Surplus Quotes

132 quotes by 114 authors

The noblest relationship is marriage, that is, love. Its nobility resides in its altruism, the desire to serve another beyond all the pleasures of the… — John Fowles
The truth is, you leave this world with nothing. What you are is a temporary administrator, and you must administer well... the wealth in your… — Carlos Slim
The rich man never really gives anything, he only distributes part of the surplus. It is the person of moderate means who really gives. — George Eastman
Later the Administration wanted me to actually sell all remaining surplus by running the War Assets Corporation. I said I couldn't do it without some… — Stuart Symington
When people who earn more than the average have their 'surplus', or the greater part of it, seized from them in taxes, and when people… — Henry Hazlitt
People say that poverty is bad, but in fact poverty is good. The poorer people are, the more revolutionary they are. It is dreadful to… — Mao Zedong
I went to school on a military base in Germany. I got a lot of my clothes at the army surplus store. — Debby Ryan
Heretofore there has always been in the history of the world a comparatively unoccupied land westward, into which the crowded countries of the East have… — Josiah Strong
In order for a society to survive, it must generate a sufficient level of physical production both to meet its current needs, and to produce… — Robert Trout
Producer's Surplus is a convenient name for the genus of which the rent of land is the leading species. — Alfred Marshall
Uncle Scrooge preferred to let the poor die "and decrease the surplus population." Scrooge may not have had God on his side, but his arithmetic… — Roger Rosenblatt
As Indiana's governor, I balanced eight budgets, never raised taxes, and left the largest surplus in state history. It wasn't always easy. Cuts had to… — Evan Bayh
The American people expect more from Congress. They expect fiscal responsibility and common sense. They expect us to return to the pay-as-you-go budget rules that… — Melissa Bean
The general fact of surplus value, namely that the workmen does not get the full value of his labours, and that he is taken advantage… — Edward Carpenter
I actually don't have a great surplus of ideas. Some evolve very slowly, over many years, but I sort of trust that all of the… — Miranda July
Mitt Romney has a history of being a great job creator. Secondly, he was a great governor. He went from billions of dollars in the… — John Kasich
We insist on producing a farm surplus, but think the government should find a profitable market for it. We overindulge in speculation, but ask the… — Calvin Coolidge
Unlike the American President's chronic problem of finding ways to give away the country's permanent economic surplus, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's was the problem of… — Elie Abel
Managing university finances is very tricky business. We're nonprofits. We're not supposed to accumulate large surpluses. — Rick Levin
Sufficient for the day is all that we can enjoy. We cannot eat or drink or wear more than the day's supply of food and… — Charles Spurgeon

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