Capital Quotes

1029 Capital quotes by 716 unique authors

Crimes against children are the most heinous crime. That, for me, would be a reason for capital punishment because children are innocent and need the… — Clint Eastwood
As President Bush has said on numerous occasions, it is the government's role to create the conditions, the friendly environment, that will attract capital. — Donald Evans
Two of the saddest words in the English language are, 'What party?' And L.A. is the 'What party?' capital of the world. — Carrie Fisher
In America right now, we use words like 'smart' to talk about bombs. American rhetoric is grounded in ideas of capital-G Good, capital-E Evil, and… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty. — Henry Ford
The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life. — Henry Ford
We are pushing towards the dream of having our independent state with Jerusalem as its capital. If there is a real project that aims to… — Ismail Haniyeh
I'm not interested in doing something edgy with a capital E just so everyone knows, 'Oh, OK, now he's showing us he can do edgy.' — Tom Hanks
The wealth of the country, its capital, its credit, must be saved from the predatory poor as well as the predatory rich, but above all… — James J. Hill
If capital and labor ever do get together it's good night for the rest of us. — Kin Hubbard
Worse there cannot be; a better, I believe, there may be, by giving energy to the capital and skill of the country to produce exports,… — Joseph Hume
My father, one of the great entrepreneurs and philanthropists of this state, taught me that capital - monetary or political - is to be used… — Jon Huntsman, Jr.
Netflix, Amazon, iTunes - whatever platforms emerge - we are looking at as having the same potential that home video had for the movie business.… — Bob Iger
Watch the walls come down, whether it's in the South or on Wall Street. When the walls come down, what do we find? More markets,… — Jesse Jackson
Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption… — Thomas Jefferson
Taxes on capital, taxes on labor, inflation, bureaucratic regulation, minimum wage laws, are all - to different degrees - unnecessary slices of the wedge that… — Jack Kemp
The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in… — John F. Kennedy
High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and… — Henry A. Kissinger
I would say raising capital is one of the weakest things for most entrepreneurs. — Robert Kiyosaki
Boston is actually the capital of the world. You didn't know that? We breed smart-ass, quippy, funny people. Not that I'm one of them. I… — John Krasinski
Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people. — Charles Lamb
Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first… — Abraham Lincoln
Bourgeois class domination is undoubtedly an historical necessity, but, so too, the rising of the working class against it. Capital is an historical necessity, but,… — Rosa Luxemburg
Build into each budget the cost of hiring and don't lump yourself with capital investment. — Ann Macbeth
I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment. — James Madison

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