Stephanie Mills Quotes

The history of economic growth is the history of people making more with less and shifting into new jobs that were unheard of in the previous generation.

Mass prosperity came with the mass innovation that sprung up in 1815 in Britain, soon after in America, and later in Germany and France: It brought sustained growth to these nations - also to nations with entrepreneurs willing and able to copy the innovations.

Science is inextricably linked to our economy. It has been for the last 50 years and it will be for the next 50 years.

It is not our foreign trade that has caused the wonderful growth and expansion of the Republic.

In analyzing what made the Golden Century of 1870 to 1970 possible, it becomes clear that four physical infrastructure technologies provided the underlying foundation for growth: energy, transportation, health and sanitation, and communication.

We all know that China is industrializing at a growth rate of 8 to 10 percent per year. China is on track to pass the U.S. as the largest economy in the world in 20 to 25 years, and China is determined to give its people a chance at this high standard of living that we enjoy.

Immigration is not just compatible with but is a necessary component of economic growth.

Technological innovation is indeed important to economic growth and the enhancement of human possibilities.

We are not overpopulated in an absolute sense; we've got the technology for 10 billion, probably 15 billion people, to live on this planet and live good lives. What we haven't done is developed our technology.

The country that is more developed industrially only shows, to the less developed, the image of its own future.

Most countries are static, and they need to do is keep having babies. But America's like this big old clanking smoking machine that just lumbers across the landscape scooping up and eating everything in sight.

We're not necessarily the ski boat, we're the skier. There are countries like Japan and Korea and others who are the ski boat at this point, but we're getting pulled right behind them.

The dramatic modernization of the Asian economies ranks alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution as one of the most important developments in economic history.

That the way to achieve higher standards of living for all is through science and technology, taking advantage of better tools, methods and organization.

This country has been economically successful because of cheap energy and cheap labor and we are never going to have these again.

Driven by globalization and technology our country and our economy is becoming different every day.

Modernization is found in markets.

A growth economy is a must.

The future of a Nation will be shaped by its ability to produce planes, cars, electronics ... not by how slick its financial markets can shuffle paper assets around.

A completely industrialized society is of no consequence to me.

The states where the number of new immigrants were highest tended to benefit from the decades economic upswing.

The loss of manufacturing jobs is a sign of economic health.

Economies that are open to trade grow faster.

I'm not happy exporting jobs but we must move ahead in technology and patents. I don't like losing any jobs but we'll see new opportunities created selling products there. We'll have a net increase in economic activity, just as we did with free trade. It's tempting to want to protect our markets and stay closed. But at some point it all comes crashing down and you're hopelessly left behind. Then you are Russia.

The War of 1812 has given new direction to wealth and industry in the United States, and manufacturers grew up as if by magic.