Economics Quote by John R. Platt Download Open image “Going to the moon is not a matter of physics but of economics.” — John R. Platt ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Economics Matter Moon Physics
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Overall, going to the moon is a daunting project because of the amount of fuel it takes to send a payload from Earth, — Walter Smith Copy Share Image
I work in celestial mechanics, but I am not interested in getting to the moon. — Marston Morse Copy Share Image
Well, I don't think we should go to the moon. I think we maybe should send some politicians up there. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Without denying the value of scientific endeavor, there is a striking absurdity in committing billions to reach the moon where no people live, while… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Our company does have a lunar interest. It's obviously secondary to our activities in low Earth orbit, which we certainly want to successfully accomplish… — Robert Bigelow Copy Share Image
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We speak piously of ... making small studies that will add another brick to the temple of science. Most such bricks just lie around… — John R. Platt Copy Share Image
It's just as sure a recipe for failure to have the right idea fifty years too soon as five years too late. — John R. Platt Copy Share Image
Don't let's lose sight of what creates wealth. It is open markets, it is capitalism. — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Our biggest challenge is to eliminate the popular perception that economists don't have anything useful to say. — Mark Zandi Copy Share Image
Advances in technology will continue to reach far into every sector of our economy. Future job and economic growth in industry, defense, transportation, agriculture,… — Christopher Bond Copy Share Image
Our engagement through international economics, trade, these trade agreements, is vital and is linked to our national security. This is a lesson we learned… — Charles Boustany Copy Share Image
“The free-market economy and globalisation process have brought about, in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, a sharp and sudden rise in the… — Yaakov Malkin Copy Share Image
“Everything economic science posits as given, that is, the range of dispositions of the economic agent which ground the illusion of the ahistorical universality… — Pierre Bourdieu Copy Share Image
Politics is about power. It is about the power of the state. It is about the power of the state as applied to individuals,… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
“a select group of high-performing companies have managed to close the strategy-to-performance gap through better planning and execution. These companies—Barclays, Cisco Systems, Dow Chemical,… — Michael C. Mankins Copy Share Image
The system of private property is the most important guaranty of freedom, not only for those who own property, but scarcely less for those… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Economists think about what people ought to do. Psychologists watch what they actually do. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image