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Increased government spending can provide a temporary stimulus to demand and output but in the longer run higher levels of government spending crowd out private investment or require higher taxes that weaken growth by reducing incentives to save,...

Quote by Martin Feldstein about work

Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.

Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.

Quote by Daniel D. Palmer

We have no higher stewardship, no higher calling than to...

We have no higher stewardship, no higher calling than to come onto this floor and into this chamber and make the tough decisions.

Quote by Mike Pence

That science has long been neglected and declining in England, is not an opinion originating with me, but is shared by many, and has been expressed by higher authority than mine.

Quote by Charles Babbage about opinion, authority, science

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is...

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

Quote by Lord Acton about end, liberty

Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and the most high. You know, my higher self. The Creator.

Quote by Erykah Badu about symbol, religion, self-control, god

And still I'm not completely happy with my skating. I...

And still I'm not completely happy with my skating. I always feel I can do more and climb higher.

Quote by Oksana Baiul about happiness

If you want to compete, you must find a coach that will...

If you want to compete, you must find a coach that will be there for you 24/7 and that will challenge you in order to take you to a higher level.

Quote by Oksana Baiul about order

God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher.

Quote by Sfanta Tereza De Avila about charm, reward, sleep, use, god, work

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about humility, wish, being

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about aspiration, ambition, man, vulgarity, idea

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.

Quote by Jane Austen about beauty, life

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent...

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about human imperfections, mediocrity, genius, talent, nothing

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of the utmost consequence.

Quote by William Falconer about consequences, perfection, mind, people

Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers...

Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about teachers

Meanwhile, parents, students and teachers all report higher satisfaction with charter schools. People like them. They cost less money. They raise the academic achievement of poor kids. Go ahead, get a little enthused.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about teachers, parents, money, people

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about difficulties, pleasure, life

Ah, women. They make the highs higher, and the lows more...

Ah, women. They make the highs higher, and the lows more frequent.

Quote by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Any piece you select as a closing number will have a...

Any piece you select as a closing number will have a final note one step higher than the first trumpet can play.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about numbers

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