Economic Quotes

Your economic development organization is a one-man show and it's handicapped and doesn't have the resources to do what you want. - Angelos Angelou

Young people think broadly about voting rights or economic rights but don't understand how individuals were affected by voting rights. The right to vote was to get people out of office who would bring on segregation. - Dean Rowley

Young people learn economics really well. They understand supply and demand. They're more attuned to the concepts than they're given credit for. - Steven Sanders

You'd have to be blind, deaf and dumb to not have known that oil prices went up. But if that indeed has a severe impact on economic growth, you'd still have to say that Wal-Mart is a defensive play. It sells the cheap food and consumables that consumers have to replenish. - Bernard Sosnick

You would have to say his number one accomplishment has been to inspire a sense of confidence in the country. That confidence, that optimism, not only gives President Obama a political cushion, but it could have a real world economic impact. - George Stephanopoulos

You worry about small investors getting involved through the back door in investments that aren't suitable for them because they're too risky or the fees are too high. NASD requires brokers to have a reasonable basis for recommending an investment, as a counterforce to the overwhelming economic incentives for salesmen to sell. - David Becker

You will probably start seeing some verbal intervention [by politicians]. But it is in the interest of Europe to have a weaker currency to get greater economic recovery on track. - Mitul Kotecha

You will have to pay him on every can of paint, every carpet, every everything that goes into your house... He's betting on the next economic upswing again, and that's why Berkshire Hathaway has done extremely well. He's a very smart investor. - Barry Hyman

You will have fewer people, but our hotel only has 20 rooms; we were booked weeks in advance. You have to spread it out for economic reasons and to support and build the community. As it is, we have a lot of wasted effort and dollars that can't be spent because the capacity isn't there. - Jerry Reed

You want growth - it is a clear indicator of economic health. But you don't want growth that is so rapid that it outstrips your capacity and your infrastructure. - Don Kirkman