Surplus Quotes

132 quotes by 114 authors

A journey into the wilderness is the freest, cheapest, most nonprivileged of pleasures. Anyone with two legs and the price of a pair of army… — Edward Abbey
It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high and tax revenues are too low and the soundest way to raise the revenues… — John F. Kennedy
Riches, power and fame last only for a few years! Why do people cling so desperately to these transitory things? Why can't people who have… — Anne Frank
In numerous years following the war, the Federal Government ran a heavy surplus. It could not (however) pay off its debt, retire its securities, because… — John Kenneth Galbraith
The first duty of man is to support himself - to see to it that he does not become a burden. His next duty is… — Robert Green Ingersoll
By requiring that any surplus in Social Security taxes be returned to the American people in personal savings accounts, the plan ensures that Social Security… — Mike Pence
Our ideal society finds it essential to put a rent on land as a way of maximizing the total consumption available to the society. ...Pure… — Paul Samuelson
What becomes of the surplus of human life? It is either, 1st. destroyed by infanticide, as among the Chinese and Lacedemonians; or 2d. it is… — James Madison
You know, it was once said of the first George Bush that he was born on third base and thought he'd hit a triple. Well,… — Ted Strickland
A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, and the generation of additional… — Robert Trout
In order to save the forty million inhabitants of the United Kingdom from a bloody civil war, our colonial statesmen must acquire new lands for… — Cecil Rhodes
Winston worked in the RECORDS DEPARTMENT (a single branch of the Ministry of Truth) editing and writing for The Times. He dictated into a machine… — George Orwell
How in heck are they handling their surplus population in Hell these days? Maybe by the time you and I are in the queue there… — Malcolm Forbes
God is the source of my supply. His riches flow to me freely, copiously, and abundantly. All my financial and other needs are met at… — Joseph Murphy
Cycles of shortage and surplus characterize the entire history of oil. — Daniel Yergin
Fashion is the most intense expression of the phenomenon of neomania, which has grown ever since the birth of capitalism. Neomania assumes that purchasing the… — Stephen Bayley
The nature of business and government has been to build a surplus and self-perpetuate, but the Internet fosters and rewards smaller, more fluid organizations. — Esther Dyson
A little rain, a little blood. Black fingernails in August; and going berserk, going bananas. As if entrapped in a tropical heatwave, with dozens of… — Adam Zagajewski
Take it that you have died today, and your life's story is ended; and henceforward regard what future time may be given you as uncovenanted… — Marcus Aurelius
The great art of life is how to turn the surplus life of the soul into life for the body. — Henry David Thoreau

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