Scheme Quotes

346 quotes by 314 authors

In a Ponzi scheme, a promoter pays back his initial investors with money he has raised from new investors. Eventually, the promoter can no longer… — Alex Berenson
The North American Free Trade Agreement marked a fundamental change in the global trade scheme. — Enrique Pena Nieto
Rather than let their product compete fully and fairly in the marketplace, FalconStor resorted to bribery and graft to win important contracts in a scheme… — Loretta Lynch
I was a problem child, and problem children do the seemingly insane because they are trying to find out how to fit into the scheme… — Leo McCarey
Men of prayer, before anything else, are indispensable to the furtherance of the kingdom of God on earth. No other sort will fit in the… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Poets are accepted in Canada as practically nowhere else in the West because of their place in an officially supported and popularly endorsed Canadian culture.… — George Fetherling
A Labor prime minister, Julia Gillard, who does believe in climate change, nevertheless advised her predecessor, Kevin Rudd, to abandon his emissions trading scheme. — Richard Flanagan
The most casual examination will reveal the fact that all the jokes about the horrible results of masculine cooking and sewing are written by men.… — Heywood Broun
When the scheme for the construction of a railroad from Baltimore to the waters of the Ohio River first began to take form, the United… — John Moody
Circumstances give in reality to every political principle, its distinguishing colour, and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial… — David Trimble
Faced with this general consideration it will immediately be realized on inquiry into the particular position occupied within this general scheme by the scientific field… — Wilhelm Ostwald
Perhaps, more importantly, I think that most human beings realise only a fraction of the true potential of their minds, so the spiritual or mystical,… — Rose Tremain
I rank myself no higher in the scheme of things than a policeman - whose utility would disappear if there were no criminals. — Lord Salisbury
There is no quick way of making money. People come to you with tips for the races or offer the latest Ponzi scheme, but I… — Wilbur Smith
Art collectors are pretty insignificant in the scheme of things. What matters and survives is the art. I buy art that I like. I buy… — Charles Saatchi
In war as in life, it is often necessary whensome cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it… — Winston Churchill
The human mind shows an urge to capture into fixed forms through unreal assumptions, that is, fictions, that which is chaotic, always in flux, and… — Alfred Adler
The production team's first meeting took place at my house. I had ideas and a color scheme in mind, how I wanted the movie to… — Debbie Allen
The reclamation scheme is both feasible and desirable. — James Gadsden
Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it may begin, is sure to end in sadness. . .… — William James

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