#large

My time at Shell was a most valuable experience because it taught me to look at the world in a long-term way. Shell takes a 20-year view on events and plans for different scenarios. It makes you see the world as a kind of large matrix. ↗

— Vince Cable

#different #events #experience #kind #large

By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth. ↗

— George Carlin

#language #large #tool #truth

Larger deficits are necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment as the far greater evil in terms of human welfare. ↗

— William Vickrey

#evil #far #greater #greater evil #human

The great increase in longevity has produced a surge in the desire to accumulate assets for retirement. It has outpaced the ability of the private sector to produce assets, so we need a larger government debt. ↗

— William Vickrey

#accumulate #assets #debt #desire #government

I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large. ↗

— Charlie Chaplin

#big #big shoes #cane #coat #contradiction

One of the very nice things about investing in the stock market is that you learn about all different aspects of the economy. It's your window into a very large world. ↗

— Ron Chernow

#aspects #different #different aspects #economy #into

Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#enlarges #failure #fall #god #humanity

No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#army #attack #enough #ensure #ever

Enquire what the effect of large endowments are upon colleges. ↗

— Ezra Cornell

#effect #endowments #large #upon

I'm always surprised when large numbers of people buy my books. ↗