“The Irish move to a very low corporation tax has generated very significant revenue growth, considerably in excess of Britain's, where a slower economy has been combined with a number of stealth taxes.” Has BeensMovingGrowthNumbersEconomyTaxesLowsSignificantCorporationsBritainExcessRevenueStealth Author:John Redwood
“The harsh reality is that America moves on four wheels, powered by conventional internal-combustion engines. At this point, while the elite media (excluding Newsweek) trumpet the benefits of hybrids and Ford and Toyota plan to lead the nation into a low-powered, high-mileage hybrid Utopia, the multitudes remain loyal to the gas-guzzling family bus in the driveway.” RealityAmericaMovingNationsFourPlansMediaBenefitsLowsWheelsGasInternalsBusEnginesElitesLoyalConventionalMultitudesHarshUtopiaTrumpetsHybridCombustionDrivewayToyotaHarsh RealityMileage Author:Brock Yates
“But now that foreign steel, and foreign cars, are moving into the United States in increased quantities at relatively low prices, the United States can no longer keep its business system fluid by inflation.” StatesWisdomMovingPoliticsUnitedUnited StatesEconomyCarLowsLiberalismQuantitySteelInflationFluid Author:John Chamberlain
“There's no way you can shoot low-budget stuff on lots of locations. It's just a practicality thing because every time you move, it costs time and money.” WayMovingStuffCostLowsBudgetsLocationPracticalityTime And Money Author:Ben Wheatley
“We will move to a low-carbon world because nature will force us, or because policy will guide us. If we wait until nature forces us, the cost will be astronomical.” IfsWorldMovingForceWaitingNaturePolicyCostLowsClimateGuidesCarbon Author:Christiana Figueres
“The aim of industrialization has always been to replace people with machines or other technology, to make the cost of production as low as possible, to sell the product as high as possible, and to move the wealth into fewer and fewer hands.” PeopleHandsMovingWealthTechnologyProductsCostLowsMachinesAimSellsProductionsFewerIndustrialization Author:Wendell Berry
“The distinguishing trait of people accustomed to good society is a calm, imperturbable quiet which pervades all their actions and habits, from the greatest to the least. They eat in quiet, move in quiet, live in quiet, and lose their wife, or even their money, in quiet; while low persons cannot take up either a spoon or an affront without making such an amazing noise about it.” PeoplePersonsActionMovingLosesWifeHabitQuietLowsCalmNoiseMannersTraitsAccustomedSpoonsAffront Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“We have two different ways of working. One is completely unstructured where somebody just starts playing and somebody joins in and then the other person joins in, and something starts to happen. That's occasionally what happens. What more often happens is that we settle on some sort of - a few sort of structural ideas, like, "Okay, when I put my finger up, we're all going to move to the extremes of our instruments. So, that means you can only play either very high or very low or both. And we're going to stay there until I take my finger down.” WayMeanPersonsTwoIdeasDifferentPlayHappensMovingLowsOkayInstrumentsFingersExtremesSettlingDifferent Ways Author:Brian Eno
“Sloths have low metabolisms, so they have to move slowly in order to conserve energy. However, they aren't aimless or "lazy" and they actually move around quite a lot - just very, very slowly.” MovingOrderEnergyLowsLazySlothMetabolism Author:Ann Burton
“When I'm talking to people, I find myself quoting the three organizing rules of Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter was initiated by three young women, and too few people know that. But, anyway, the first one is lead with love. The second is low ego, high impact. The third is move with the speed of trust. I must say those make me feel very hopeful for the future.” PeopleKnowsFeelsFirstsMatterMovingYoungThreeBlackTalkingEgoLowsThirdsImpactSpeedHopefulYoung WomenBlack Lives MatterQuotingBlack Lives Author:Gloria Steinem
“I am impressed by the positive and insightful feedback we have received from Canadians across the country and again this morning in Brampton. The input received during the pre-budget consultation process is invaluable to our Government, as we move forward in keeping Canada's economy strong. That means keeping taxes low while investing in programs and services that are important to Canadians and their families.” MeanImportantCountryGovernmentMovingStrongProcessMorningEconomyTaxesLowsProgramInvestingMoving ForwardBudgetsCanadaInsightfulImpressedFeedbackInputInvaluableConsultation Author:Kevin Sorenson
“Once a price move exceeds its median historical age, any method you use to analyze the market, whether it be fundamental or technical, is likely to be far more accurate. For example, if a chartist interprets a particular pattern as a top formation, but the market is only up 10% from the last low, the odds are high that the projection will be incorrect. However, if the market is up 25% to 30%, then the same type of formation should be given a great deal more weight.” IfsShouldUseAgeLastsMovingGivenDealsExampleParticularTypeLowsWeightMethodFundamentalsHistoricalPatternsAccurateOddsProjectionExceedFormationMedian Author:Victor Sperandeo
“I keep my weight low, although you need to be able to move your weight around the race car to change the balance. I'm 6ft and I'm 70kg so I haven't much fat on me.” NeedsAbleMovingRaceCarHavensBalanceLowsWeightFatsRace Car Author:Jenson Button
“Shale gas represents a promising new potential energy resource for the UK. It could contribute significantly to our energy security, reducing our reliance on imported gas, as we move to a low-carbon economy.” MovingEnergyEconomySecurityLowsResourcesGasCarbonRelianceReducingEnergy SecurityPotential Energy Author:Edward Davey
“How could Digital's collapse be so precipitous? It's because, in many ways, financial performance data is misleading. As you move up to the top of the market, you're getting rid of the less profitable products at the low end and adding business with more attractive margins at the high end. The rate of unit volume growth might be tapering off as you pursue these smaller markets, but your margins actually look better. So Wall Street rewards your stock price until you hit the ceiling.” WayLooksEndsMightMovingGrowthStreetsProductsWallLowsPerformancesRewardsRateFinancialPursueDataAttractiveDigitalCollapseVolumeUnitsProfitableMarginsCeilingsMisleadStock PriceTapering Author:Clayton Christensen
“Low oil prices played a part in a major move by Congress voting to end the 40-year-old ban on exporting American crude oil.” YearsEndsMovingMajorsLowsCongressOilVotingBansCrudeExportingOil PriceCrude Oil Author:Ari Shapiro
“There is no question that a very large number of people have to move; you cannot live where the water comes over you. I have not heard one suggestion on how we are going to move one hundred million people out of low-lying areas and what countries would be willing to accept them.” PeopleCountryWould BeMovingLyingWaterNumbersAcceptingMillionsHeardWillingLowsHundredAreasOver YouSuggestionsLarge Numbers Author:Walter Munk
“When you understand the purpose [of life], then you can deal and journey through the obstacles, the rejections, the stops and starts, highs-and-lows with a different lens because you know that you're moving in what you're supposed to do.” KnowsDifferentMovingPurposeDealsJourneyLowsObstaclesRejectionPurpose Of LifeLensesMoving InHighs And Lows Author:Aisha Hinds
“Obviously the world is moving away from high carbon energy to low carbon energy, and eventually moving away toward renewable energy. So it is in the interest of Africa to move towards that, because that's where the world is moving.” WorldMovingEnergyInterestLowsCarbonRenewable EnergyMoving Away Author:Wangari Maathai
“In Cleveland there is legislation moving forward to ban people from wearing pants that fit too low. However, there is lots of opposition from the plumber' union.” PeopleMovingFitLowsUnionsMoving ForwardOppositionPantsLegislationKeep Moving ForwardBansClevelandPlumber Author:Conan O'Brien
“In fact you've got your hands tied behind your back when somebody chooses to take a low road in to you, there is nothing you can do about it, and so you just live with it and move on.” FactsHandsMovingCan DoBehindsLowsTiedBack WhenJust LiveBehind Your BackHands Tied Author:Robert Redford
“Love is what moves the world, I've always thought...it is the only thing which allows men and women to stand in a world where gravity always seems to want to pull them down...bring them low...and make them crawl.” MenWorldWantSeemsMovingLove IsLowsMen And WomenGravity Book:The Stand Source: The Stand
“Dad took moving pictures of us children washing dishes, so that he could figure out how we could reduce our motions and thus hurry through the task. Irregular jobs, such as painting the back porch or removing a stump from the front lawn, were awarded on a low-bid basis. Each child who wanted extra pocket money submitted a sealed bid saying what he would do the job for. The lowest bidder got the contract.” ChildrenWantedJobsMovingFrontsFiguresPaintingDadLowsTasksBasesExtrasPocketsContractsDishesLowestWashingLawnsPorchStumpsWashing Dishes Book:CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN Source: CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN
“Pain! Deep, tearing, throbbing, needle-sharp, hammer-blunt pain – ripping through his body and through his mind, twisting deep in his guts and slicing at his skin with razors and broken glass. Oskan wanted to scream, but his vocal cords had burned away. He was desperate for water and he could hear it dripping all around him, but his charred tongue found nothing in his mouth but blisters and scorched flesh. For hours he lay on the ropes of the low bed, unable to move, the pressure of the hemp on his destroyed skin sending new agonies deep into his body.” MindBodyWantedPainMovingFoundWaterHoursBrokenBedLowsMouthsSkinsPressureLaysGlassesTongueFleshDestroyedDesperateGutsScreamBurnedAgonyRopeHammersVocalNeedlesBluntRazorsCordsDrippingHempBroken GlassBlistersVocal Cords Book:The Icemark Chronicles #1: Cry of the Icemark Source: The Icemark Chronicles #1: Cry of the Icemark
“1. Organize before they rise! 2. They feel no fear, why should you? 3. Use your head: cut off theirs. 4. Blades don't need reloading. 5. Ideal protection = tight clothes, short hair. 6. Get up the staircase, then destroy it. 7. Get out of the car, get onto the bike. 8. Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert! 9. No place is safe, only safer. 10. The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on.” NeedsFeelsShouldMayUseMovingGoneCuttingCarHairQuietSafeClothesLowsIdealsThreatProtectionGet UpOrganizeBikeNo FearZombieBladesKeep MovingStaircasesShort HairTight ClothesReloading Author:Max Brooks
“I've come down in the world. I've slid to a place where the ceiling is low and there isn't much room for me to move.Most of the time I'm used to it ... I accepted my sentence and do not brood or look back. But sometimes a shift makes me remember. Routine is ruffled and a new start makes me suddenly conscious of what I've become -” WorldLooksSometimesRememberMovingRoomsLowsConsciousSentencesAcceptedRoutineCeilingsNew Start Book:Minaret Source: Minaret
“Maybe he sees it on my face, that fraction of a second when I let my guard down, because in that moment his expression softens and his eyes go bright as flame and even though I barely see him move, suddenly he has closed the space between us and he’s wrapping his warm hands over my shoulders—fingers so warm and strong I almost cry out—and saying, “Lena. I like you, okay? That’s it. That’s all. I like you.” His voice is so low and hypnotic it reminds me of a song. I think of predators dropping silently from trees: I think of enormous cats with glowing amber eyes, just like his.” ThinkingMomentsHandsEyeFacesMovingSongStrongVoiceSpaceTreeCryExpressionLike YouLowsCatOkayFingersWarmShouldersEnormousFlamesHis EyesThat MomentDroppingGlowingFractionsPredatorSpace BetweenAmberI Like YouWrappingHypnoticAmber Eyes Author:Lauren Oliver