“Substantial progress was made in spreading our foreign trade to other areas. Our total trade with Northwest Europe in the first 8 months of last year was 42.3 per cent above the corresponding period the year previous, and our total trade with Asia was up 13.5 per cent. For the first time since 1919, the United States in the first 8 months of 1956 accounted for less than 60 percent of our total trade.” YearsFirstsMadeStatesLastsUnitedUnited StatesProgressMonthsPeriodsPercentFirst TimeEuropeAreasTradeCentsLast YearAsiaCorrespondingForeign Trade Author:Ramon Magsaysay
“Where are the people who don't have goals headed? Those 97 per cent end up working for the three percent.” PeopleEndsThreeGoalPercentCents Author:Shiv Khera
“There's tens of millions of families with single mothers who are living at 100 to 200 percent below the poverty level and these are not women that are on welfare, these are working women. How different would there life be if they're making an extra 40 to 60 cents to the dollar. We can't do this to our kids anymore.” IfsLifeDifferentKidsLife IsMotherLevelsPovertyMillionsPercentDollarsWelfareExtrasCentsSingle MotherWorking Women Author:Patricia Arquette
“Cent percent swadeshi gives sufficient scope for the most insatiable ambition for service and a satisfaction of every kind of talent.” GivingKindTalentAmbitionPercentSatisfactionSufficientCentsScopeInsatiable Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“When we talk about gender pay gaps in the United States, and if you look at women without children, they earn 96 cents for every dollar that a man is earning, while for mothers it is about 76 cents. That's nearly 25 percent less. For single mothers, the situation is even worse. One third of them are living in poverty or just on the edge of poverty. This is an unacceptable situation.” IfsMenLooksChildrenStatesMotherUnitedPaySituationPovertyUnited StatesPercentThirdsDollarsEdgesGenderGapsCentsEarningSingle MotherPay Gap Author:Anne-Marie Slaughter
“If your company matches your 401(k) contribution, then no matter what, contribute to your 401(k) first. You put in a dollar, they put in 50 cents. It's an automatic 50 percent return on your money. You can't pass that up. I'd rather have the 50 percent than pay 32 percent interest on a credit card.” IfsFirstsMatterInterestPayCompanyReturnPercentNo Matter WhatDollarsCreditCardsContributionCentsCredit Card Author:Suze Orman
“The studying, the books, exams, arguments, theories. The jokes and pints, laughter, kisses and songs. Life was like running, ninety percent sweat and toil, ten per cent joy.” BookRunningJoySongStudyTheoryTenKissingLaughterJokesPercentArgumentSweatCentsToilNinetyExamPints Author:Siobhan Dowd
“The normal profits of a business concern in the United States are six, eight, ten, and sometimes twelve percent. But war-time profits - ah! that is another matter - twenty, sixty, one hundred, three hundred, and even eighteen hundred per cent - the sky is the limit.” WarSometimesMatterStatesThreeUnitedUnited StatesSkyTenLimitsNormalSixPercentHundredConcernTwentiesProfitEightTwelveCentsSixtyEighteenRacketSky Is The LimitWar Time Book:War is a Racket!: And Other Essential Reading Source: War is a Racket!: And Other Essential Reading