“I am more of a sponge than an inventor. I absorb ideas from every source. I take half-matured schemes for mechanical development and make them practical. I am a sort of a middleman between the long-haired and impractical inventor and the hard-headed business man who measures all things in terms of dollars and cents. My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant but misdirected ideas of others.” MenGivingLongIdeasHardValuesTermHalfSourceDevelopmentAll ThingsDollarsBrilliantPracticalsCentsSchemesPrincipalInventorSpongesMaturedBusiness ManMiddlemen Author:Thomas A. Edison
“We must work to ensure that the Nevada Cancer Institute continues to receive the dollars necessary to make it a vibrant source of research and clinical assistance for cancer victims throughout the state of Nevada and the nation.” StatesNationsSourceResearchVictimDollarsCancerAssistanceInstituteClinicalsNevadaCancer Victim Author:Jon Porter
“To me, the print business model is so simple, where readers pay a dollar for all the content within, and that supports the enterprise. The web model is just so much more complicated, and involves this third party of advertisers, and all these other sources of revenue that are sort of provisional, but haven't been proven yet.” SimplePartyPaySupportHavensSourceReaderModelsThirdsDollarsComplicatedEnterprisePrintProvenRevenueBusiness ModelsAdvertisersThird Parties Author:Dave Eggers
“Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity and willing to speak out. Such acts of courage and patriotism, which can sometimes save lives and often save taxpayer dollars, should be encouraged rather than stifled as they have been during the Bush administration. We need to empower federal employees as watchdogs of wrongdoing and partners in performance.” NeedsShouldSometimesGovernmentSpeakInformationWillingSourceIntegrityWastePerformancesAbuseDollarsCommittedPartnersEmpoweringEmployeeFraudTaxpayersSpeaks OutWrongdoingSave A LifeBe EncouragedActs Of CourageWhistleblowersGovernment Employees Author:Barack Obama
“It's going to cost trillions of dollars to rework the energy sources all over the world. Were going to have to move away from fossil fuels.” WorldMovingEnergySourceCostDollarsFuelFossilsFossil FuelEnergy SourcesBurning Fossil FuelsRework Author:Ted Turner