#ric

My instinct is to assume that we consumers are an inconsistent bunch. We like competition if it delivers low prices, but grumble if it delivers the bad news that prices need to go up. ↗

— Evan Davis

#bad #bad news #bunch #competition #consumers

Black Friday is not another bad hair day in Wall Street. It's the term used by American retailers to describe the day after the Thanksgiving Holiday, seen as the semi-official start of Christmas shopping season. ↗

— Evan Davis

#american #another #bad #black #christmas

Chaplin was notoriously strict with his sons and rarely gave them spending money. ↗

— Gene Tierney

#gave #his #money #notoriously #rarely

For industry to settle in a country, you first need electricity; for electricity, you need some trained workers; for trained workers, you need some schools; for schools you need some money; for money, you need some industry. ↗

— Evan Davis

#electricity #first #industry #money #need

Interest rate cuts have an effect in stimulating an economy by directly or indirectly making someone, somewhere, spend more than they otherwise would. That extra spending increases demand and ensures that we all carry on with work to do, without us having to slash our prices or our wrists. ↗

— Evan Davis

#cuts #demand #directly #economy #effect

We are more likely to cheat if we see others doing so. We tend to conform to accepted norms of reasonable behaviour, rather than adhere to strict rules. ↗

— Evan Davis

#adhere #behaviour #cheat #conform #doing

Space exploration and experimentation are critically valuable to our nation. I know of no better way to honor those seven who sacrificed their lives than to recommit ourselves to defend and enhance America's important strategies in space. ↗

— Rob Bishop

#better #better way #critically #defend #enhance

The American people are among the most productive in the world. We have the best technologies. We have great universities. We have entrepreneurs. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#american people #among #best #entrepreneurs #great

The only reason I would have liked to have gone to university is because I like cricket. Not a very good reason to want to go, but as good as any, I suppose. ↗

— Jeffrey Bernard

#because #cricket #go #gone #good

It is in spending oneself that one becomes rich. ↗

— Sarah Bernhardt

#oneself #rich #spending