Wirtschaftliche Quotes & Sayings

I was in The Wire for three years, and I left at the highlight of that. — Idris Elba

A characteristic of the flesh is its fickleness: it alternates between Yes and No and vice versa. But the will of God is: "Walk not according to the flesh (not even for a moment) but according to the Spirit." — Watchman Nee

I was very fortunate, during my early years as a paleontologist, in that my field crews and I made some remarkable discoveries indicating dinosaurs to have been extremely social. — Jack Horner

There is a skeleton in every house. — William Makepeace Thackeray

I don't know what it was about him, but I felt so drawn to him. The feeling that consumed me whenever I was around him was strong. — Sadie Grubor

You see, there's a theory current you're insane, or you lean strongly in that direction. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

He knew he would have to believe in order to go where she had been; knew that, if he believed, he could go there even if it didn't exist, if it was make-believe. He moved the hand she had drawn around her down her long flesh, and with a little sound she pressed herself against him. He searched himself for that old will, long in disuse. If she went there, ever, he didn't want to be left behind; wanted to never be farther from than this. — John Crowley

It wasn't that she had so much character, thought Mrs. Pollifax, but rather that always in her life she had found it difficult to submit. The list of her small rebellions was endless. Surely there was room for one more? — Dorothy Gilman

Mankind is not disposed to look narrowly into the conduct of great victors when their victory is on the right side. — George Eliot

Accidents have already become an important factor restricting the development of a harmonious economy and society, and have attracted the strong attention of the Chinese government and society — Li Yizhong

I know how to make decisions and stand up to the criticism every day. — Michael Bloomberg

I do not accept evil. Man is perfect. The soul does not fall. Progress exists ... Up till now, misfortune has been described in order to inspire terror and pity. I will describe happiness in order to inspire their contraries ... As long as my friends do not die, I will not speak of death. — Comte De Lautreamont

He praised Hitler as "the man who has pulled his people from moral and economic despair into the state of pride and evident prosperity they now enjoyed." He particularly admired the Nazi "Strength through Joy" program, which provided all German workers with no-expense vacations and other entertainments. Wilson saw it as a powerful tool for helping Germany resist communist inroads and suppressing workers' demands for higher wages - money that workers would squander on "idiotic things as a rule." He — Erik Larson