Jonathan Sacks Quotes

I don't know if we're on the edge of the precipice, but we're in a very, very, very difficult situation.

Uncertainty is killing this economy.

These are challenging times for all Americans. We face the specter of war abroad and a steady stream of bad economic news at home.

For people worried about the Great Recession and the uncertainty of what is coming next, the characters of 'Mad Men' are good company.

We start this new year in the midst of an economic crisis unlike we have seen in our lifetime.

I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope.

For many Europeans the next decade looks to be filled with threats rather than opportunities.

Unemployment is sky-rocketing; deflation is in our future for the first time since the Great Depression. I don't care whose fault it is, it's the truth.

Job loss is coming like a tsunami.

I come from a country in which I experienced economic collapse.

This is an anxiety driven world - the whole world is driven by anxiety. It is anxiety about the aftermath of the global financial crisis; it's anxiety about inequality and about computers replacing jobs.

A serious dose of unemployment and a spate of bank failures can make the unelectable electable quite quickly.

This crisis has the potential to be a lot worse than Lehman Brothers.

I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike. I know that because I don't come from a wealthy background.

I think daily that the country's future is being thrown to the wind.

We are watching industries crumble, Wall Street firms disappear, unemployment spike, and unprecedented government intervention. And our designated opinion leaders want to know: Is Obama up this week? Is he down? And is his leadership style more like Bill Clinton's, or Abraham Lincoln's?

A recession is when a neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.

Alas, in 1929 came the Stock Market crash and everything changed and became worrisome. People started practicing conservatism because of financial losses, myself included.

The worst thing a government can do now in Spain is to do nothing.

I didn't feel the Depression at all. I always had a pocketful of money.

We have some worse scenarios for which we need to prepare as companies. For the moment, we're planning for the worst, and the worst is now, and the car market is down more than 15 percent in France. There is so much uncertainty.

As discomfiting as it is to both market optimists and policy activists, a certain amount of instability is inherent to the economy.

I have met too many people who are looking for work, worrying about their mortgage, uncertain about their health insurance, and doubting that things will get any better anytime soon. Not just concerned about the present, many of us are doubting the future.

There's a loss of faith in the banking system that for so long has been the backbone of prosperity and growth.

There will always be a business cycle, and white-collar workers will get hit in the next recession like they always do in recessions.