“As long as we keep our fundamentals strong...the dollar (and) U.S. borrowing costs will do just fine.” LongStrongFineCostFundamentalsDollarsBorrowing Author:Lawrence Summers
“It is your mind that matters economically, as much or more than your mouth or hands. In the long run, the most important economic effect of population size and growth is the contribution of additional people to our stock of useful knowledge. And this contribution is large enough in the long run to overcome all the costs of population growth.” PeopleMindLongImportantMatterEnoughHandsRunningGrowthKnowledgeEconomicEffectsCostMouthsEconomicsOvercomingSizePopulationIntellectContributionLong RunsSmart PeopleKnowledge Is PowerPopulation GrowthUseful Knowledge Author:Julian Simon
“Resistance will continue as long as the occupation and aggression continues. There is no recognition of Israel, no matter what the cost is.” LongMatterCostNo Matter WhatIsraelResistanceRecognitionOccupationAggression Author:Khaled Mashal
“I am a great believer in high-priced people. If a thing cost a lot it may not be any better, but it adds a certain amount of class that the cheap thing can never approach; in the long run it's the higher-priced things that are the cheapest.” PeopleIfsMayLongRunningCertainBusinessClassAmountHigherCostApproachAddBelieverLong RunsCheap Things Book:Letters of a self-made diplomat to his President Source: Letters of a self-made diplomat to his President
“The amateur has a long list of fears. Near the top are two: Solitude and silence. The amateur fears solitude and silence because she needs to avoid, at all costs, the voice inside her head that would point her toward her calling and her destiny. So she seeks distraction. The amateur prizes shallowness and shuns depth. The culture of Twitter and Facebook is paradise for the amateur.” NeedsLongTwoMotivationalCultureVoiceSilenceDestinyCallingCostSolitudeDepthListsParadisePrizeDistractionSilence IsShallownessTwitter And Facebook Author:Steven Pressfield
“In the long run the answer to all those who object to the doctrine of hell, is itself a question: What are you asking God to do? To wipe out their past sins and, at all costs, to give them a fresh start, smoothing every difficulty and offering every miraculous help? But He has done so, on Calvary. To forgive them? They will not be forgiven. To leave them alone? Alas, I am afraid that is what He does.” GivingLongDoeDoneHelpingRunningPastSinAnswersHellObjectsCostDifficultyAskingForgivingDoctrineOfferingLong RunsForgivenAlasMiraculousWipeFresh StartCalvaryAsking God Author:C. S. Lewis
“So long as oil is used as a source of energy, when the energy cost of recovering a barrel of oil becomes greater than the energy content of the oil, production will cease no matter what the monetary price may be.” MayLongMatterUsedEnergyGreaterSourceCostNo Matter WhatProductionsOilCeaseMonetaryBarrelsRecoveringOil Production Author:M. King Hubbert
“Money is indispensable to a long-circuit heavy load energy system. It must be used when a sufficient surplus is being produced to allow a margin for exchange, and cost of transport, over a considerable distance. Money represents a storage battery when idle, and a generalized mode of the conversion of energy when it is in motion, with a function of equating time and space.” LongUsedEnergySpaceCostFunctionDistanceHeavyConversionSufficientLoadIdleIndispensableTime And SpaceMarginsTransportCircuitsBatteriesSurplusStorageHeavy Loads Book:God of the Machine Source: God of the Machine