“I want people to be inspired to do what's in front of them. If you won't give a dime out of a dollar, don't talk to a billionaire about giving their money away because if you don't give a dime out of a dollar, I can promise you, you're not going to give a 100 million out of a billion. It's a lie.” PeopleIfsWantGivingI CanLyingMillionsFrontsPromiseDollarsInspiredBillionsBillionaireDimesBe Inspired Author:Tony Robbins
“The Obama administration asked General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner to step down, and he agreed. This is good news for Obama; the last time he tried to get someone to quit, it took months -- and even then, he had to promise her a job as secretary of state. ... According to the government, Rick Wagoner was forced to resign because of poor performance. That's embarrassing -- run an organization that loses billions of dollars and then get fired by a guy who heads up an organization that loses trillions of dollars.” StatesGovernmentRunningJobsLastsGuyLosesPoorStepsMonthsPromiseNewsPerformancesOrganizationDown AndDollarsBillionsQuittingAdministrationSecretaryLast TimeCeoGood NewsEmbarrassingMotorHeads UpGeneral MotorsPoor Performance Author:Jay Leno
“Falling prices are driving renewable energy investment in India, which rose 13 per cent last year and is expected to surpass 10 billion dollars in 2015. Adoption of increasingly cost-effective renewables holds the genuine promise of a new age of socio-economic development, powered by clean, increasingly decentralised, and sustainable energy. The opportunity for India is tremendous.” YearsAgeLastsFallOpportunityEnergyEconomicDevelopmentPromiseCostIndiaDollarsRoseCleanInvestmentExpectedBillionsDrivingGenuineCentsLast YearAdoptionNew AgeRenewable EnergyEconomic DevelopmentSustainable Energy Author:Adnan
“The only way to ensure that our promise to provide every opportunity for students with disabilities, and help them achieve their full potential, is to give our schools the dollars they need.” WayNeedsGivingHelpingSchoolOpportunityAchieveStudentsPromiseDollarsDisabilityFull Potential Author:Gordon Smith
“Part of Washington keeping its promises is a focus on directing more dollars into our local classrooms.” FocusPromiseDollarsLocalsClassroom Author:Mark Kennedy
“A U.S. dollar is an IOU from the Federal Reserve Bank. It's a promissory note that doesn't actually promise anything. It's not backed by gold or silver.” PromiseGoldDollarsNotesSilverReservesFederal Reserve Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“Any customer that walks away, disrespected and defeated, represents tens of thousands of dollars out the door, in addition to the failure of a promise the brand made in the first place. You can't see it but it's happening, daily.” FirstsMadeWalksDoorsPromiseHappeningsDollarsCustomersBrandsDefeatedDisrespected Author:Seth Godin
“The promise of American capitalism is that it makes people richer, freer and more independent. But since the introduction of Fed, the currency in which Americans keep score has so addled the figures, we scarcely know if we are winning or losing. The dollar we knew as a child - in the 1950's - is only worth a tenth as much today.” PeopleIfsKnowsChildrenTodayWinningFiguresPromiseLosingCapitalismIndependentDollarsScoreFedsCurrencyIntroductionWin Or LoseAmerican Capitalism Author:Bill Bonner
“This Congress has promised all manner of border security and port security to the tune of billions of dollars... yet we have - to date - funded our promises for port security at only $900 million. That's quite a distance between what we say and what we actually do.” MillionsSecurityPromiseDistanceDollarsCongressBillionsBordersTunesPortBorder Security Author:Solomon Ortiz
“I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They're too much fun.” GivingTwoFunSportsToo MuchEasierPromiseThousandBedGiving UpHundredBaseballDollarsDrinkingFiftyToo Much Fun Author:Babe Ruth
“There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further.” I CanScienceSpaceBusinessOne ThingPromiseTaxesProgramDollarsJust OneSpace ExplorationOuter SpaceSpace ProgramRocket ScienceTax Dollars Author:Wernher von Braun
“Things break all the time. Glass and dishes and fingernails. Cars and contracts and potato chips. You can break a record, a horse, a dollar. You can break the ice. There are coffee breaks and lunch breaks and prison breaks. Day breaks, waves break, voices break. Chains can be broken. So can silence, and fever... promises break. Hearts break.” HeartVoiceSilenceBreakRecordsCarBrokenPromiseHorseDollarsPrisonGlassesWaveCoffeeIceChainsContractsLunchDishesChipsPotatoesFeverHeart BreakFingernailsPotato ChipsPrison BreakCoffee BreakHandle With CareLunch Break Book:Handle with Care: A Novel Source: Handle with Care: A Novel