#ono

And in Iraq we tried to implement the same policy that was so successful in Saudi Arabia, but Saddam Hussein didn't buy. When the economic hit men fail in this scenario, the next step is what we call the jackals. ↗

— John Perkins

#buy #call #economic #fail #hit

But when 9/11 struck, I had a change of heart. I knew the story had to be told because what happened at 9/11 is a direct result of what the economic hit men are doing. ↗

— John Perkins

#change #direct #direct result #doing #economic

Astronomers ought to be able to ask fundamental questions without accelerators. ↗

— Saul Perlmutter

#ask #astronomers #fundamental #fundamental questions #ought

The liberals think government exists to fix what's wrong with America. They find fault with our Constitution, our economic model and our core values. We disagree with the premise of their argument. We believe there's nothing wrong with America that an extra dose of freedom won't cure. ↗

— Rick Perry

#argument #believe #constitution #core #core values

I don't think Obama understands basic economics. Not economics that work. He may understand some theory that someone in Princeton sat and dreamed up, but it's not working. ↗

— Rick Perry

#dreamed #economics #i #may #obama

If I don't have a project going, I sit down and begin to write something - a character sketch, a monologue, a description of some sight, or even just a list of ideas. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#character #description #down #even #going

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#economist #expert #happen #know #predicted

Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#incompetence #levels #men #monopolize #now

I studied economics and made it my career for two reasons. The subject was and is intellectually fascinating and challenging, particularly to someone with taste and talent for theoretical reasoning and quantitative analysis. ↗

— James Tobin

#career #challenging #economics #fascinating #i

It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other. ↗

— Petrarch

#born #fortune #honorable #merit #more