In my view - which could be wrong, but it is my field - there is no better formula for social instability… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
The Great Depression in the United States, far from being a sign of the inherent instability of the private enterprise system, is… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I am attracted to looking at the different things language can mean even in one sometimes quite ordinary utterance. Writing is partly… — Rae Armantrout Copy Share Image
The real debate about both the horrific inequality in the world and about the terrorism and frightening instability in the world requires… — Jeremy Griffith Copy Share Image
Inanimate objects are always correct and cannot, unfortunately, be reproached with anything. I have never observed a chair shift from one foot… — Zbigniew Herbert Copy Share Image
Contrary to Piketty’s rentier hypothesis, I don’t see anyone on the [Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans] whose ancestors bought a… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Unlike national markets, which tend to be supported by domestic regulatory and political institutions, global markets are only 'weakly embedded'. There is… — Dani Rodrik Copy Share Image
It is the first changes among familiar things that make such a mystery of time to the young; afterwards we lose the… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
If we assume that the purpose of the economy is to serve and improve the welfare of the entire body of citizens,… — Edward S. Herman Copy Share Image
You might not see climate change as an immediate threat to your job, your community, or your families," Kerry said. "But let… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
“You Bastard was thinking: there seems to be some growing dimensional instability here, swinging from zero to nearly forty-five degrees by the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Who was it in Afghanistan who screwed up in Tora Bora and let bin Laden escape? It was the Bush Administration. Who… — Sidney Blumenthal Copy Share Image
The phenomenon of emergence takes place at critical points of instability that arise from fluctuations in the environment, amplified by feedback loops.… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
Unless we understand what it is that leads to economic and financial instability, we cannot prescribe -- make policy -- to modify… — Hyman Minsky Copy Share Image
Somewhere along the journey of remembering who we really are, we may find ourselves in a very uncomfortable space, a void in… — Nicholas Schmidt Copy Share Image
The administration took care of a source of instability in Iraq. Envision a world in which Saddam Hussein was rushing for a… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
We fear death, we shudder at life's instability, we grieve to see the flowers wilt again and again, and the leaves fall,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
It has taken me a long time to realize where I most disagree with Marx. His assessment of capitalism is far too… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
The decision-making process in the White House does not let most issues get up to the President. The Council thought opening up… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Jobs are pouring out of America; you see what's going on with all of the companies leaving our country, going to Mexico… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
That instability is inherent in the nature of popular governments, I think very disputable … A representative democracy, where the right of… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
There's something profoundly liberating about giving, yet we don't do it often enough. It begs the question: why not? For some of… — Jen Lilley Copy Share Image
The creativity and adaptability of life expresses itself through the spontaneous emergence of novelty at critical points of instability. Every human organization… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
Toward the end of his life, Gödel feared that he was being poisoned, and he starved himself to death. His theorem is… — Brian L. Silver Copy Share Image
It is most attractive about the US to people and countries with wealth is that it can provide security, insurance really, against… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
These are the days when men of all social disciplines and all political faiths seek the comfortable and the accepted; when the… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Fundamental systemic crises are often associated with the decline of the dominant imperial power and its increasing inability to sustain the system… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
The priorities for the new Palestinian government is the economy. If Hamas cannot pay salaries when they form the government, there will… — Hanan Ashrawi Copy Share Image
I think that there's no question that, in Alberta as the price of oil continues to drop, that there are families ...… — Rachel Notley Copy Share Image
If you take a look at Afghan history, usually they have united to defend against an outside enemy, and as soon as… — Lawrence Eagleburger Copy Share Image
We have two other countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan - again it's the instability that is a problem there. So over the next… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
One doesn't like instabilities in markets; they may be damaging, but probably not fatal, as the October '87 crash showed. It turned… — Kenneth Arrow Copy Share Image
It's true that tribal rivalries have something to do with political instability. It's also true that those rivalries were exaggerated by colonialism.… — Malidoma Patrice Some Copy Share Image
The instability of our laws is really an immense evil. I think it would be well to provide in our constitutions that… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Hunger, disease and poverty can lead to global instability and leave a vacuum for extremism to fill. So instead of just managing… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is a bit of a problem with the match between derivative securities markets and the primary markets. We have long ago… — Kenneth Arrow Copy Share Image
Well, Nigeria has played a constructive role in peacekeeping in various parts of West Africa. But unless and until Nigeria itself is… — Susan Rice Copy Share Image
Cuba continues to be a source of instability in the region. For example, historic numbers of people are fleeing the island of… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
It is culturally constructed, but not unnecessary. A crisis is a period in a person's life that lasts at least a year… — Oliver Robinson Copy Share Image
The first, sickness (vyadhi), is a physical obstacle, but the other eight can be considered mental. These include languor (styana), doubt (samshaya),… — Richard Rosen Copy Share Image