“We have to make sure that not only we [politicians] actually focus on, but the entire nation knows we're focusing on, growth and competition within the United States of America and compete internationally. I don't know anywhere where it's written that we have to be number two.” KnowsTwoStatesAmericaNationsGrowthUnitedNumbersUnited StatesFocusWrittenPoliticianCompetitionUnited States Of America Author:Joe Biden
“If you're a politician it's very useful to say that we can have economic growth and at the same time green the economy, but writers just have to face up to the fact that there are some fundamental tensions between the economic order and the biological order.” IfsFactsFacesOrderGrowthEconomyEconomicPoliticianFundamentalsGreenTensionEconomic GrowthEconomic Order Author:Michael Pollan
“[On women getting the vote:] The newspapers, poor dears, looked of course for something very spectacular. But then newspapers are always apt to be more interested in phenomena like meteors than in the slow growth of a mighty tree. Wait ten years, and the politicians will one day wake up and say, 'Look who's here!” YearsLooksCoursesWaitingGrowthPoorTreePoliticianOne DayTenVoteWake UpNewspapersSpectacularSuffrageMeteorsSlow Growth Author:Margaret Case Harriman
“Ever since economists revealed how much universities contribute to economic growth, politicians have paid close attention to higher education.” GrowthAttentionEconomicHigherPoliticianPaidUniversityEconomistEconomic GrowthHigher Education Author:Derek Bok
“Jamaica is more than just the 'brand' the world recognizes so well; it's a place of pride for the people who live here, its educational institutions, its sports achievements, its science and technology growth.” PeopleWorldWellsCountryScienceSportsGrowthTechnologyPridePoliticianAchievementInstitutionsEducationalBrandsScience And TechnologyJamaicaEducational Institutions Author:Portia Simpson-Miller
“The mindset of legislating for the betterment of society guarantees the growth of the beast. ... Politicians see government as a solution but the people see government as part of the problem. Beastly bureaucracy is born out of good intentions married to poor solutions. Only when politicians realize what constituents already know will the true problem even be addressed much less solved.” PeopleKnowsProblemGovernmentGrowthRealizingBornPoorPoliticianMarriedSolutionsIntentionMindsetBeastGuaranteesBureaucracyGood IntentionsConstituentsBettermentBeastly Author:R. Lee Wrights
“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” InspirationalNationsGrowthPresidentFreedomLibertyEnemyGrowingPoliticianIndependenceIndividualityObediencePresidentialBeing YourselfConformityConventionsConform4th Of JulyFreedom Of ChoiceNonconformityComplianceBusiness GrowthPresidents DayGreat PresidentsPrice Of FreedomChange And GrowthJailerIntellectual FreedomNigeria IndependenceThinking Of YourselfConformity And IndividualityInspirational PresidentialProfiles In CourageChange GrowthInspiring PresidentialThinking About YourselfGrowing Business Author:John F. Kennedy
“When you look at somebody like a Netanyahu, to simply not understand that this is a right-wing politician, a guy who kind of crashed the United States Congress to give his speech there, ignoring President Obama, not even consulting with him, using it for political purposes back home, a guy who has supported the youth - the growth of settlement, I think the - the overreaction and the destruction of Gaza went too, too far. Israel should not be bombing schools or homes, just terrible damage there.” ThinkingGivingKindHomeSchoolPoliticalPurposeGuyGrowthPresidentYouthPoliticianTerribleDestructionPresident ObamaSettlementGaza Author:Bernie Sanders
“The thing about living in a place like Nebraska is there aren't that many people, so your circle of acquaintances is going be much more diverse. Everyone would go to the same bar, like the local politicians and construction workers. The class intersections were fascinating to me. And of course there's a whole other conversation about what a huge source of growth it was for me in terms of understanding people and the world in a way that I hadn't in New York. I used to say that L.A. is essentially New York with yards.” PeopleWorldUnderstandingGrowthTermPoliticianConstructionDiverseAcquaintance Author:Meghan Daum
“Politicians also have a love affair with the 'small business exemption.' Too much paperwork? Too heavy a burden? Not enough time? Just exempt small businesses from the rule. It sounds so pro-growth. Instead it's an admission that the costs of a regulation just can't be justified.” EnoughSoundGrowthToo MuchPoliticianCostAffairBurdenHeavyRegulationJustifiedSmall BusinessLove AffairEnough TimeAdmissionPaperworkExemptionNot Enough Time Author:John Sununu