#ono

Zero-sum thinking is an obsession of mine, but mostly in economics. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#mine #mostly #obsession #thinking #zero-sum

I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony. ↗

— Peter O'Toole

#common man #i #man #monotony #sands

We should have an easier name to pronounce. ↗

— John Oates

#name #pronounce #should

Honorary degrees and lifetime achievement awards are very encouraging. I know that it might sound strange that a writer who has published many books still needs encouragement, but this is true. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#awards #books #degrees #encouragement #encouraging

I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95 percent of all working families, because, in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle class. ↗

— Barack Obama

#class #cut #economy #families #i

With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability. ↗

— Barack Obama

#colleges #community #economy #employment #lifetime

Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago. ↗

— Barack Obama

#ago #based #because #declaration #economy

The last thing you want to do is raise taxes in the middle of the recession because that would just suck up and take more demand out of the economy and put businesses in a further hole. ↗

— Barack Obama

#businesses #demand #economy #further #hole

Now, anybody who thinks that we can move this economy forward with just a few folks at the top doing well, hoping that it's going to trickle down to working people who are running faster and faster just to keep up, you'll never see it. ↗

— Barack Obama

#doing #down #economy #faster #few

My task over the last two years hasn't just been to stop the bleeding. My task has also been to try to figure out how do we address some of the structural problems in the economy that have prevented more Googles from being created. ↗

— Barack Obama

#also #been #being #bleeding #created