#ding

It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#dominant #leading #political #political power #possible

What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system, massive funding for science and technology, a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#american economy #because #developments #economy #envy

Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building. ↗

— A. Bartlett Giamatti

#art #believe #building #create #drive

Housing was ground zero for the Great Recession. Between early 2006 and Obama's inauguration in 2009, average house prices fell by a third across the country. In certain areas, including cities as diverse as Akron, Orlando and Las Vegas, house prices fell by more than half. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#akron #areas #average #between #certain

Lenders look at potential borrowers from many angles before extending credit: How much of its income will a household need to put into debt repayment? How large is the down payment? Does the borrower have a job with a stable income? What is the borrower's credit score? ↗

— Mark Zandi

#before #borrower #borrowers #credit #debt

The extension and expansion of the payroll tax holidays for workers would be number one on my list and key to avoiding recession. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#expansion #extension #holidays #key #list

I want to increase our spending on research and development by 25%. That's something the U.S. does very well. That dynamism alongside a welfare state in the European community - that's the synthesis I want to achieve. ↗

— Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

#alongside #community #development #does #dynamism

We are not cisterns made for hoarding, we are channels made for sharing. ↗

— Billy Graham

#hoarding #made #sharing

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe. ↗

— Frank Zappa

#because #block #building #building block #claim

It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia. ↗

— Frank Zappa

#fire #ice #imagine #necessary #nostalgia