Muhammad Yunus Quotes

I began my career as an economics professor but became frustrated because the economic theories I taught in the classroom didn't have any meaning in the lives of poor people I saw all around me. I decided to turn away from the textbooks and discover the real-life economics of a poor person's existence.

Muhammad Yunus

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: June 28, 1940

Topics

PeopleMeEconomicsMeaningCareer

Publishing had been successful where there had been natural geographic monopolies.

Joe Mansueto

SuccessfulNaturalWhereBeenHad

When you cast cross-racially, another dimension is added.

Joel Grey

YouCastDimensionAnotherAdded

Just as the Russians and the Soviets didn't manage to wipe out languages in Lithuania, neither have they managed to wipe out religion to the extent that we had feared.

Jeane Kirkpatrick

ReligionOutJustWipeManageHad

We all have challenges. You can let them be obstacles or roadblocks, or you can use them.

Amy Purdy

ChallengesObstaclesYouRoadblocks

Basically, I learned to read by reading 'Peanuts,' just wanting to know what they were saying.

Stephan Pastis

SayingReadingKnowWantingJust

One of the weapons Marvel used in its climb to comic-book dominance was a willingness to invent new characters at a dizzying speed. There are so many Marvel universes, indeed, that some superheroes do not even exist in one another's worlds, preventing gridlock.

Roger Ebert

ClimbSpeedNewUsedExistEven

I'm not as sharp as I used to be.

Roddy Piper

SharpUsed

I went into a McDonald's yesterday and said, 'I'd like some fries.' The girl at the counter said, 'Would you like some fries with that?'

Jay Leno

GirlYouYesterdayMcDonaldSaid

The Democrats need to be confident about making their argument... and making sure that everybody knows we care about them.

Jason Kander

CareConfidentArgumentNeedSure

As you watch 'Documented' on CNN, I ask you, my fellow Americans: What do you want to do with me? What do you want to do with us? How do you define American?

Jose Antonio Vargas

MeAmericanYouWantAskWatch

The essence of life is finding something you really love and then making the daily experience worthwhile.

Denis Waitley

LifeLoveDailyExperienceFinding

When I set out to make 'Bourne Identity,' my main goal for the franchise was to create something where it feels like you're in the action. You're not just passively watching it from far away. That's something that I have constantly aspired to do - even in 'Swingers,' to feel like you're Jon Favreau; you're not just watching him.

Doug Liman

IdentityActionFeelYouGoalOut

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