Recession Quotes

194 Recession quotes by 152 unique authors

Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than… — Tommy Shaw
I don't think the Palestinian people or Afghan children or some other things I'm concerned about are at the top of other people's agendas -… — Patti Smith
The exposure from 'Iron Chef' has been helpful, but at the end of the day your product and your service determine whether you get customers… — Michael Symon
It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours. — Harry S. Truman
I realized it was happening, but most people didn't realize it was happening. I mean, because as a self-employed person, when there is a recession… — Iyanla Vanzant
In the last recession, 99 percent of us have lost wealth, but did you know that the top 1 percent increased their wealth five times?… — Jesse Ventura
Believing that a crisis is a useful thing to create, the Obama administration - which understands that, for liberalism, worse is better - has deliberately… — George Will
The unhappy irony is that, while 'Glee' is hitting the heights, school arts funding is being slashed across the country due to the steep recession… — James Wolcott
Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession. — Fareed Zakaria
why shouldn't he? All life is just a progression toward and then a recession from one phrase-- 'I love you — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I don’t understand why they trippin’, If you ask me, Flow is just as nice as, I admit the propane, I just spit, probably, Just… — Kanye West
A devious spark lit through Al, making me smile. One way. It costs too much, he said. “There’s no inflation in the ever-after, Al.” Call… — Kim Harrison
I was asked what I thought about the recession. I thought about it and decided not to take part. — Sam Walton
A recession doubles the necessity to be really focused on three or four tactics that can prove a return on investment. — David Gates
People stop buying things, and that is how you turn a slowdown into a recession. — Janet Yellen
In my view, if you have one in 10 unemployed - something is wrong with the economy whether you call it recession or not. — Amity Shlaes
Long periods of recession, which tend to be self-perpetuating, are usually ended by war, or by preparations for it. — Paul Johnson
Loving relatives and home-cooked meals are solid levees against a recession. — Rosecrans Baldwin
In God, there is no lack and no recession. — Marianne Williamson
Throughout the nineteen-seventies and eighties, especially during periods of recession, employees were moved from offices to cubicles. — Jill Lepore
When women were excluded from New Deal programs, Eleanor Roosevelt fought to include them. Roosevelt was among a handful of leaders who realized the U.S.… — Lael Brainard
Ironically, for the mega-rich, recession brings with it the ability to live well at a lower cost and with less of a hassle. — Jamie Johnson
I had hoped that foreboding economic circumstances would have caused the ultra-rich to think not just of themselves and increasing their own personal affluence. Unfortunately,… — Jamie Johnson
Anyone who has followed the U.S. economy in recent years can tell you while corporate America and their wealthy executives have recovered from the last… — James P. Hoffa
Wall Street excesses helped lead to the Great Recession. — Chuck Schumer

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