Zohra Opoku Quotes & Sayings

The gross domestic product (GDP) was created in the 1930s to measure the value of the sum total of economic goods and services generated over a single year. The problem with the index is that it counts negative as well as positive economic activity. If a country invests large sums of money in armaments, builds prisons, expands police security, and has to clean up polluted environments and the like, it's included in the GDP. Simon Kuznets, an American who invented the GDP measurement tool, pointed out early on that "[t]he welfare of a nation can . . . scarcely be inferred from a measurement of national income."28 Later in life, Kuznets became even more emphatic about the drawbacks of relying on the GDP as a gauge of economic prosperity. He warned that "[d]istinctions must be kept in mind between quantity and quality of growth . . . . Goals for 'more' growth should specify more growth of what and for what."29 — Jeremy Rifkin

In any case, muffins that are only imaginary aren't liable to get stuck. — Thomas M. Disch

He (God) never promises that our families will be safe. Not in the way we think. He does promise his presence, though. — Emily P. Freeman

Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil. — Vachel Lindsay

I Think All Depends On Your Mind That Create This Word — Sushil Singh

Had the rights to make all the sequels and exploit the characters. I made a presentation that said, here's the 15% of Pixar that Disney does not already own. So that's — Walter Isaacson

It's good for a man to get drunk once in a while. It releases all the evil spirits. — James Clavell

The body moves naturally, automatically, unconsciously, without any personal intervention or awareness. But if we begin to use our faculty of reasoning, our actions become slow and hesitant. — Jaimal Yogis

If men are in a state in which they find it hard to be weaned from their own ways and choose rather to serve the pleasures of the flesh than to serve the Lord, and refuse to accept the Gospel life, there is no common ground between me and them. — Saint Basil

Your self is sacred; be true to it. — Paul Brunton

For me, the food I like to make is the food I can enjoy all the time anytime. It's not too calculated or technical. — Daniel Boulud