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Less emphasis on inventories, I think, may tend to dampen business cycles, because business cycles are typically in the grasp of inventory cycles and heavy industry cycles. ↗

— Paul A. Volcker

#business #cycles #emphasis #grasp #heavy

The speed of communication, the speed of information transfer, the cheapness of communication, the ease of moving things around the world are a difference in kind as well as degree. ↗

— Paul A. Volcker

#communication #degree #difference #ease #information

I hate women because they always know where things are. ↗

— Voltaire

#because #hate #i #know #things

Liberating Iraq from a legacy of violence and putting it on the path to peace and prosperity will take time. ↗

— George Voinovich

#legacy #liberating #path #peace #prosperity

Double-digit inflation is a terrible thing - and it got up to 14 or 15 percent on a monthly basis for a while, shortly after I became chairman of the Fed. ↗

— Paul A. Volcker

#basis #became #chairman #double-digit #fed

What's the subject of life - to get rich? All of those fellows out there getting rich could be dancing around the real subject of life. ↗

— Paul A. Volcker

#around #could #dancing #fellows #get

When people begin anticipating inflation, it doesn't do you any good anymore, because any benefit of inflation comes from the fact that you do better than you thought you were going to do. ↗

— Paul A. Volcker

#any #anymore #because #begin #benefit

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. ↗

— Voltaire

#gave #gift #give #god #life

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare. ↗

— Voltaire

#dare #declare #everywhere #hast #live

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ↗

— Voltaire

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