Durable Quotes

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy. - Samuel Butler

A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable. - Henry Louis Mencken

A similar revolving fund could be set up for Germany, for a durable peace can rest only upon a Germany that, while militarily impotent, is industrially active. - James Forrestal

A seller-sovereign economy includes sellers who are monopolistic or oligopolistic without being confronted by the ultimate consumers who are organized in monopsonistic or ologopsonistic modes. It is an economy where enormous skill, artifice, and resources are used in getting consumers to buy what the sellers want to sell, notwithstanding the availability of more efficient, safe, economical, durable, and effective alternatives, including that of buying nothing at all. - Ralph Nader

A jump in durable orders is also a plus. - Evan Olsen

A gloomier mood in stock markets could be a more durable negative if sustained over the next few weeks. - Nick Parsons

A genius can never expect to have a good time anywhere, if he is a genuine article, but America is about the last place in which life will be endurable at all for an inspired writer of any kind. - Samuel Butler

A durable, long-term U.S.-China strategic relationship is even more important now than in previous decades. The relationship will continue to grow and prosper to the mutual benefit of all peoples. - Alexander Haig

A bigger-than-expected jump in durable goods could remind investors that overseas growth is accelerating. - John Lonski

[How long will it take for them to get back with their own program?] Until the Democratic Party realizes that it must back up its political tactics with conviction and strong stands, ... the party will have a very difficult time constructing a durable majority. - David Sirota