Surplus Quotes

132 quotes by 114 authors

We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence. — Sonia Sotomayor
A balanced program for tax reform based upon the common sense idea of lowering taxes out of surplus revenues. — Andrew Mellon
In my opinion, the president is right to address future funding, even though Social Security will show a surplus through 2018 and will not run… — Nick Clooney
President Clinton was able to achieve budget surpluses despite a divided government. — Jim Cooper
Just a few short years ago in the year 2000, the last full fiscal year of the Clinton administration, this country was running a surplus… — John Spratt
We can have tax cuts, but when we have tax cuts and do not have a surplus, the amount of the tax cut goes straight… — John Spratt
People who truly have control over time always have some in their pocket to give to someone in need. A sense of priorities drives their… — Scott Berkun
Food that is necessary for manâ€™s existence is as sacred as life itself. Everything that is indispensable for its preservation is the common property of… — Maximilien Robespierre
Once plants and animals were raised together on the same farm - which therefore neither produced unmanageable surpluses of manure, to be wasted and to… — Wendell Berry
We establish a connection with the unknown through the act of giving something and, paradoxically, the act of destroying something. That is what is behind… — Roberto Calasso
It takes four months to ship food aid and 40 percent of the cost is in the shipping. People cannot eat shipping costs. We have… — Andrew Natsios
Surplus-value and the rate of surplus-value are... the invisible essence to be investigated, whereas the rate of profit and hence the form of surplus-value as… — Karl Marx
Why? Because we're very well down this process as it is - flawed as it is - and we're counting on getting more power plants… — Gray Davis
Nervous energy is the ammunition we take into any mental battle. If you don't have enough of it, your concentration will fade. If you have… — Garry Kasparov
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust to be managed for the good of others. — Andrew Carnegie
No industry or country can reach its full potential until women reach their full potential. This is especially true of science and technology, where women… — Sheryl Sandberg
We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving the… — John Spratt
Rather than squander the surplus on tax breaks for the rich, we should add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program, shore up Social… — Bennie Thompson
The dog that buried the bone which even a canine appetite could not manage, the squirrel that gathered nuts for a later feast, the bees… — Will Durant

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