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William Vickrey Quotes

Balancing a nominal budget will solve nothing, and attempting to achieve such a spurious balance will produce much mischief.

William Vickrey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: educator
Nationality: canadian
Birth: June 21, 1914 - October 11, 1996

Topics

Balance Budget Achieve Nothing Will

It's stressful when you run a company.

You Run Company Stressful

I would say, anyone who knows me says they don't envy my life. I've just been through very hard times, yes.

Life Me My Life Envy Say Hard

People assume that I'm girly. But people who know me say I'm more boyish.

People Me Know Say More Boyish

I love houses. I'm not sure why.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

Love Why Sure Houses I Love

I am not a big fan of positive thinking. The term suggests that there is something negative that you have to counteract by being positive. That is an artificial duality.

Positive I Am Negative Thinking You

Console game publishing has become more like theatrical release film-making and it is very hard if you are not one of the major publishers, and even for them it is hard unless they are working with major game brands.

Game You Become More Hard Release

Beverly Hills is too intimidating. Everyone's got lovely teeth, so you don't want to smile. Everyone's ripped, so you start working out at 4 in the morning and eating egg white omelets.

Rob James-Collier

Smile Morning Eating Start Egg You

We are really focused on the beauty enthusiast... but also, as you know, everybody has got a great phone in their pocket. Everybody is taking pictures. Who doesn't want to look good in a picture? I don't know anybody who doesn't.

Good Beauty Great Picture You Look

U.N. employees, including senior leadership, should be selected based on merit and competence while continuing endeavors to achieve gender parity and geographical balance.

Miroslav Lajcak

Leadership Balance Employees Gender

Indonesia can hold regular elections, but if the laws do not apply to the most powerful elements in society, then there is no rule of law and no genuine democracy. The country will never become a true democracy until it takes serious steps to end impunity.

Joshua Oppenheimer

Law Democracy Society End Powerful

The highs were high, the awe, I'm not a religious person, but I'll tell you, to be in the azure blue of the Gulf Stream as if, as you're breathing, you're looking down miles and miles and miles, to feel the majesty of this blue planet we live on, it's awe-inspiring.

Live Blue Looking Feel You Down

The only thing I've ever offered the public is some music. If they like the music, that's great. Turn on the radio. If they don't like it, switch it off.

Music Great Turn Radio Off Only

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