Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Glassman

Usually economists are figuring things out after the fact, especially the Fed chairman.

Carl Tannenbaum

It's a big surprise and another puzzle for economists to try to figure out.

Edmund Phelps

Raising the minimum wage seems to all economists to, at the very least, fail to 'raise' employment, and we'd all like to see better inclusion of low-skilled workers into good-paying jobs.

Mercer Bullard

Any economist will tell you that in terms of predictive power, there's no comparison. In a given investment category, if you're to pick a single factor to go on, you're going to do better in a fund with lower costs.

Jude Wanniski

the most influential political economist of the last generation.

Marshall Vest

The world economy has become much more open and global. Greenspan was in favor of all that, as most economists are.

Ronald Coase

There is no doubt that the recognition by economists of the importance of the role of the firm in the functioning of the economy will prompt them to investigate its activities more closely.

Edward Abbey

What our economists call a depressed area almost always turns out to be a cleaner, freer, more livable place than most.

Timothy Ghriskey

What our economist thinks at this point is that we have probably seen the last of interest rate hikes by the Fed, which could be a positive thing for the transportation sector,

Susan Anthony

The reduced forecast for the handset market is a surprise at this stage of the year...they are pulling back their own sales growth, and I would have thought they wouldn't need to do that until later in the year.

Joseph Unsworth

They needed to diversify because ... all the long-term forecasts for DRAM are not bright.

Tetsuya Miura

Forecasts were too high because the government spent less than expected.

Lixion Avila

Ophelia is forecast to become a hurricane within the next 12 hours.

Jack Beven

Some strengthening is forecast ... and Maria could be near hurricane strength by Sunday.

Joe Girardi

I've been reading press clippings about what I can do and what I couldn't do for a long time. That's just the nature of the business. ... Forecasts are forecasts. It's forecast to rain today, probably, but that doesn't mean it's going to. What matters is what we think about ourselves.

Jeffrey Applegate

The risk to this new forecast is down, not up.

Arthur C. Clarke

The future is not to be forecast, but created.

Phil Flynn

Even though the forecasts are turning colder, traders are already thinking about spring. The market is saying we think the winter is pretty much over given the supplies that we have.

Carole Theriault

We are already seeing a transformation, where virus writing is getting more sinister and turning toward monetary gain.

Jaymie Pedigo

All prizes are monetary and range from $10 to $750.

Bobby Bentley

It's not necessarily a monetary thing, but it's a support group.

Richard Fisher

As a result, we are in a tightening phase of monetary policy,

David Dodge

There's still considerable monetary stimulus in the economy.

Sharon Stark

I think they're in trouble now if it doesn't work. There is not much more monetary stimulus that they can add.

William Poole

How long it takes to unwind from all of that, I don't know, but it ought not to be viewed as an objective of monetary policy to try to stabilize price fluctuations of that sort,

David Woo

We're unlikely to see the yen strengthening this year. Monetary policy will remain very lax.

Peter Kenyon

It's a myth to suggest it's just a monetary issue,

Patricia Hewitt

There is no question of the NHS being privatised.

Jim MacDonald

There is no question it has to happen.

Joel Hollander

We're going to take a hit, no question about it.

Tom Jr.

With the wind blowing, (and) shooting 2 under here, you've got to be happy, there's no question about that.

Susie Wisniowski

We're going to have to come up with some sort of strategy. There are just so many questions.

Bill Uttley

The more questions that are being answered, the more get asked.

Bob Garcia

It's a severe bite. Certainly, it's up there with the worst we've seen. There's no question about it.

Derrick Brooks

A lot of questions have to be answered,

Rich Gadomski

They may be worn out, over-used, mishandled, abused. It is a question of how reliable is the source you got it from. Unfortunately, that is not always a very safe bet.

Alan Greenspan

There is a limit to how much the United States Treasury can borrow.

Alan Moore

As I come to understand Vietnam and what it implies about the human condition, I also realize that few humans will permit themselves such an understanding.

Dean Acheson

The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.

David Hume

Morals and criticism are not so properly objects of the understanding as of taste and sentiment.

Audrey Tautou

I understand that nobody understands me, but I can't be someone I'm not.

Dee Hock

The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how the new concepts compare to how you now operate and thoughtfully determine how they apply to what you want to achieve in the future.

Carlos Castaneda

You're chained to you reason ... Understanding is only a very small affair, so very small

Charlotte Lamb

I wish you wouldn't walk in and out of my mind as though it was a railway station!

Charles Baudelaire

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

Charlie Kaufman

Every day of your life, you have information that enters your head, and that information informs your understanding of things, or shifts it, or changes it, or deepens it, or confuses you. Every day, every moment of every day - it's like this thing that happens.

Rick Rudesill

Whether they play (against Mitchell) is kind of up in the air. You have to wonder about their stamina.

Pierce Brosnan

Whether they made the right choice, who knows?

Karen Burk

Whether someone thought it was a joke, we take it very seriously. This is a food-tampering issue.

John Podhoretz

Whether my columns are worth reading isn't for me to say.

Leonard Mlodinow

Whether it's fiction or nonfiction, writing takes me to another world.

Silas Lee

There's a lot of frustration. Whether or not all the incumbents get defeated, that is to be seen.

Teresa Heinz

I've always worked on bipartisans, whether it's on healthcare, drug reform, et cetera. All my work is bipartisan, because what I'm - as nonpartisan actually, because I look for solutions. I'm very practical.

T. Boone Pickens

I don't care whether you use natural gas, ethanol, the battery. You can use anything, just so it's American.

Simon Sinek

Whether individuals or organisations, we follow those who lead not because we have to, but because we want to. We follow those who lead not for them, but for ourselves.