#mic

We do not have a budget support. We are now fully independent in terms of requirements, but we still have a need for development assistance separate from the budget. So all the economic aid we receive is for development assistance. ↗

— Jose Ramos-Horta

#assistance #budget #development #economic #fully

We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act. ↗

— Laurence Olivier

#ape #mimic #mock

I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results, the thought came too late: a man of letters has become too wordy to write economically for the stage. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#came #dramatist #economically #good #had

The importance to the nation of a generously adequate food supply for the coming year cannot be overemphasized, in view of the economic problems which may arise as a result of the entrance of the United States into the war. ↗

— David F. Houston

#arise #cannot #coming #economic #economic problems

I was raised thinking that moral and ethical standards are universals that apply equally to everyone. And these values aren't easily compatible with the kind of religion that posits a Creator. To my way of thinking, an omnipotent being who sets up a universe in which thinking beings proliferate, grow old, and die (usually in agony, alone, and in fear) is a cosmic sadist. ↗

— Charles Stross

#cosmic-sadist #death #everything #life #religion

The comic book fans, especially 'X-Men' fans, are so serious about their comic book. ↗

— Kelly Hu

#book #comic #comic book #especially #fans

Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#beautiful #beautiful way #business #doing #economic

I can't imagine an argument that says that raising marginal tax rates on high income people, many of whom are business owners, is a recipe for economic growth. ↗

— Glenn Hubbard

#business #business owners #economic #economic growth #growth

A Republican in my state of Arkansas feels about as out of place as Michael Vick at the West Minister dog show. ↗

— Mike Huckabee

#arkansas #dog #feels #michael #minister

So when we're really addressing issues like poverty, you can't do that without addressing the real driver of some of those, which is stable homes, families. So that's why to me those issues are important. They're not frivolous. They're critical economic issues. ↗

— Mike Huckabee

#critical #driver #economic #economic issues #families