Country States Done United Mistake United States Harm Enterprise Inherent Testament Monetary Great Depression Instability Private Enterprise Monetary System

Book:Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition

Source: Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition

“The creativity and adaptability of life expresses itself through the spontaneous emergence of novelty at critical points of instability. Every human organization contains both designed and emergent structures. The challenge is to find the right balance between the creativity of emergence and the stability of design.”

Humans Challenges Creativity Design Balance Organization Structure Critical Stability Spontaneous Novelty Adaptability Emergence Instability

Author:Fritjof Capra

“In my opinion, too much attention to weather makes for instability of character.”

Character Attention Opinion Too Much Weather Instability

Book:The Little White Horse

Source: The Little White Horse

“I do have a sense of displacement as constant instability — the uninterrupted existence of everything that I love and care about is not guaranteed at all. I wait for catastrophes.”

Care Waiting Existence Constant Catastrophe Instability Displacement Love And Care

Author:Aleksandar Hemon

“In the primal state before any manifestation, when there was no motion but perfect balance, this Prakriti was indestructible, because decomposition or death comes from instability or change.”

States Perfect Balance Manifestation Primal Instability Indestructible Perfect Balance Decomposition

Book:Practical Vedanta Philosophy

Source: Practical Vedanta Philosophy

“I wanted us to share the sense that the number of wrong moves far exceeds the number of good moves, to share the frightening instability of the correct decision, to bond in being confounded.”

Wanted Moving Decision Numbers Share Frightening Exceed Instability Wrong Move

Book:The Book of My Lives

Source: The Book of My Lives

“Of ill-temper there are three kinds: irascibility, bitterness, sullenness. It belongs to the ill-tempered man to be unable to bear either small slights or defeats but to be given to retaliation and revenge, and easily moved to anger by any chance deed or word. Ill-temper is accompanied by excitability of character, instability, bitter speech, and liability to take offence at trifles and to feel these feelings quickly and on slight occasions.”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated)

“The last thing Australia needs right now is instability and uncertainty.”

Needs Lasts Right Now Uncertainty Australia Instability

Author:Tony Abbott

“So, there is enormous instability in the global economy with a shift of winners and losers.”

Economy Enormous Winner Loser Global Economy Instability Winner And Loser

Author:David Korten

“If we have major geographic areas within our continent that have a tremendous lack of economic opportunity, we found that that is going to produce instability economic, political and social.”

Ifs Political Found Opportunity Social Economic Produce Majors Areas Continents Instability Political Instability

Author:William Weld

“You can't make flivers without steel - and you can't make tragedies without social instability. The world's stable now. People are happy; they get what they want, and they never want what they can't get. They're well off; they're safe; they're never ill; they're not afraid of death; they're blissfully ignorant of passion and old age; they're plagued with no mothers or fathers; they've got no wives, or children, or lovers to feel strongly about; they're so conditioned that they pratically can't help behaving as they ought to behave.”

“We have to bring stability to Iraq, otherwise we will be faced with a future dilemma of sending our loved ones into harms way to stop a civil war or the rise of a new tyrant born from the instability that we created.”

Way War Born Iraq Harm Civil War Stability Tyrants Loved Ones Dilemma Instability Moral Dilemma

Author:Jay Rockefeller

“No true Dharma Master behaves with rage, hate, ranting, self- importance. These are signs of mental instability, a character flaw. Never follow such a one as that.”

Love Self Character Hate Masters Buddhism Importance Rage Behave Flaws Dharma Instability Self-importance Character Flaws

Author:Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

“It must be admitted that there is a degree of instability which is inconsistent with civilization. But, on the whole, the great ages have been unstable ages.”

Has Beens Whole Age Civilization Degrees Unstable Inconsistent Instability

Book:Science and the Modern World

Source: Science and the Modern World

“Contrary to Piketty’s rentier hypothesis, I don’t see anyone on the [Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans] whose ancestors bought a great parcel of land in 1780 and have been accumulating family wealth by collecting rents ever since. In America, that old money is long gone - through instability, inflation, taxes, philanthropy, and spending.”

Long Has Beens America Wealth Gone Land Taxes Spending Contrary Lists Ancestor Philanthropy Hypothesis Inflation Collecting Instability Parcel Forbes Old Money

Author:Bill Gates

“Whatever has overstepped its due bounds is always in a state of instability.”

States Security Bounds Dues Instability

Author:Seneca the Younger

“When we violate the law ourselves, whatever short-term advantage may be gained, we are obviously encouraging others to violate the law; we thus encourage disorder and instability and thereby do incalculable damage to our own long-term interests.”

May Long Law Term Interest Advantage Long Term Damage Disorder Short Term Instability Encouraging Others

Book:The Arrogance of Power

Source: The Arrogance of Power

“Working lives are for the state to influence. Unemployment makes people unhappy. So does instability.”

People Doe States Influence Unhappy Unemployment Instability Working Life

Author:Polly Toynbee

“The first, sickness (vyadhi), is a physical obstacle, but the other eight can be considered mental. These include languor (styana), doubt (samshaya), heedlessness (pramada), sloth (alasya), dissipation (avirati), false vision (bhranti-darshana), nonattainment of yogic states (alabdha-bhumikatva), and instability in these states (anavasthitatva).”

Firsts States Vision Doubt Obstacles Eight Sickness Will Power Sloth Instability Dissipation

Author:Richard Rosen

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