Quotes About Expansion

For most of human history, the main goal of states has been to conquer land and to achieve glory for their rulers, usually at others' expense. Then in recent decades it was all about GDP. It's only in very recent history that rulers have been willing to commit themselves to helping their citizens live happier lives.

We believe that settlement expansion policies pursued in recent decades by successive Israeli governments have facilitated the process of de-facto annexation. It has complicated the dialogue between the different communities.

We recently had an extension built, to house a closet. It's like the Tardis - I go in there and never come out.

When I go and teach, it sort of opens me up in some way. And when you're open, you're more receptive.

The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement, explain American development.

Experience shows that a recession is never the result of just a few large industries dragging the economy down while the others continue to expand.

Bill Clinton has done some incredibly reckless, irresponsible things as president. But his campaign to expand Medicare entitlements has to rank among the worst.

We recognised from the start that we couldn't just stay in the U.K. and Ireland markets. We have always looked to the products of the future. I've always said, 'If you don't innovate, you'll evaporate.'

People complain about too much T20. But the only recognised T20 in Europe is the Blast so if we are going to grow the game outside the U.K. it has to be everywhere.

Arizona is now recognized as a premier place in which to locate, expand and grow a business.

I always recognized that modeling would allow me to see and do a lot, so I looked for opportunities to learn and grow.

I could play it safe by recording songs that are familiar, but am I expanding myself as an artist by doing covers? It's a catch-22. It's called show business: The word 'business' is in it, and you've got to be a businessman. But then again, you have to be true to yourself as an artist.

As a founder of two organizations that recruit top college graduates to expand educational opportunity, I've spent a lot of time examining what's at work in successful classrooms and schools over the past two decades.

I don't like to reduce a role to fit me. The challenge to me is to expand to it. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. But that's the challenge of it.

I guess I see 'Goo' half as a really New York record because I think there are a lot of really particular New York references on it, but I also see it, for us, as the first of our records that really opened up to the larger world around us.

The Ranbaxy acquisition doesn't preclude us from making more large acquisitions. The important issue is whether we have the management bandwidth to handle the acquisition.

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

I always wanted to have a headphone line but I feel like I'm going to do more than just headphones eventually, but we want to wake the world up right now with this.

There is a lot of opportunity sitting in global healthcare business. I think there is a strong opportunity to build upon for further growth.

We should expand health savings accounts so people can save in a tax-advantaged way for more routine healthcare needs.

My hope is that 'Beyond the Heavens' will encourage people to explore faith, open their mind and go beyond what they think they know. That is what my mother encouraged me to do. I hope to encourage others to do the same through this story.

I've always tried to expand what heavy or loud music was and where it can go and what it can do.

If you like Five Guys burgers, and you're in California, I was one of the people who helped bring it here.

I have three cows, and I'm looking forward to more in the future, so I'll have a little herd.