#pro

I went to the bank and proposed that they lend money to the poor people. The bankers almost fell over. ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

#bank #bankers #fell #i #lend

Here we were talking about economic development, about investing billions of dollars in various programs, and I could see it wasn't billions of dollars people needed right away. ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

#away #billions #could #development #dollars

Balanced is probably what I am, although that's just a polite way to say that you don't do anything very well. ↗

— Steve Yzerman

#am #anything #balanced #i #i am

I also feel I adapted. I was willing to try to fit into any role. The way I figured, it was always up to me to prove my worth, that I deserved to be here. ↗

— Steve Yzerman

#also #always #any #deserved #feel

‎"Tell me, sir, what is a butterfly?" "It's what you are meant to become. It flies with beautiful wings and joins the earth to heaven. It drinks only nectar from the flowers and carries the seeds of love from one flower to another. Without butterflies, the world would soon have few flowers. ↗

— Trina Paulus

#thought-provoking #beauty

In a very weak economy, when you say 'cut government spending,' what you mean is you're laying off school teachers and you're de-funding various programs that put money into the economy. This means you have more unemployed people that then draw unemployment benefits and don't pay taxes. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#cut #draw #economy #government #government spending

Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#barrel #could #easily #global #hearts

America's growth historically has been fueled mostly by investment, education, productivity, innovation and immigration. The one thing that doesn't seem to have anything to do with America's growth rate is a brutal work schedule. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#anything #been #brutal #education #fueled

It is absolutely clear that government plays a key role, as a catalyst, in promoting long-run growth. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#catalyst #clear #government #growth #key

The world is changing very profoundly. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#profoundly #very #world