The myth is that IP rights are as important as our rights in castles, cars, and corn oil. IP is supposedly intended to encourage inventors and the investment needed to bring their products to the clinic and marketplace. – John Sulston
At the most base level, what an actor represents to the film industry is an investment. Depending on the risk profile, an investor needs 1,000 reasons to commit and one reason not to. That means you’ve got to do more work on your own, and that the machine is not going to necessarily do the blocking for you. The machine rarely accepted my code. – Jeffrey Wright
If we are to attract private investment, if we are to be able to make the legislature feel the moneys from taxpayers are being used properly, we must be ever vigilant of the duty to efficiently use all funds we receive. – James E. Rogers
I look at my annual budgets for everything and anything, and I look to see where I can save the most money on those items. Saving 30% to 50% buying in bulk – replenishable items from toothpaste to soup, or whatever I use a lot of – is the best guaranteed return on investment you can get anywhere. – Mark Cuban
The U.S. and Israel probably lead the way in terms of venture investment in technologies companies focused on the security paradigm. That is quite encouraging. – John W. Thompson
European investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together. – John Bruton
When you’re an investor, you can look at the quantitative and qualitative elements of an investment, but there’s a third aspect: What you feel in your gut. – Kevin O’Leary
Buy into good, well-researched companies and then wait. Let’s call it a sit-on-your-hands investment strategy. – Kenneth Fisher
Because we’re actors we can pretend and fake it, but I’d rather the intimate investment was authentic. – Keanu Reeves
Fortunately, there is a project that will create jobs, provide direct investment in our economy, and move us closer to our longstanding goal of becoming energy independent: the Keystone XL pipeline. – Kevin McCarthy
I have nothing against investment banking, but it’s like massaging money rather than creating money. – Michio Kaku
What I love about a play is that it’s such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage. – Laura Linney
Its success lies in the fact that it’s an insurance plan, not an investment plan or a welfare plan. – James Roosevelt
Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines. – Madeleine M. Kunin
Korea is an open society and we will make sure that there is no restriction on foreign investment in Korea. – Lee Myung-bak
JFK inherited three recessions from the Dwight D. Eisenhower years. And he wound up slashing tax rates across the board, for upper, middle and lower incomes as well as corporate investment. That’s Kennedy the Democrat. – Lawrence Kudlow
In the past, proactive fiscal polices almost always meant just more investment and an increase in the fiscal deficit. – Li Keqiang
I’m going to reveal the grand secret to getting rich by investing. It’s a simple formula that has worked for Warren Buffett, Carl Icahn and all the greatest investment gurus over the years. Ready? Buy low, sell high. – Lawrence Kudlow
Shouldn’t you put the same amount of effort into your giving as you might for your for-profit investments? After all, philanthropy is an investment, and one in which lives – not profits – are at stake. – Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
But a lot of businesses out there don’t see the return on investment, they look at it as a liability, and until they can understand that proactive security actually returns, gives them a return on investment, it’s still a hard sell for people. – Kevin Mitnick
Social Security is an insurance policy. It’s a terrible investment vehicle. Social Security has some great benefits. But it was never meant to be a savings plan. So we need to have a national debate. Should this 12.5 percent that we’re contributing all go into a Social Security pool, or should half go into a mandatory savings plan? – Laurence D. Fink
Everybody you talk to about insurance says the insurance market has become a lot more vibrant as a result of lifting, allowing the foreign direct investment. – John W. Snow
One of the things that has been truly incredible to observe though, is the amount of venture investment that has gone into early stage security technology. – John W. Thompson
From the Chinese perspective, Korea ranks about third or fourth in terms of trading volume and about third in terms of investment. – Lee Myung-bak
Bottoms in the investment world don’t end with four-year lows; they end with 10- or 15-year lows. – Jim Rogers
Formula 1 will always have high and strong investment. Who can’t make these investments will race in other series. – Luca Cordero di Montezemolo