Assets Quotes - Page 2

The great increase in longevity has produced a surge in the desire to accumulate assets for retirement. It has outpaced the ability of the private sector to produce assets, so we need a larger government debt.

William Vickrey

Retirement, Government, Desire

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Who owns the assets of our Nation? Increasingly, foreign interests own our assets, and we owe them money. No wonder people think our country is headed in the wrong direction. It is.

Marcy Kaptur

Country, Thinking, People

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So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset.

Ed Gillespie

Leadership, Strong, War

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The Great Inflation of the 1970s destroyed faith in paper assets, because if you held a bond, suddenly the bond was worth much less money than it was before.

Ron Chernow

Ties, Paper, Inflation

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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 shoe leather.

Stuart Symington

Running, War, Shoes

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It is interesting to note that the 200 richest people have more assets than the 2 billion poorest.

David Korten

People, Interesting, Notes

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I always like to refer managers in corporate America as the renters of the corporate assets, not the owners.

Henry Kravis

America, Owners, Corporate

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When I talk about the assets, that was at the beginning of the talks. I was president then. I'm not president now. When I said it, this would be a sign of goodwill to begin the talks.

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

President, Would Be, Said

"Iran's ex-president: U.S should show goodwill". Interview with Barbara Slavin, usatoday30.usatoday.com. February 6, 2005.

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I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think my ear is one of my greatest assets.

Pete Fountain

Reading, Thinking, Play

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We should not allow wealthy people, including corporate criminals, to hide their assets and avoid paying their bills.

Jim Talent

People, Criminals, Bills

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Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany than lost territories, lost participation in colonization, and lost assets for the state and individuals. They frequently overlook the most serious loss that Germany suffered.

Gustav Stresemann

War, Loss, Territory

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Nature abhors a virgin - a frozen asset.

Clare Boothe Luce

Sex, Frozen, Virgins

The Women act 1, sc. 1 (1937)

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Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are, we are measuring them only by the standard of whether they will be future deficits or assets for our nation's competitive needs.

Jonathan Kozol

Children, Blessing, Needs

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Beauty, of course, is the most important requirement and the paramount asset of the applicant.

Florenz Ziegfeld

Beauty, Important, Requirements

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Of all the things that can have an effect on your future, I believe personal growth is the greatest. We can talk about sales growth, profit growth, asset growth, but all of this probably will not happen without personal growth.

Jim Rohn

Believe, Growth, Self Help

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Nevertheless, if I have at times been able to make original contributions in the accelerator field, I cannot help feeling that to a certain extent my slightly amateur approach in physics, combined with much practical experience, was an asset.

Simon van der Meer

Feelings, Able, Fields

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Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.

Warren Buffett

Long, People, Cash

"Buy American. I Am" by Warren Buffett, www.nytimes.com. October 16, 2008.

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The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value.

Theodore Roosevelt

Science, History, Tree

Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.47, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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Your greatest resource is your time.

Brian Tracy

Time, Earning, Resources

Twitter post from Jan 10, 2015

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I don't value authority. I don't value the systems. I don't value patriarchal religion. I don't value the things that diminish you when you do tell the truth. So I'm not scared of the end result, and that is the biggest asset I have.

Susan Powter

Scared, Telling The Truth, Authority

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The goal of long-run economic growth without asset price bubbles is not only achievable, but is something we should expect if we put a sound regulatory framework in place and if policymakers remain vigilant.

Christina Romer

Running, Long, Goal

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If I had to name the number one asset you could have for any sport I'd say speed. In baseball, all a guy with speed has to do is make contact.

Ron Fairly

Sports, Baseball, Names

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Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement.

Maurice Strong

Leader, Environmental, Important

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I think it's good that people value their bodies and take care of them. I think if you cross the line and begin using your body as an asset or as an extension of your vanity, you've gone too far.

Peter Coyote

Thinking, Vanity, People

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When there wasn't any money involved, for all intents and purposes, nobody gave a damn. But now the land, supposedly worthless, is seen for what it really is: an incredibly valuable asset.

Neil Abercrombie

Land, Purpose, Damn

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