#flat

If all Europe lies flat while the Russian mob tramps over it, we will then be faced with a war under difficult circumstances, and with a very good chance of losing it. ↗

— James Forrestal

#circumstances #difficult #difficult circumstances #europe #faced

For lack of a better term, they've labeled me a sex symbol. It's flattering and it should happen to every bald, overweight guy. ↗

— Dennis Franz

#better #every #flattering #guy #happen

If you followed this economic crisis and you do not think that the world is getting flatter, you are not paying attention. We saw the entire global economy at one time acting totally in sync. The real truth is the world is even flatter than I thought. Our mortgage crisis is killing Deutsche Bank. You still don't think the world is flat? ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#attention #bank #crisis #economic #economic crisis

During the past two decades, inflation has fallen to a low level in major industrial countries. ↗

— Toshihiko Fukui

#decades #during #fallen #industrial #inflation

However, in spite of the general perception that monetary policy should be conducted so as to avert deflation, a central bank cannot lower interest rates below the zero lower bound. ↗

— Toshihiko Fukui

#bank #below #bound #cannot #central

Yeah, I've always been accused of having a sense of mischief and I'm very flattered that you say you can see it in the roles I play, because I think that's important, even if I do play intense characters, like especially Christine Cagney. ↗

— Sharon Gless

#always #because #been #cagney #characters

Bernanke and company are trying to reflate the economy with almost stated objective of inflation at 2 percent and higher in order to provide some type of safety margin for a future recession. That's where they want to go. ↗

— Bill Gross

#company #economy #future #go #higher

Mourning Ruby is not a flat landscape: it is more like a box with pictures painted on every face. And each face is also a door which opens, I hope, to take the reader deep into the book. ↗

— Helen Dunmore

#book #box #deep #door #each

It's flattering to make a picture which becomes a classic within 10 years; it's not so flattering, however, when people get the impression it's the only picture you've ever made. ↗

— Robert Hamer

#classic #ever #flattering #get #however

I do not think it is an exaggeration to say history is largely a history of inflation, usually inflations engineered by governments for the gain of governments. ↗

— Friedrich August von Hayek

#exaggeration #gain #governments #history #i