“I'm not concerned about the very poor, we have a safety net there, if we need to repair, I'll fix it. I'm not concerned about the very rich, they're doing just fine. I'm concerned about the very heart of America, the 90-95 percent of Americans who are struggling, and I'll continue to take that message across the country.” IfsNeedsHeartCountryAmericaValuesPoorStruggleRichFineMessagesPercentConcernedSafetyConservativeSafety NetConservative Values Author:Mitt Romney
“The joy of life is born of concentration. When you are having a cup of tea, the value of that experience depends on your concentration. You have to drink the tea with 100 percent of your concentration.” Life IsJoyValuesBornDependsDrinkPercentCupsTeaConcentrationJoy Of LifeCups Of Tea Book:You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment Source: You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment
“Five percent seems very little to ask when you consider that the artist, through his or her efforts over many years, is largely responsible for the increased value of their work.” YearsLittlesSeemsArtistValuesAsksMoneyEffortFivePercentResponsible Author:Joe Fafard
“Our efforts in chess attain only a hundredth of one percent of their rightful result... Our education, in all domains of endeavour, is frightfully wasteful of time and values.” ValuesResultsEffortPercentChessDomainEndeavour Author:Emanuel Lasker
“You know I've been in these tabloids for years now. And at some point you just become a Zen master of it all. Most of these stories, you get probably 2 percent real fruit juice and the rest is just garbage with no nutritional value.” RealStoriesValuesPercentFruitGarbageJuiceFruit Juice Author:Brad Pitt
“The general systems of money management today require people to pretend to do something they can't do and like something they don't. It's a funny business because on a net basis, the whole investment management business together gives no value added to all buyers combined. That's the way it has to work. Mutual funds charge two percent per year and then brokers switch people between funds, costing another three to four percentage points. The poor guy in the general public is getting a terrible product from the professionals.” PeopleWayGivingYearsTwoWholeTodayTogetherGuyValuesThreePoorFourProductsTerriblePercentBasesManagementInvestmentInvestingFundMutualPercentagesLike SomethingBuyersMoney ManagementGeneral PublicFunny BusinessBrokersMutual FundInvestment Management Author:John C. Bogle
“I am not a politician going around bragging about family values or putting myself on some ridiculous virtuous pedestal. I write comedy. And I am an actor. I am not going to solve the nation's problems. I don't actually spend my life in the way the tabloids like to think I do. I actually spend 95 percent of it writing comedy. Sober. Well, nearly sober anyway.” ThinkingWayWritingWellsProblemValuesActorsNationsComedyPoliticianPercentSolveRidiculousVirtuousSoberBraggingTabloidsPedestalAbout FamilyFamily ValuesWriting Comedy Author:Steve Coogan
“Lithuania is a small country, so our contribution would not be that large. We are not afraid of our responsibility. We receive 25 percent of our national budget from the European Union. We understand the value of solidarity.” CountryValuesResponsibilityPercentUnionsBudgetsContributionNot AfraidSolidarityEuropean UnionSmall CountriesLithuania Author:Dalia Grybauskaite
“We men should be ashamed of ourselves. I think 85 percent of men are dangerous to women. We need to change to a values system nested in compassion and generosity, and women have carried that torch throughout history.” ThinkingMenNeedsShouldValuesCompassionDangerousPercentGenerosityAshamedTorchesNeed A ChangeValue Systems Author:Patch Adams
“European carmakers pledged to reduce CO2 emissions by 25 percent from 1995 to 2008. We kept our word and reduced the value even more. This is not the result of short-term gimmickry. We decided years ago to develop the relevant models and engines, otherwise we wouldn't be able to offer them today.” YearsTodayAbleValuesTermResultsOffersModelsPercentYears AgoDecidedEnginesRelevantShort TermEmissionsOur WordsCo2Co2 Emissions Author:Norbert Reithofer
“Seventy-six percent of the American people say we have a spiritual problem in our country. That's great, because now they understand the root of the problem is not that we haven't passed enough laws; rather, the root of the problem is in terms of our social value system.” PeopleCountryEnoughProblemSpiritualLawValuesSocialTermHavensSixPercentRootsOur CountrySeventiesValue SystemsSocial Values Author:Charles Colson
“A 99% Value-at-Risk calculation does not evaluate what happens in the last one percent... This is like an airbag that works all the time, except when you have a car accident.” DoeHappensLastsValuesRiskCarPercentAccidentsCalculationsEvaluateCar AccidentAirbags Author:David Einhorn
“The values my mother taught me were like, if you're going to do something, don't half-ass it. I remember her literally saying that to me. Like the first time I ever heard the term half-ass was coming from my mother's lips. I was probably 8 or 9. If you're going to do something, go ahead and throw 115 percent at it, and if you get 100 percent back, well, there you go - you're perfect.” IfsFirstsWellsRememberMotherValuesTermPerfectHalfHeardTaughtPercentFirst TimeLipsAss Author:Justin Timberlake
“Diversify. But carve out 10 to 20 percent for the most unloved part of the market: emerging markets value.” ValuesPercentEmergingUnlovedEmerging Markets Author:Robert D. Arnott
“Of course, the UK is a significant economy that makes up a quarter of American exports to the EU, more than 50 percent of our exports in certain sectors and over 25 percent of the government procurement opportunities we have in Europe. Brexit reduces the size of the TTIP deal for the United States, and there will need to be an adjustment of expectations accordingly, but Brexit underscores the value of reaching an agreement at this critical moment in the evolution of Europe.” NeedsStatesMomentsGovernmentCertainValuesCoursesOpportunityUnitedDealsUnited StatesEconomyEvolutionExpectationsPercentEuropeSizeCriticalSignificantReachingAgreementQuartersAdjustmentCritical MomentsProcurement Author:Michael Froman
“I think that when somebody tells you something of value, a lot of the time there's this thing that happens, and I don't know if you find it, where they go exactly for the word or the moment or the thing that you were hoping they wouldn't notice, or inside didn't feel 100 percent secure about. If they point it out, then that really sends you the message of, "Okay, I was trying to override my own instincts about it, and I guess I shouldn't."” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsTryingMomentsHappensValuesMy OwnMessagesPercentOkayInstinctSecure Author:Regina Spektor
“And people really behaved in a fraudulent way or something, we'll go back and find the culprits later on. But that really isn't the problem we have. I mean that's where it came from, though. We leveraged up and if you have a 20 percent fall in value of a $20 trillion asset, that's $4 trillion. And when $4 trillion lands - losses land in the wrong part of this economy, it can gum up the whole place.” PeopleIfsWayMeanWholeProblemValuesFallLossEconomyLandPercentAssetsGumCulprit Author:Warren Buffett
“Interesting statistic: In every economic recovery until 1982, working people captured more than 80 percent of the value of the recovery. Since 1982, the top 10 percent has captured 90 percent of the value of the economic recovery.” PeopleValuesInterestingEconomicPercentRecoveryCapturedTop 10Economic Recovery Author:Julianne Malveaux
“Rising inequality hasn't really accomplished anything of value for its ostensible beneficiaries, the top one percent. They've all built bigger mansions and staged more lavish parties. But in so doing, they've simply raised the bar that defines what's considered adequate in these categories.” ValuesPartyPercentBuiltBiggerRaisedBarsInequalityRisingAccomplishedCategoriesAdequateMansionsBeneficiaries Author:Robert H. Frank
“Regardless of what ideological twist people may have, about 90 to 95 percent of our population [in Puerto Rico] really values our citizenship. It's of utmost importance.” PeopleMayValuesPercentImportancePopulationCitizenshipTwistsIdeologicalPuerto RicoRico Author:Ricky Rossello
“In Burma, we have only about four percent of the people in our country who are (college) graduates. So can we not value the majority? No, we must. If we just value the graduates, then does that mean our people are not valuable? I don't believe that. What is important is we need right people in right positions.” PeopleIfsNeedsBelieveMeanDoeImportantCountryValuesFourPositionCollegePercentMajorityDon't BelieveValuableOur CountryGraduatesBurmaCollege Graduates Author:Aung San Suu Kyi