Shlaes Great Quotes & Sayings

The church is under orders. Evangelistic inactivity is disobedience. — John Stott

To investors, job creation is a second-order effect. Market participants care first about interest rates, exchange rates, bond prices and the one great factor that affects all three: the long-term solvency of a bond company called the U.S. government. — Amity Shlaes

The big question about the American depression is not whether war with Germany and Japan ended it. It is why the Depression lasted until that war. From 1929 to 1940, from Hoover to Roosevelt, government intervention helped to make the Depression Great. — Amity Shlaes

You know, doing it on the table is quite nice,"Becca added.Lily chiked on her beer.On a table?"really?"Wait. Why did she ask that? Becca raised a brow."Come on,sweet Lily.Don't tell me you"ve never rried it." She blused and shook her head. Was there another way to do it other than with the lights off and missionary? — Carrie Ann Ryan

Perception is reality. If you are perceived to be something, you might as well be it because that's the truth in people's minds. — Steve Young

Too often, charity is extended to another when his actions or conduct are acceptable to us. The exhibition of charity to another must not be dependent on his performance. It should be given because of who we are-not because of how we behave. — H. Burke Peterson

My weight went up and down like a yo-yo. — Judith Light

To have an opinion about somebody you've never met before is pretty superficial. — Heather Mills