Surplus wealth is a sacred trust to be managed for the good of others. — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
The rich man never really gives anything, he only distributes part of the surplus. It is the person of moderate means who… — George Eastman Copy Share Image
Peace ... is a morbid condition, due to a surplus of civilians, which war seeks to remedy. — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
China is not looking for a trade surplus but wants to import more French goods. — Li Keqiang Copy Share Image
I went to school on a military base in Germany. I got a lot of my clothes at the army surplus store. — Debby Ryan Copy Share Image
I'm really interested in harvesting surplus energy, energy that surrounds but we never really use. — Ann Makosinski Copy Share Image
I certainly like it if the work is beautiful, but that's a surplus effect. I can only think about that after I… — Walead Beshty Copy Share Image
The trade deficit is the capital surplus and don't ever think of having a capital surplus as being a bad thing for… — Arthur Laffer Copy Share Image
“The Americans want a surplus stocked up to supply their every whim. And their appeals are much less requests, more demands. Indeed,… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
Heretofore there has always been in the history of the world a comparatively unoccupied land westward, into which the crowded countries of… — Josiah Strong Copy Share Image
“When you keep your day job, all opportunities become surplus propositions rather than deficit remedies. You only have to take the ones… — Jonathan Acuff Copy Share Image
We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year… — John Spratt Copy Share Image
EROEI [energy returned on energy invested, or net energy] is to a civilization what gross profit is to a business, the source… — John Michael Greer Copy Share Image
Back in those days, in the fifties and sixties, countries had balance of payment's deficits or surpluses, those were reflected much more… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
He [Steve Jobs] had come from the surplus electronics parts world.So he came from that world, and he said let's sell PC… — Steve Wozniak Copy Share Image
In order to save the 40,000,000 inhabitants of the United Kingdom from a bloody civil war, we colonial statesmen must acquire new… — Cecil Rhodes Copy Share Image
This priesthood became a closed group, able to control enormous wealth and incomes, and concerned very largely with the study of the… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
There's one big difference between me and the others - I won't take every last dime of the surplus and spend it… — John McCain Copy Share Image
A canteen I remember vividly, and maybe one other thing, I can't remember. And I knew then that he had bought them… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Government can only do two things: It can beat people up and kill them. Or it can threaten to do so. When… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
[The ruling elites] know who their enemies are, and their enemies are the people, the people at home and the people abroad.… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Of all the art forms, poetry is the most economical. It is the one which is the most secret, which requires the… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Our ideal society finds it essential to put a rent on land as a way of maximizing the total consumption available to… — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
We have currently a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information. Our mass media reflect this. But unless we get up off… — Edward R. Murrow Copy Share Image
Ohioans know that he inherited a mess and created a surplus. So, on election day, John [Kasich] will prevail in Ohio. — Tom Ridge Copy Share Image
Just a few short years ago in the year 2000, the last full fiscal year of the Clinton administration, this country was… — John Spratt Copy Share Image
The formula for prison is a lack of space counterbalanced by a surplus of time. This is what really bothers you, that… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
At any moment there is certainly not balanced trade between the various areas of the habitable globe that happens to be under… — Joan Robinson Copy Share Image
The U.S. incarceration binge is not tied to crime. It's a strategy to control the surplus population in a capitalist system that… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
Why can't people live with each other in peace? Why must everything be destroyed? Why must people go hungry while surplus food… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
“Surplus meant unnecessary. Not required. You couldn’t be a Surplus if you were needed by someone else. You couldn’t be a Surplus… — Gemma Malley Copy Share Image
No industry or country can reach its full potential until women reach their full potential. This is especially true of science and… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
In my opinion, the president is right to address future funding, even though Social Security will show a surplus through 2018 and… — Nick Clooney Copy Share Image
The first year of the Bush administration we used up all of the surplus and ended up just with the Social Security… — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
People say that poverty is bad, but in fact poverty is good. The poorer people are, the more revolutionary they are. It… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
By preaching the doctrine that nothing is to be admired except steel and concrete, one merely makes it a little surer that… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various powerful interests, combined in… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
The earth is soaked and soggy with rain. Everything is drinking its fill and the surplus gluts the drains. The sky is… — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
If you look at the data, the inner city that was the riot zone lost 55,000 jobs in the ten years from… — Tom Hayden Copy Share Image
I was the chairman of the Budget Committee and the lead architect the last time it happened in Washington, and when we… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
![“EROEI [energy returned on energy invested, or net energy] is to a civilization what gross profit is to a business, the source of the surplus that supports the entire enterprise.” quote by John Michael Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9b6/john-michael-greer-28078_business_eroei-energy-returned-on-energy-invested_1034993.jpg)
![“He [Steve Jobs] had come from the surplus electronics parts world.So he came from that world, and he said let's sell PC boards for $40. We'll build them for $20 and sell them for $40.” quote by Steve Wozniak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/078/steve-wozniak-2527_boards_he-steve-jobs-had-come-from-the-surplus_150209.jpg)
![“In order to save the 40,000,000 inhabitants of the United Kingdom from a bloody civil war, we colonial statesmen must acquire new lands to settle the surplus population, to provide new markets. [...] The Empire, as I have always said, is a bread and butter question.” quote by Cecil Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/53b/cecil-rhodes-17121_acquire_in-order-to-save-the-40-000-000-inhabita_202459.jpg)
![“A canteen I remember vividly, and maybe one other thing, I can't remember. And I knew then that he had bought them in an army surplus store that day and he wanted to maybe enhance himself in my eyes, and say, "Well, yes, I have been in the army." Or [he] simply just didn't want to disappoint me…” quote by Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/af8/paul-auster-351_army_a-canteen-i-remember-vividly-and-maybe-o_237873.jpg)
![“[The ruling elites] know who their enemies are, and their enemies are the people, the people at home and the people abroad. Their enemies are anybody who wants more social justice, anybody who wants to use the surplus value of society for social needs rather than for individual class greed, that's…” quote by Michael Parenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/465/michael-parenti-7383_class_the-ruling-elites-know-who-their-enemies_177994.jpg)
![“Ohioans know that he inherited a mess and created a surplus. So, on election day, John [Kasich] will prevail in Ohio.” quote by Tom Ridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c18/tom-ridge-24834_election_ohioans-know-that-he-inherited-a-mess-an_157997.jpg)
