Surplus Quotes

132 quotes by 114 authors

Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all… — Thomas Sowell
If they would rather die, . . . they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population. — Charles Dickens
Man," said the Ghost, "if man you be in heart, not adamant, forbear that wicked cant until you have discovered What the surplus is, and… — Charles Dickens
I've come to see our central nervous system as a kind of vintage switchboard, all thick foam wires and old-fashioned plugs. The circuitry isn't properly… — Darin Strauss
Tell her this And more,â€” That the king of the seas Weeps too, old, helpless man. The bustling fates Heap his hands with corpses Until… — Stephen Crane
...if we expended all our energies solely on taking care of our own needs we would stop growing. In that respect what we call "soul"… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Now, people ask me all the time how we got four surplus budgets in a row. What new ideas did we bring to Washington? I… — William J. Clinton
The rich get richer. Not only because they have surpluses with which to invest, but because of the overriding emotional release they experience from having… — Stuart Wilde
Often, farmers have difficulty finding secondary markets for their outgrades and have no choice but to leave fresh produce unharvested to rot in the field.… — Tristram Stuart
The problem is that we are trying to prepare people for the new economy using a higher education system built for the old economy. As… — Marco Rubio
China is not looking for a trade surplus but wants to import more French goods. — Li Keqiang
A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often has no opportunity to exercise… — Marshall Field
I know each fund has its supporters, and that some will not want to see the surplus go to schools. But, in tough times, you… — Rod Blagojevich
A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various and powerful interests, combined into one mass,… — John C. Calhoun
If you look at the data, the inner city that was the riot zone lost 55,000 jobs in the ten years from 1992 to 2002,… — Tom Hayden
The first year of the Bush administration we used up all of the surplus and ended up just with the Social Security and Medicare surplus,… — Bobby Scott
Our enormous surplus revenues are illogical and oppressive. — John Griffin Carlisle
Since, however, the reduced surplus value is to be distributed among them in like manner, the modification of their respective parts in the production of… — Rudolf Hiferding
With twelve horse power at our command, we considered that we could permit the weight of the machine with operator to rise to 750 or… — Orville Wright
As a matter of fact, if you do not take into account, as Congressman Ross just stated, the Social Security surplus, our fiscal deficit, ladies… — Jim Costa

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