#mess

It is easy to be pessimistic. These are extraordinarily difficult times, and the collective psyche is teetering. But we are closer to righting the wrongs that got us into this economic mess than most of us believe. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#closer #collective #difficult #difficult times #easy

The FHA's success provides strong evidence that government can and should play a role in the nation's mortgage finance system. It also demonstrates that although government intervention in the economy during the Great Recession was messy, things would have been a lot messier without it. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#although #been #demonstrates #during #economy

They also can combine voice with instant messaging and online file sharing. ↗

— Niklas Zennstrom

#combine #file #instant #messaging #online

The most important thing about recovery is to pass the message on. ↗

— Maurice Gibb

#important #important thing #message #most #pass

Unlike then, the mail stream of today has diminished by such things as e-mails and faxes and cell phones and text messages, largely electronic means of communication that replace mail. ↗

— John M. McHugh

#cell phones #communication #diminished #e-mails #electronic

It's like, you can't have any fun, and if you do have fun, if you do your own thing, you're considered crazy and should be in a mental institution. Now, that's what I find creepy. I'm eccentric. I am not messed up. ↗

— Crispin Glover

#any #considered #crazy #creepy #eccentric

When Edward Gibbon was writing about the fall of the Roman Empire in the late 18th century, he could argue that transportation hadn't changed since ancient times. An imperial messenger on the Roman roads could get from Rome to London even faster in A.D. 100 than in 1750. But by 1850, and even more obviously today, all of that has changed. ↗

— Walter Russell Mead

#about #ancient #ancient times #argue #century

Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union. ↗

— Samuel Goldwyn

#entertainment #messages #pictures #should #union

Just about every player on tour has a bad back. It's just one of those games that does mess you up a little bit. You've got to keep looking after it. ↗

— Retief Goosen

#after #back #bad #bad back #bit

I've had my own personal stalker. I would get nude drawings of my body with a knife and a message saying 'I'm watching you' and 'I'm going to get you.' ↗

— Erin Gray

#drawings #get #going #had #i