Capital Quotes

1029 Capital quotes by 716 unique authors

The scarcest resource is not oil, metals, clean air, capital, labour, or technology. It is our willingness to listen to each other and learn from… — Donella Meadows
The true, unacknowledged purpose of capital punishment is to inspire fear and awe -- fear and awe of the State. — Edward Abbey
No man-made structure in all of American history has been hated so much, by so many, for so long, with such good reason, as that… — Edward Abbey
Capitalism: Nothing so mean could be right. Greed is the ugliest of the capital sins. — Edward Abbey
Page, Arizona, Shithead Capital of Coconino County: any town with thirteen churches and only four bars has got an incipient social problem. That town is… — Edward Abbey
All the capital employed in paper speculation is barren and useless, producing, like that on a gaming table, no accession to itself, and is withdrawn… — Thomas Jefferson
Do not be deluded by the abstract word Freedom. Whose freedom? Not the freedom of one individual in relation to another, but freedom of Capital… — Karl Marx
I have asked the secretary of the treasury to report by April 1 on whether present tax laws may be stimulating in undue amounts the… — John F. Kennedy
The present tax codes inhibit the mobility and formation of capital, add complexities and inequities which undermine the morale of the taxpayer, and make tax… — John F. Kennedy
I believe the tax on capital gains should be zero. — Mitt Romney
This is not 1968 and the invasion of Czechoslovakia, where Russia can threaten its neighbors, occupy a capital, overthrow a government, and get away with… — Condoleezza Rice
A leader - whether in the home, church, business, community, or government - has authority due to her role, but her positional power will not… — Dan B. Allender
The great hinderance to the development of this continent has lain in the lack of capital. — William Graham Sumner
Arizona presents no specific reason for excepting capital defendants from the constitutional protections extended to defendants generally, and none is readily apparent. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
In the early 1990s, when a lot of the developing world opened up to international capital flows... they ended up in very good long-term projects,… — Jeffrey Sachs
The information revolution has changed people's perception of wealth. We originally said that land was wealth. Then we thought it was industrial production. Now we… — Walter Wriston
It doesn't matter what business you're in. It is the people who achieve things, not capital, and the great advantage for us is that I… — Janet Holmes a Court
How is it that we have created an economic system that tells us it is cheaper to destroy the earth and exhaust its people than… — Paul Hawken
I get to be the mayor of the capital city of the most polluting state of the most polluting country on the planet. ... I… — Unknown Author
Social capital may turn out to be a prerequisite for, rather than a consequence of, effective computer-mediated communication. — Robert D. Putnam
According to DC's HIV/AIDS office, three percent of the local population has HIV or AIDS... The DC City Council, perhaps on the theory that serving… — Star Parker
Capital movements are no longer necessarily related to the production of goods and services. Through the financial markets of the world, capital movements today are… — Eric Kierans
A civilized society looks with horror upon the abuse and torture of children or adults. Even where capital punishment is practiced, the aim is to… — Unknown Author
More and more countries of the world have decided that corporations do a better job of generating and deploying capital than do states. — Unknown Author
There are no 'holds.' Everyday you're either willing to buy more at the current price, or, if you aren't, you should redeploy the capital to… — Unknown Author

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