The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind. — Norman Borlaug Copy Share Image
We boast the highest standard of living when it's only the biggest. — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
We face the question whether a still higher "standard of living" is worth its cost in things natural, wild, and free. — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
Efforts to preserve all industries will lower the national standard of living. — Michael Porter Copy Share Image
God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving. — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
I’m not interested in my standard of living, my health, my job, my rights, my freedoms, my future, or any future. — Martha Gellhorn Copy Share Image
Capitalism gave the world what it needed, a higher standard of living for a steadily increasing number of people. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Inertia is comforting, and Americans will be extremely reluctant to make any change that might affect their high standard of living. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
East Asia confirms the superior capacity of industrial capitalism in raising the material standard of living of large masses of people. — Peter L. Berger Copy Share Image
We have a high standard of living. ... In Norway, we've tripled our income since 1970. In the rest of western Europe,… — Jens Stoltenberg Copy Share Image
True wealth is not a static thing. It is a living thing made out of the disposition of men to create and… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I find that the standard of living does not go up in proportion with the cost of living. The trick in life… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
When in one area of the world the standard of living and the size of the middle class increases, it is going… — Christine Lagarde Copy Share Image
We must together build an economic agenda for the India of our dreams that translates into improved standards of living, increased human… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
If standard of living is your major objective, quality of life almost never improves, but if quality of life is your number… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
There's no question that in my lifetime, the contrast between what I called private affluence and public squalor has become very much… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
The luxury of today is the necessity of tomorrow. Every advance first comes into being as the luxury of a few rich… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
...children born today-in both the industrialized world and developing countries-will live longer and be healthier, they will get more food, a better… — Bjorn Lomborg Copy Share Image
Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth. The evidence is incontrovertible. The contrast between West and East… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It is not because food, clothes and property are inherently evil that Christians today must lower their standard of living. It is… — Ronald J. Sider Copy Share Image
Living in the midst of abundance we have the greatest difficulty in seeing that the supply of natural wealth is limited and… — Wallace Carothers Copy Share Image
There is no use in deceiving ourselves. American public opinion rejects the market economy, the capitalistic free enterprise system that provided the… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
It is a great profession. There is the fascination of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
“Nobody's busting into YOUR apartment at three in the morning, are they? Well, then don't worry about what they're doing in South… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
It is with great satisfaction that I have signed into law the Social Security Amendments of 1961. They represent an additional step… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The system is not intended as a substitute for private savings, pension plans, and insurance protection. It is, rather, intended as the… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The truth is that capitalism has not only multiplied population figures, but at the same time, improved the people's standard of living… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Lukewarm people give money to charity and to the church...so long as it doesn't impinge on their standard of living. Lukewarm people… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
Contrary to any claim of a systematically “neutral” effect of taxation on production, the consequence of any such shortening of roundabout methods… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
The modern welfare state, highly touted as soaking the rich to subsidize the poor, does no such thing. In fact, soaking the… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
We stand for a living wage. Wages are subnormal if they fail to provide a living for those who devote their time… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
When fewer workers have unions, the standard of living falls for everyone and the gap between the rich and poor grows. — John Sweeney Copy Share Image
We created a way of raising standards of living that we can't possibly pass on to our children. — Joseph J. Romm Copy Share Image
A higher standard of living also brings about a higher standard of culture and civilization. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
we were raising our standard of living at the expense of our standard of character. — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
When God blesses you financially, don't raise your STANDARD OF LIVING. raise your STANDARD OF GIVING. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Creating breathing room financially may lower your standard of living but raise your quality of life. — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
Those politicians, professors and union bosses who curse big business are fighting for a lower standard of living. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Once freedom is equated with a certain material standard of living, confiscation becomes the path to liberation. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
