William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes

We are witnessing the death of abundance and the borning of austerity, for what may be a long, long time.

I think that any of the places that's cut off from money, things come up, what the people have to rely on.

I think people - what people want to do is make [economy] get worse.

We didn't have money to put out everything we wanted to put out.

I'm from a place where young people traditionally do not have resources.

In fact, in my adult lifetime, I don't think I've ever seen people as fearful economically as they are right now.

With the recession, people are having to choose between their cable and their internet connection. And think about it.

The economic times we are facing... are arguably the worst they've been in 60 years. And I think it's going to be more profound and long-lasting than people thought.

Because of rampant inflation, living standards have been dropping for the great majority of the population. The people are poorer because standards of health and education have fallen. And conditions in the rural areas are worse off than they have ever been. So, you cannot equate the so-called open-market economy adopted by the SLORC with any real development that benefits people.

Greece is a bleak, unsmiling desert, without agriculture, manufactures or commerce, apparently. What supports its poverty-stricken people or its Government, is a mystery.

People are not doing well financially. I mean, wages are down from 2000. They're down from 2007. 2000 - down. Not going - they're below what they were in 2000. People are hurting. Things aren't going well for them.

A time of famine and poverty will come and the people as a whole as well as every individual in it will suffer.

The United States cannot continue to lose vast amounts of business, vast amounts of companies, and millions and millions of people losing their jobs.

It's brutal. I see friends when their shows don't work. Everything's riding on making money and all the pressure and how people scatter when fortunes turn downward.

What I am proposing is to start a new chapter in Europe. To begin this adventure anew, and differently, if you'd like. The institutions as such aren't particularly important to me - and I think most people feel the same.

I hope I'm always lucky enough to be able to work in theater, TV, and big films and small films. I think there's advantages and disadvantages to all of them. The fact that this was a small film without much money and without much time made it rich in energy and momentum and drive when we were actually making it 'cause that's all you've got. You've just got the story and the people.

Life is a horror for the Korean people. And I think isolating them further is going to make life more miserable.

In what I think is the most serious problem the world faces, which is the population explosion, we will come I think to a time when measures that are not even dreamt of now will become necessary.

Lack of resources (payroll), time and competing priorities are why so many nonprofits haven't done well. It's that simple.

The standard of living of the average American has to decline.

The general unemployment rate is going to continue for a long time and for all of us. I have never heard so many heart-wrenching stories of all kinds of people all across the economic spectrum.

But we are not going to be able to survive on this limited planet if the population keeps on growing: there isn't going to be anything left.

We used to be one of the richest countries in the world, but we are now on a path towards under-development. This austerity that has been imposed on the people doesn't work. The people will not allow themselves to be throttled without revolting.

In terms of the economy, look, I inherited a recession, I am ending on a recession.

We are a nation that is seriously troubled. We're losing our jobs. People are pouring into our country.