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We also do not understand why long-term rates have not...

We also do not understand why long-term rates have not increased while the Federal Reserve has been raising short-term rates.

Quote by Martin Feldstein

Uniformity and steadiness in the rate at which machinery...

Uniformity and steadiness in the rate at which machinery works, are essential both for its effect and its duration.

Quote by Charles Babbage about essential

I knew that I would always be a second-rate Guess Who because I didn't have all of the elements and machinery working on my own, which took (The Guess Who) about eight or nine years to get going.

Quote by Randy Bachman

The folk-origin of ballads and the multiple authorship of epics are heresies worse than the futilities of the Baconians; at any rate, they are based on the same resolute omission, and build on it a wilder fantasy.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about origin

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

Quote by Douglas Adams

Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any...

Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about peace, war

The best way will be to avoid each other without...

The best way will be to avoid each other without appearing to do so - or if we jostle, at any rate not to bite.

Quote by George Gordon Byron

There thus appears to be an inverse correlation between...

There thus appears to be an inverse correlation between recovery and psychotherapy; the more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate.

Quote by Hans Eysenck

Although economists have studied the sensitivity of import and export volumes to changes in the exchange rate, there is still much uncertainty about just how much the dollar must change to bring about any given reduction in our trade deficit.

Quote by Martin Feldstein about commerce, change

The household saving rate has been falling since the...

The household saving rate has been falling since the early 1990s, declining from 7 percent in 1990 to just 2.4 percent in 2002.

Quote by Martin Feldstein

I had a very bad torn groin, my abdomen right through my legs. I was finding it really hard to get in the ring and run around and function at a decent rate. Then they had the idea that it might be better to do a retirement thing.

Quote by Owen Hart about idea, bad luck, rightness, bad, things

Not only was it that I surprised people by beating Bret Hart, but it was a great match. They still rate it as one of the best wrestling matches of all time.

Quote by Owen Hart about time, people

When a civilian sees a red light approaching at a high...

When a civilian sees a red light approaching at a high rate of speed, he will always pull into the lane the cop needs to use.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police, speed, light, use

Expect to get your pay raise the same day the hospital...

Expect to get your pay raise the same day the hospital raises the parking rates and other charges.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, day

The simplest Protocol Directive will be worded in the most obscure and complicated manner possible. Speeds, for example, will be expressed as Furlongs per Fortnight and flow rates as Hogsheads per Hour.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, example

The rate of instrument failure/breakdown is inversely...

The rate of instrument failure/breakdown is inversely proportional to the ease of finding a repairman.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about failure

Life is a sexually transmitted disease with 100% fatality...

Life is a sexually transmitted disease with 100% fatality rate.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about life

A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank.

Quote by Ron Paul about politics, bankers, capitalism, money, creation, interest

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I...

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.

Quote by William Faulkner about opinion, perfection, failure, dream, impossible

Life holds one great but quite commonplace mystery. Though shared by each of us and known to all, seldom rates a second thought. That mystery, which most of us take for granted and never think twice about, is time.

Quote by Michael Ende about time, thinking, life

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