Elasticity Quotes

29 Elasticity quotes by 28 unique authors

A colleague saw the same model-calibrating the elasticity of demand facing a Cournot oligopolist as a function of the number of firms in the industry--described… — Unknown Author
I have thought of a pulley to raise me gradually; but that would give me pain, as it would counteract my natural inclination. I would… — Samuel Johnson
I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that… — Frederick Douglass
The Constitution was not made to fit us like a straitjacket. In its elasticity lies its chief greatness. — Woodrow Wilson
He hits it long. His shoulders are impressively quick through the ball. That's where he's getting his power from. He's young and has great elasticity. — Nick Faldo
We've done price elasticity studies, and the answer is always that we should raise prices. We don't do that, because we believe -- and we… — Jeff Bezos
On the elusive gift of blending austerity of craft with elasticity of allure. — Joyce Carol Oates
Years of depression have robbed me of that—well, that give, that elasticity that everyone else calls perspective. — Elizabeth Wurtzel
Movement was the essence of Manhattan. It had always been so, and now its sense of flow, energy, openness, elasticity as Charles Dickens had called… — Jan Morris
In speaking of the Energy of the field, however, I wish to be understood literally. All energy is the same as mechanical energy, whether it… — James Clerk Maxwell
.... the brisk exercise imparts elasticity to the muscles, fresh and healthy blood circulates through the brain, the mind works well, the eye is clear,… — David Livingstone
Let us, if we must have great actions, make our own so. All action is of infinite elasticity, and the least admits of being inflated… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity. — Bill Veeck
Consider a cask filled with a highly compressed gas. If we open one of its taps the gas will escape through it in a continuous… — Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
There is a certain even-handed justice in Time; and for what he takes away he gives us something in return. He robs us of elasticity… — Alexander Smith
The elasticity of Shakespeare is extraordinary. — Kenneth Branagh
There is an elasticity in the human mind, capable of bearing much, but which will not show itself, until a certain weight of affliction be… — Charles Caleb Colton
The filth and noise of the crowded streets soon destroy the elasticity of health which belongs to the country boy. — Rutherford B. Hayes
Sound as medium has an incredible elasticity. So, of course, it is tempting for artists of other fields to try something with sounds. Why not?… — Yoko Ono
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that… — Albert Schweitzer
Exercise II. Write a diary, imagining that you are trying to make an old person jealous. I have written an example to get you started:… — Joe Dunthorne
A submissive spirit might be patient, a strong understanding would supply resolution, but here was something more; here was that elasticity of mind, that disposition… — Jane Austen
The most necessary task of civilization is to teach people how to think. It should be the primary purpose of our public schools. The mind… — Thomas A. Edison
My spirits rose as I went deeper; into the forest; but I could not regain my former elasticity of mind. I found cheerfulness to be… — George MacDonald
Schwartz's research suggests something important: we can stretch our personalities, but only up to a point. Our inborn temperaments influence us, regardless of the lives… — Susan Cain

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