Over the span of man's history, although a phenomenal amount of education, persuasion, indoctrination and incantation have been devoted to the effort,… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It's a tricky… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
Switzerland has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, the strongest currency and the largest financial center for foreign… — Jean Ziegler Copy Share Image
For carbon-neutral cities, there are things worth talking about in how our consumption patterns can change - sharing goods, etc. - but… — Alex Steffen Copy Share Image
We're putting ourselves - we're basically double taxing made in America products. And so what we're saying is let's equalize this so… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
The explosion in access to mobile phones and digital services means that people everywhere are contributing vast amounts of information to the… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
It is solely bigness in business which makes it possible to supply the masses with all those products the present-day American common… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Is he prepared to support, at his own expense, projects and undertakings designed to help the needy? Is he prepared to pay… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
Obviously plastics have served very important purposes and been incredibly convenient but as we begin to witness the long-term consequences of the… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Our capacity to draw happiness from aesthetic objects or material goods in fact seems critically dependent on our first satisfying a more… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Trade is a social act. Whoever undertakes to sell any description of any goods to the public, does what affects the interest… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Undoubtedly equality of goods is just; but, being unable to cause might to obey justice, men has made it just to obey… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The United States will continue to be number one, and I do not see any country or group of countries taking the… — Michael Mandelbaum Copy Share Image
Too often, attention is diverted from the needs of populations, insufficient emphasis is placed on work in the fields, and the goods… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Respecting the environment does not mean considering material or animal nature more important than man. Rather, it means not selfishly considering nature… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The Stock Exchange is something very different. There is no economy and no production of goods and services. There are only fantasies… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
'Globalization' has become the great tag phrase, but when we talk about it, it's nearly always in terms of the global marketplace… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Technological civilization... rests fundamentally on power-driven machinery which transcends the physical limits of its human directors, multiplying indefinitely the capacity for the… — Charles A. Beard Copy Share Image
Сertainly to the extent that we talk about not just procurement in the sense of acquiring goods from the rest of the… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Look at all the things that can go wrong for men. There’s the nothing-happening-at-all problem, the too-much-happening-too-soon problem, the dismal-droop-after-a-promising-beginning problem; there’s… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
The will of a wealthy New York woman, in addition to distributing her worldly goods to her children, left them the following… — James Keller Copy Share Image
While business advertises, charity is taught to beg. While business motivates with a dollar, charity is told to motivate with guilt. While… — Dan Pallotta Copy Share Image
One of the appeals of markets, as a public philosophy, is they seem to spare us the need to engage in public… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
Growth can also involve producing services instead of goods. In particular, a major expansion of public and caring services (like child care,… — Jim Stanford Copy Share Image
This is not really currency that circulates. It's like the old joke about expensive vintage wine. Wine prices will go up and… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
“The effectiveness of an inspired bishop, adviser, or teacher has very little to do with the outward trappings of power or an… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
Goods and possessions are no gain in his eyes. He stays far from wealth and honor. Long life is no ground for… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Give up the feeling of responsibility, let go your hold, resign the care of your destiny to higher powers, be genuinely indifferent… — William James Copy Share Image
Poverty is not a certain small amount of goods, nor is it just a relation between means and ends; above all it… — Christopher Ryan Copy Share Image
The role of business is to provide products and services that make people's live better - while using fewer resources - and… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
We have embarked globally on a path of unsustainable development. Our lifestyles, the way we produce goods and services, are all part… — Rajendra K. Pachauri Copy Share Image
For instance, my friend would never go on the show to air her dirty-laundry. But Tremont is outrageous! I've been watching a… — Max von Essen Copy Share Image
Monetary calculation is not the calculation, and certainly not the measurement, of value. Its basis is the comparison of the more important… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
One of the weaknesses of Indian industry is that in many areas.. like consumer goods.. it is very fragmented. Individually, the companies… — Ratan Tata Copy Share Image
Happiness, whether consisting in pleasure or virtue, or both, is more often found with those who are highly cultivated in their minds… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Those who wander in the world avowedly and purposely in pursuit of happiness, who view every scene of present joy with an… — Fanny Burney Copy Share Image
We can't afford to waste people. We can't afford to have people think the game is over before it's begun. We've got… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Giving material goods is one form of generosity, but one can extend an attitude of generosity into all one's behavior. Being kind,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
You've been told that you're broken, that you're damaged goods and should be labeled victims. I don't buy it. The truth, instead,… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
The world's most 'primitive' people have few possessions, but they are not poor. Poverty is not a certain small amount of goods,… — Marshall Sahlins Copy Share Image
