"The periods of unemployment accompanying depression in the business cycle . . . present a challenge to all our claims to progress, humanity, and civilization."

-- Samuel Gompers

#Business Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Challenges Quotes

“Let's begin by taking a smallish nap or two.”
“Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.”
“A new day will come and when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer.”
“A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.”

Source : "Be Careful What You Cut" by Marian Wright Edelman, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 10, 2012.
“The fact of the matter is that everybody treats me pretty much as one of the boys, which I take as a great compliment”
“Being famous is not all that one should want in life...there is much more to life than name and fame...”

Source : Tim Harford (2012). “The Undercover Economist”, p.113, Oxford University Press, USA
“Men often think it's the bad boys who get the hot chicks. But I'm living proof that the good guys win.”

Source : "Carson Daly: "I'm Living Proof That the Good Guys Win" Pop music's lo". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.elle.com. April 19, 2012.
“Without (my wife) Laurie, I would never be here right now, I know that. I would either be in a coffin, or stashed away doing a life sentence some place. Or running and hiding some place, if I was still alive. I'm certain I wouldn't be playing music. She's just been perfect for me. And she's a protector also; she protects me from myself, from temptations, and bad associations. She's constantly shielding me from walking the red hot coals of existing as a game.”

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