Famous Quotes & Sayings

The market's gains really are a response to the good fundamentals we've seen, like the jobless claims. It's really helping tech because that is one of the most cyclical parts of the economy. There is also hope that capital spending will be vigorous even if the consumer takes a break.

The measures have been a long time coming. There is still a lot of potential incentive for domestic capital flight. This should not just be a one-off rate hike.

The market has done better than I would have thought. You've got some signs that the economy is starting to stabilize -- it looks like the consumer is counteracting the negative effects of the capital spending slowdown in technology.

The market has done better than I would have thought, ... You've got some signs that the economy is starting to stabilize -- it looks like the consumer is counteracting the negative effects of the capital spending slowdown in technology.

The market is misreading and misunderstanding the story. The story is the capital account, not, I repeat not, the current account.

The market is being very rational where it's placing capital and the companies that can grow their unit volume, get revenues and earnings going at a 30 to 40 percent clip are being rewarded accordingly, ... I see nothing irrational about it.

George Gilder

The crucial role of the rich in a capitalist economy is... to invest; to provide unencumbered and unbureaucratized cash.

Joseph Schumpeter

The evolution of the capitalist style of life could be easily ù and perhaps most tellingly ù described in terms of the genesis of the modern Lounge Suit.

The environment is ripe for capital expenditure recovery. The Korean economic recovery is broadening out.

The equipment companies are hurting as capital expenditures by the carriers continue to stay low. It's a vicious cycle.

The headline figures are quite strong. Machinery orders are a leading indicator of capital spending, and this outcome shows corporate spending will be strong at least in the first half of 2006.

The impact of capital markets wasn't all negative, and they saw solid improvement in credit quality in their commercial business.

Matt Taibbi

Capitalism is a system for determining objective value.

These are films that capitalize on the notion of being able to push the envelope and go into territory that you could not go into in a PG-13.

These are extremely trying times for our country. The recovery is going to be led by us via our private capital and our private enterprise. The government does not have a weapon in its repertoire that comes close to matching the power of our collective private resources.

Barry Ritholtz

This is one reason why recent labor numbers were lackluster, ... Accelerated deprecation put a thumb on the side of the scale in favor of increased capital expenditures instead of hiring.

This is a landmark move for China, to partially open the door in its capital account. The significance of this, in my opinion, is perhaps greater than the exchange rate reform in July.

Eric Hobsbawm

Human beings are not efficiently designed for a capitalist system of production.

The idea is to have a dedicated funding source for at least 10 years so the school system knows what its capital funding from the city will be and can plan accordingly.

The household saving rate has fallen to less than 1 percent, quite low in its range of historical variation, ... If households, on net, take steps to return the saving rate closer to the middle of that range, which, I might add, would provide welcome support to capital accumulation, then a sustained period in which consumption grows more slowly than income would result.

Jerry Yang

The hopes on e-commerce and communications going forward is what we're trying to capitalize on.

The IMF should work with capital markets, not against, ... It is not the function of the IMF to over-regulate but to ensure risks of capital flows from turbulence are contained.

The difference in the game was that we gave them their second goal. They capitalized on our mistakes and we didn't capitalize on theirs.

Chris Chelios

You want to come out of that with something and we didn't. We forced them to take some penalties, it's right what you want to do, but we just didn't capitalize and it obviously cost us the game.

All these things suggest quite a significant step in liberalizing the Chinese capital account.

The economy continues to be on a growth path, with a sustained recovery in domestic demand such as consumption and capital investment.

The introduction of numerous innovative products, strong performance in emerging markets as well as the on-schedule implementation of measures to enhance our efficiency and to reduce our net working capital all contributed to the success we achieved.

The long-standing wisdom that everyone wins in a single world market has been undermined. Global trade, capital flows, and immigration are declining.

The main focus for the earnings will be the capital spending plans, as it is at the root of whether these electronics makers can continue to reduce costs and come up with value-added products.

The deregulation is a concrete step fulfilling the central bank's commitment to gradually ease China's capital controls.

Dottie Pepper

The discipline and focus to sustain being No. 1 in anything for any period of time is incredible, but for five consecutive years is simply amazing. If she was a team, we would be spelling dynasty in capital letters.

The deterioration in the perception of the central bank's independence will hinder local markets from seeing the issuance of non-indexed paper in the foreseeable future, implying the stagnation in the recovery of the local capital markets.

James Cook

Nothing's worse than a business person who sells out to the left, if you're a capitalist, stand up and be counted.