Optimizing return on capital will generate less growth than optimizing return on education. – Clayton Christensen
No idea for a new growth business ever comes fully shaped. When it emerges, it’s half-baked, and it then goes through a process of becoming fully shaped. – Clayton M. Christensen
Growth in U.S. real imports slowed to about 3 percent in 2006, in part reflecting a drop in real terms in imports of crude oil and petroleum products. – Ben Bernanke
I think you can say that life is a system in which proteins and nucleic acids interact in ways that allow the structure to grow and reproduce. It’s that growth and reproduction, the ability to make more of yourself, that’s important. – Andrew H. Knoll
The characters that I’m typically drawn to are sensitive men who are experiencing some sense of identity crisis or growth in their life that they don’t know how to overcome. – Billy Crudup
China is certainly an important player in the global economy, and a widespread AIDS epidemic would threaten that growth. – Bill Gates
Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
The concept of disruption is about competitive response; it is not a theory of growth. It’s adjacent to growth. But it’s not about growth. – Clayton M. Christensen
I will not let anyone tell me we must spend more money. This crisis did not come about because we issued too little money but because we created economic growth with too much money and it was not sustainable growth. – Angela Merkel
Obama and the Democrats’ preposterous argument is that we are just one more big tax increase away from solving our economic problems. The inescapable conclusion, however, is that the primary driver of the short-term deficit is not tax cuts but the lack of any meaningful economic growth over the last half decade. – Bob Beauprez
The Republicans are wrong in thinking that the rich create jobs. In reality, many of the richest Americans have been investing in efficiency innovations rather than to create jobs. And the Democrats are wrong, because growth won’t happen if they distribute the wealth of the wealthy to everyone else. – Clayton Christensen
Without economic growth and job creation in Mexico, we won’t be able to confront the migratory phenomenon. – Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
It’s a question of not so much pushing the boys out of the picture, but making the whole frame bigger so that both men and women access the labor market, contribute to the economy, generate growth, have jobs, and so on. – Christine Lagarde
Our platform emphasizes that a vibrant, free and fair market is essential to economic growth. – Cory Booker
If Britain was to close down altogether overnight, then China would take up the slack of carbon emissions in two years. If America closed down, just the growth in China’s emissions would replace America’s emissions in 12 years. – Christopher Monckton
As sure as the spring will follow the winter, prosperity and economic growth will follow recession. – Bo Bennett
Just to keep up with population growth, on average our economy needs to be adding about 125,000 jobs per month. – Bob Beauprez
To be sure, faster growth in nominal labor compensation does not necessarily portend higher inflation. – Ben Bernanke
The U.K. and almost all of Europe have erred in terms of believing that austerity, fiscal austerity in the short term, is the way to produce real growth. It is not. You’ve got to spend money. – Bill Gross
It’s time to create an Economic Growth Code whose purpose is to fix and grow the economy, not redistribute massive amounts of wealth. – Ari Fleischer
A common religion is not possible for India, but a recognition of a common basis for all religions, and the growth of a liberal, tolerant spirit in religious matters, are possible. – Annie Besant
We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand. – Christopher Dodd
Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential. – Bruce Lee
When we acquire businesses in the developing world, we estimate if the growth opportunities are strong. – Adi Godrej
To create exponential growth in health care, we need to put tremendous resources and focus behind the best human minds working in this field. – Bill Maris
Bond investors want growth much like equity investors, and to the extent that too much austerity leads to recession or stagnation then credit spreads widen out – even if a country can print its own currency and write its own cheques. – Bill Gross
Empowering the individual means empowering the nation. And empowerment is best served through rapid economic growth with rapid social change. – Atal Bihari Vajpayee
