Famous Quotes & Sayings

Barry Ritholtz

Narrative drives most of economics. Everything seems to be part of a story, and how that story is told often leads to critical error.

Sheri Fink

While Hurricane Katrina demonstrated the dangers of failing to evacuate hospitals from the path of a storm, Hurricane Gustav demonstrated that moving thousands of sick people has its own risks. Gustav also highlighted a critical vulnerability of American hospitals - an inability to withstand prolonged blackouts.

Sheri Fink

Having worked in disasters, I have seen that, in those critical first few hours, those first few days - so much ends up riding on you and your neighbor and whoever is around. The official response always comes later, and it always feels like it comes too slow.

Ruth Reichl

You can be a decent critic if you know about food, but to be a really good one, you need to know about life.

David Lee Roth

The only thing I'm allergic to is criticism.

David Lee Roth

Critics like Elvis Costello because critics are like Elvis Costello.

Dag Hammarskjold

Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.

Alice Waters

If I weren't involved with food, I'd be working in architecture. Design is that critical to me.

The governor has always said what is important is not June or November but that he and the Legislature work to rebuild California. At this point, it is critical that the Legislature build upon all of the work that has been accomplished thus far.

Annette Bening

I'm still very critical of myself in film.

Andrea Riseborough

I think it's the easiest thing in the world to be horribly critical about yourself.

We're identifying this as a critical release and we're strongly recommending that everyone update as soon as possible.

Duncan Hunter

We seem to be our own worst enemies. We should require critical U.S. infrastructure to remain in U.S. hands.

Braylon Edwards

We're the older group on the field right now. To ease the transition, our jobÊis toÊalways be in the right spot, so the quarterback doesn't have to find us, and to never show disgust with the quarterback on the field, because the fans and the media will see that and start to criticize him, and by the same token lower his confidence.

Braylon Edwards

We're the older group on the field right now. To ease the transition, our job is to always be in the right spot, so the quarterback doesn't have to find us, and to never show disgust with the quarterback on the field, because the fans and the media will see that and start to criticize him, and by the same token lower his confidence.

We're talking about the health of our children. We feel the situation is of a critical nature.

Lawrence Summers

The government has done its part, now it's time that people do their part, ... We have never, in our country, had a moment of economic expansion as strong as the present. So right now it is critical to plan for future.

We as people are quick to criticize ourselves and not so quick to give ourselves praise. I make sure the people I'm working with recognize the progress they're making and feel good about what they're trying to accomplish.

Irene Rosenfeld

I think all of us are multitasking a little more today than we used to or than we would like to. And I think that the issue of work-life balance is a critical issue for every company around the world.

Harold MacMillan

I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.

Harbhajan Singh

Let's face it: fitness is boring. But it's critical to be extremely dedicated to whatever you decide to take up to achieve a desired result. There's no way you are going to get there without dedication, which is the key for me.

Susan Brooks

A budget matters to people who worry about protecting and saving critical programs like Medicare and Social Security. A budget matters to younger workers who fear that more and more money will be taken from their paychecks to fund another generation's spending spree.

Stephen Elop

First of all, at any company, the investment in research and development in the products is the lifeblood, so that is a critical element of anyone's future going forward.

I can't point to my work and say, 'This is my work.' My work lives in me, so when people criticize my work, they're also criticizing me. It's really hard to sort of divorce that sensitivity.

Chris Pine

'Horrible Bosses' is just blatant, outright fun. I've read some of what the critics have said, and it's incredible how mean critics can be about comedies... It's so ridiculous.

That Germany was so immensely strong and Austria so dependent upon German strength that the word and will of Germany would at the critical moment be decisive with Austria.

Emma Stone

When I look back, I don't have regrets. In the moment I am really, really hard on myself, I'm definitely my own worst critic and can be my own worst enemy, and I'm trying very hard not to be that.

Blake Shelton

My critics are pretty tough. I've never been one of the music industry's pets.

Jerry Seinfeld

I don't want to be too critical of what other people do, but when people go back to do the same thing that they did, I'm completely confused. I'm like, 'Didn't you make that movie already?' I've been very fortunate, and I'm well taken care of, so the least I can do is try to go forward.

Clifford Geertz

The point of literary criticism in anthropology is not to replace research, but to find out how it is that we are persuasive.

E. W. Howe

Probably you have noted the resemblance of the critic to the crank.

Alan Greenspan

We should not be cutting taxes by borrowing, ... We should be cutting taxes by reducing the level of spending and that's an issue that I think is critically on the table.

Bob Graham

It's fundamentally unfair to have so much of the tax relief go to so few. And it is a 10-year tax plan rather than one, as mine, focused on the next two years, which in my opinion is the critical time to jumpstart the economy.