Assets Quotes

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After all, sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping… — Maurice Strong
If you want to maintain a sustainable supply of fish you have to farm the fish, rather than mine them. So putting your money into… — Maurice Strong
Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still… — Maurice Strong
In the struggle between capital and labor, more often than not capital has won, because the real source of value for most companies has historically… — James Surowiecki
The value of a currency is, ultimately, what someone will give you for it - whether in food, fuel, assets, or labor. And that's always… — James Surowiecki
Interest-rate swaps are a tool used by big cities, major corporations and sovereign governments to manage their debt, and the scale of their use is… — Matt Taibbi
To Wall Street, a firm like BP isn't just a profitable energy company with lots of assets like oil rigs and pipelines and gas stations… — Matt Taibbi
Wall Street has turned the economy into a giant asset-stripping scheme, one whose purpose is to suck the last bits of meat from the carcass… — Matt Taibbi
A country's assets reside in the tinkerers, the hobbyists, and the risk-takers. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
It's the uncertainty, the challenge and the willingness to put it all on the line that draws a lot of people to climb mountains. That… — Mark Udall
I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep. — Harold Wilson
What we forget is that African Americans made the largest contribution to America, economically, before the Civil War of any sector of society. I read… — Andrew Young
Social media's greatest assets - anonymity, 'virality,' interconnectedness - are also its main weaknesses. — Evgeny Morozov
Overwinding happens when hedge funds destroy companies by attempting to leverage derivatives against otherwise productive long-term assets. — Douglas Rushkoff
There is a delight in the hardy life of the open. There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that… — Theodore Roosevelt
Certainly, none of us enjoy going through struggles, but you have to understand that your struggle may be an opportunity for advancement and promotion. The… — Joel Osteen
Thus we arrive at the singular conclusion that of all the information passed by our cultural assets it is precisely the elements which might be… — Sigmund Freud
Theyâ€™re ogling you, dude. Talking about your assets and the fact that youâ€™re nauseatingly ripped, which I would have been had I not bit the… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
The search for a life-style involves a journey to the interior. This is not altogether a pleasant experience, because you not only have to take… — Quentin Crisp
As we peer into society's future, we -- you and I, and our government -- must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering… — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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