#cost

We do not see the sort of fundamental changes that would be necessary to reduce the trajectory of federal health spending by a significant amount and, on the contrary, the legislation significantly expands the federal responsibility for health care costs. ↗

— Doug Elmendorf

#care #care costs #changes #contrary #costs

A hamburger by any other name costs twice as much. ↗

— Evan Esar

#costs #hamburger #much #name #other

We try to say it's creative and in a manner it is creative, but it is a business, because today, with the cost factor in crossing the boundaries that you do. ↗

— Skitch Henderson

#boundaries #business #cost #creative #crossing

The system continually has to make this choice: it can either continue to exploit a known process and make it more productive, or it can explore a new process at the cost of being less efficient. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#choice #continually #continue #cost #efficient

The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To delay action is the same as death. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

#any #blow #cost #deal #death

If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down? Or speed up? ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#change #character #come #costume #death

This is my costume. I'm a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else. ↗

— Christina Ricci

#else #everyone #homicidal #i #just

If every country committed to spending 0.05 per cent of GDP on researching non-carbon-emitting energy technologies, that would cost $25 billion a year, and it would do a lot more than massive carbon cuts to fight warming and save lives. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#carbon #cent #committed #cost #country

If we invest in researching and developing energy technology, we'll do some real good in the long run, rather than just making ourselves feel good today. But climate change is not the only challenge of the 21st century, and for many other global problems we have low-cost, durable solutions. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#century #challenge #change #climate #climate change

The Kyoto treaty has an estimated cost of between US$150 and $350 billion a year, starting in 2010. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#billion #cost #estimated #kyoto #kyoto treaty