(669 quotes found)
“The great, unreported story in globalization is about power, not ideology. It's about how finance and business regularly, continuously insert their own self-interested deals and exceptions into rules and agreements that are then announced to the public as "free trade."”
William Greider
“I recently met with the finance minister of the Palestinian Authority, was very impressed by his grasp of finances”
George Bush
“Everyone who has achieved financial independence will tell you that at least in the early days you have to work smarter and harder. The price of success must be paid in full, and it must be paid in advance. There are no shortcuts.”
Contributed by: Dave Cohen
John Cummuta
“PANDEMONIUM, n. Literally, the Place of All the Demons. Most of them have escaped into politics and finance, and the place is now used as a lecture hall by the Audible Reformer. When disturbed by his voice the ancient echoes clamor appropriate responses most gratifying to his pride of distinction.”
Ambrose Bierce
“If it isn't the sheriff, it's the finance company; I've got more attachments on me than a vacuum cleaner.”
John Barrymore
“Woven through these galleries are some of the most deliriously awful canvases of the 19th century high-finance porn of the ripest sort.”
Robert Hughes
“These heroes of finance are like beads on a string when one slips off, all the rest follow”
Henrik Ibsen
“In the areas that are critical to our survival, like Defense, Finance and the Ministry of Home Affairs, we look for the best talent. You lose New Orleans, and you have 100 other cities just like it. But we're a city-state. We lose Singapore and there is nothing else. So the standards of discipline are very high. There is a very high degree of accountability in Singapore.”
Kishore Mahbubani
“If you are going to aggressively engage in economic development, you have to have the finances for it.”
Scott Croswell
“It should not be a source of low-cost financing for countries with ready access to private capital, or long-term welfare for countries that cannot break the habit of bad policies,”
Lawrence Summers
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