Edmund Phelps Quotes

Developing new products is labour- intensive. So is producing the capital goods needed to make them. These jobs disappear when innovation stalls.

Edmund Phelps

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InnovationNewProductsDisappear

Humans have changed little over time. We think we've invented the modern world but they were making better speeches 2,000 years ago and grappling with issues of empire and terrorism.

Robert Harris

TimeWorldThinkBetterTerrorism

What is an adult? A child blown up by age.

Simone de Beauvoir

AgeChildUpAdultBlown

Welcome to ABC News, the network that hires Clinton butt-kissers/donors and calls them 'chief political correspondents.'

Tomi Lahren

WelcomePoliticalNewsChiefABC

I'm straight. I. Love. Men. I love men.

Janina Gavankar

LoveMenStraightI Love

I thought I could play the hellraiser and then put 'Johnny Vegas' back in his box. I found popularity through self-destruction. The more you damage yourself, the more people are drawn to you, and that can be quite addictive. It is not a lifestyle you can maintain.

Johnny Vegas

YourselfPeopleThoughtVegasYou

There is no chip coming off of my shoulder because, at the end of the day, you're still going to continue to be doubted.

Draymond Green

DayEnd Of The DayEndYouShoulder

Yves Saint Laurent will never go out of business so long as I'm buying mountains of Touche Eclat.

Deirdre O'Kane

BusinessMountainsLongGoNever

If you have only a glass of water, then one person can drink. If you have a bucket, a whole family can benefit.

Chen Guangbiao

FamilyWaterYouPersonGlassDrink

I am a person who believes in asking questions, in not conforming for the sake of conforming. I am deeply dissatisfied - about so many things, about injustice, about the way the world works - and in some ways, my dissatisfaction drives my storytelling.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I AmWorldQuestionsInjusticeWay

I really liked Yale, although it was extremely intimidating. When I visited the campus, I was hiding behind trees, I felt so unworthy.

Claire Danes

TreesHidingBehindCampusUnworthy

Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.

Plato

HappinessConstructionClassGreatest

People are always like, 'Did you purposely do something to make people uncomfortable?' And I say the reason why it's uncomfortable is because it's either something that we can't talk about or aren't supposed to talk about, and they're images that aren't ever seen.

Petra Collins

PeopleUncomfortableYouSayWhy

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