#su

But in practice, if often comes down to not suffering a loss as big as the huge gain you made a while ago. ↗

— Merton Miller

#big #comes #down #gain #huge

Given the way some fought for the status quo when I authored the new Ethics Code and created the city's first Ethics Commission, we are going to need your strong support to get an even tougher Ethics Code passed this year. ↗

— Laura Miller

#code #commission #created #ethics #even

Together, often by unanimous vote, the council has worked quickly to get positive results. ↗

— Laura Miller

#get #often #positive #positive results #quickly

Everyone recognizes that's a joke because obviously the number and shape of the pieces doesn't affect the size of the pizza. And similarly, the stocks, bonds, warrants, etc., issued don't affect the aggregate value of the firm. ↗

— Merton Miller

#aggregate #because #bonds #etc #everyone

My expertise was in public finance, particularly corporate taxation, since I had worked at the US Treasury. ↗

— Merton Miller

#expertise #finance #had #i #particularly

Of course. I favor passive investing for most investors, because markets are amazingly successful devices for incorporating information into stock prices. ↗

— Merton Miller

#because #course #devices #favor #i

Inheritance taxes are so high that the happiest mourner at a rich man's funeral is usually Uncle Sam. ↗

— Olin Miller

#happiest #high #inheritance #man #mourner

I look to longevity. I just consider myself an actress and getting good roles. If being a 'superstar' gets me good roles, then that's a positive thing. But my goal isn't just to be a superstar. It's to act for a long time. ↗

— Penelope Ann Miller

#actress #being #consider #gets #getting

I have a very basic leg. But it has a silicon cover on it. I have a flat foot leg, a high heel leg and then I have a leg which, in the winter, I have to ski in and in the summer I swap it into my roller blades. ↗

— Heather Mills

#blades #cover #flat #foot #heel

Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a sort of automatic machine, regulated by the balancing of competing interests. ↗

— C. Wright Mills

#balancing #cling #competing #disturbed #economy