Competitiveness Quotes - Page 4

• The notion of the competitiveness of countries, on the model of the competitiveness of companies, is nonsense.

  Martin Wolf

  Country, Nonsense, Notion

  Martin Wolf (2004). “Why Globalization Works”, p.268, Yale University Press

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• It comes down to competitiveness. I hate to lose. We want people in our organization that hate to lose - that want to compete every single day, so you continue to strive to win.

  Bob Myers

  Hate, Winning, Organization

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• Stop costly new regulations that would increase unemployment, raise consumer prices, and weaken the nation's global competitiveness with virtually no impact on global temperatures.

  Newt Gingrich

  Impact, Regulation, Temperature

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• A surgeon might want to be the best surgeon in Manhattan, but out on Long Island on the weekend, not care at all how he is on the tennis courts or on the Ping-Pong table. Even turning your competitiveness off when it's appropriate, when other people are not being competitive, to recognize that social circumstance and, you know, cool it. That's a crucial competitive skill.

  Po Bronson

  Weekend, Long, People

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The competitiveness, playing in front of 18-19,000 people every single night, people asking for my autograph, getting recognized, being able to do something like this with Sega and being on the front of a box, and being involved in video games, and listening to movies where they reference my name like in Swingers. All these things they make life so exciting, you don't know what to expect next.

  Jeremy Roenick

  Night, Games, Names

  Source: www.ign.com

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• And the trajectory that our debt is taking now beyond $14 trillion is going to have an impact on our currency. It goes south, and our currency's going to have an impact on our standard of living and affect every family in this country, and over time, our international competitiveness.

  Jon Huntsman, Jr.

  Country, Impact, Debt

  "Huntsman Hawkish on Ryan Budget, Dovish on Afghanistan & Libya". "Good Morning America" with George Stephanopoulos, www.weeklystandard.com. May 20, 2011.

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• Even though effective competition is the best tool to strengthen innovation and competitiveness in Europe, state aid can also play a very useful supporting role.

  Neelie Kroes

  Europe, Play, Competition

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• America is sinking under the crushing weight of the ever-expanding regulatory state. This burden threatens to disrupt our recovery, hamper long-term growth, undermine our global competitiveness, and suffocate the entrepreneurial spirit so vital to America's success.

  Tom J. Donohue

  Crush, Recovery, America

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• Here is a humanist proposition for the age of Google: The processing of information is not the highest aim to which the human spirit can aspire, and neither is competitiveness in a global economy. The character of our society cannot be determined by engineers.

  Leon Wieseltier

  Character, Google, Age

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• There's a part of bohemia I love. The lack of prejudice, the lack of aggression, I love the lack, for the most part, of competitiveness. It's more peaceful.

  Peter Mullan

  Peaceful, Prejudice, Aggression

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• Because of our belief in being separate, we fall into all kinds of harmful actions and deeds that create more problems for us. Competitiveness is a big one—trying to get ahead of others, stepping on each other. We become frustrated and angry with each other. We try to control others; we condemn them. All of these things stem from one false belief, “I am apart, separate from everything else.

  Dennis Merzel

  Fall, Frustrated, Trying

  Dennis Genpo Merzel (2001). “24/7 Dharma: Impermanence, No-Self, Nirvana”, Journey Editions

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• The German export successes are not the result of some sort of currency manipulation, but of the increased competitiveness of companies. The American growth model, on the other hand, is in a deep crisis.

  Wolfgang Schauble

  Hands, Growth, Manipulation

  "The US Has Lived on Borrowed Money for Too Long". Interview with Michael Sauga and Peter Müller, www.spiegel.de. November 08, 2010.

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• Scientific theories never dictate human values, but they can often cast new light on ethical issues. From a sexual selection viewpoint, moral philosophy and political theory have mostly been attempts to shift male human sexual competitiveness from physical violence to the peaceful accumulation of wealth and status. The rights to life, liberty, and property are cultural inventions that function, in part, to keep males from killing and stealing from one another while they compete to attract sexual partners.

  Geoffrey Miller

  Philosophy, Issues, Rights

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• Health reform is an essential part of restoring America's economy and maintaining our competitiveness.

  Max Baucus

  America, Essentials, Reform

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• We do not need Departments of Commerce, Labor, and Education; we need a single Department of Skills that will promote an integrated approach to global competitiveness.

  Lou Gerstner

  Skills, Needs, Integrated

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• Southern Europe has not done enough to enhance its competitiveness, while northern Europe has not done enough to boost demand. Debt burdens remain crushing, and Europe's economy remains unable to grow.

  Barry Eichengreen

  Crush, Europe, Southern

  "Unity of the European Union is about to be tested" by Barry Eichengreen, www.theguardian.com. December 13, 2012.

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• I have always advocated for funding and programs that increase our productivity and competitiveness

  George Allen

  Program, Increase, Funding

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• Competitiveness has been a big thing for me.

  Bobby Rahal

  Bigs, Has Beens, Big Things

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• There are a very few consistent, common threads among the most successful NFL quarterbacks. Most of them are intangibles, which you can't measure with a physical test. You need leadership ability, competitiveness, drive, and will. You need focus, poise, and charisma.

  Drew Brees

  Successful, Common Threads, Nfl

  "A Half Dozen Questions for Drew Brees". Interview with John B. Thompson, www.gq.com. April 23, 2010.

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• I'm a competitive person, but I have never understood people's competitiveness at the expense of their colleagues.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Helping Others, People, Colleagues

  Geraldine Ferraro, Linda Bird Francke (1985). “Ferraro: My Story”, p.5, Northwestern University Press

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• I have enjoyed most particularly reading the correspondence between Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss. The genuine friendship, competitiveness and support that thread through their communications are life lessons for us all.

  Jessye Norman

  Life Lesson, Communication, Reading

  "Jessye Norman: By the Book". www.nytimes.com. June 05, 2014.

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• Rest assured, the government is ready to support and enhance the competitiveness of the biotechnology industry.

  Mo Mowlam

  Government, Support, Ready

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• Some kind of affirmative action is important in a democracy and for economic competitiveness and national security. The Army was the first to realize that you had to have desegregation of a military to have it working properly.

  Andrew Young

  Military, Army, Important

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• Put any woman in an area run mostly by men and rumors will fly. Unless you make it very clear that you are off limits, there is also a certain competitiveness that sets in. Some men are either trying to run you out of town or get into your pants. They don't seem to know any other way to deal with a woman. If you're not a sexual object, you're a threat.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Running, Men, Rumor

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2002). “Obsidian Butterfly: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel”, p.251, Penguin

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• Strength of will - is essential to your survival and success. The competitor who won't go away, who won't stay down, has one of the most formidable competitive advantages of all. In evaluating people, I prize ego. It often translates into a fierce desire to do their best and an inner confidence that stands them in good stead when things really get rough. Psychologists suggest that there is a strong link between ego and competitiveness. All the great performers I've ever coached had ego to spare.

  Bill Walsh

  Strong, People, Ego

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