Quotes About Economy

The Canadian economy relies on foreign trade. Nearly three-quarters of Canada's exports go south.

I think history shows that countries have to have some kind of a threshold level of economic success before they begin to have the means and the will to focus on the environment.

Language is one of the only things that we truly share, and I sometimes used this joint inheritance to obfuscate and deflect and justify myself: to re-brand what was good for me as something appearing good for us both, when I threw around terms like 'the sharing economy' and 'disruption' and 'global resourcing.'

Thrift is of great revenue.

I shop at thrift shops probably five times a week.

I have said before, you don't expect conservative parties to believe in much, but you do expect them to believe in thrift.

We were so poor. Every item of clothing came from a thrift store.

You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift.

I get my clothes from three sources: Target, thrift shops, and friends. It's simple and it's cheap.

This is the paradox of thrift: belt-tightening causes people to lose their jobs, because other people are not buying what they produce, so their debt burden rises rather than falls.

I like to thrift. I think it's the funnest thing ever. But it's a sport: You have to wake up, eat, and then it's a whole day.

We shop a lot at garage sales, thrift stores.

If you want to thrive in today's economy, you must challenge the status quo and get the financial education necessary to succeed.

I think Jamaica would thrive if we promote agriculture as a way to bring people here.

If we can return to a government that the Founders, in their wisdom, envisioned for us, we can return to a government that will allow our economy to thrive again, and our people to live in liberty.

As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.

These days, government employees are better off in almost every area: pay, benefits, time off, and security, on top of working fewer hours. They can thrive even in a down economy.

The federal government now spends one of every four dollars in the entire economy. It borrows one of every three dollars it spends. No nation, no entity, large or small, public or private, can thrive, or survive intact, with debts as huge as ours.

You want a political culture that works to create conditions under which an economy can thrive? Since signing the Oslo Accords with the Palestinians, Israel has spent two decades working to unshackle its economy from its socialist roots, with remarkable results.

As we settle into 2013, I predict this: We'll see companies that promote this shift from private ownership thrive. More people will be able to access things they simply don't need to own, and they'll save money and live better, cleaner, green lives doing it.

In order to thrive in the 21st century, you have to be a savvy citizen of the digital economy or risk being left behind.

My father taught us that to thrive, excellence in technology, quality, and customer service along with cost competitiveness is a prerequisite. His contribution to business, the economy, and society at large can never be underscored enough.

America has thrived on capitalism, and America will thrive again on capitalism.

I believe America thrives when the middle class thrives.