Baba Kalyani Quotes

However, the economics of our business continued to deteriorate. We barely escaped bankruptcy a year ago, and in the aftermath of that escape we had to make some even tougher decisions.

By March '87 we're down to seven thousand, by the end of the year we're down to twelve hundred. The whole bottom just fell out of the market. It was bad for me because I was in Australia at the time.

People clinging to job security, savings, retirement plans, and other relics will be the ones financially-ravaged from 2010-2020, the most volatile world-changing decade in history.

The Japanese banks are not having an easy time as they once had.

The economy is rough. I think that affects everyone from big filmmakers to tiny filmmakers.

I used to boast that Whole Foods was sort of recession-proof. And obviously I've been proven wrong. So I'm not boasting about that any longer.

You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.

Difficult economic conditions require us to face difficult economic choices.

I've been in hard times.

These are tough and unusual times and I don't see the negative global economic situation abating anytime soon.

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.

Economic markets are collapsing. People all over the world are suffering and people afraid. What happens when peep are afraid? They become intolerant.

What we know about the global financial crisis is that we don't know very much.

I think small business is struggling in New York City. It's a fantastic market, it's a very appealing market, there's lots of opportunity, at the same time it's a very difficult place to build a small business.

As a former small business owner, I recognize both the important role small businesses play in our economy and the broad universe of challenges that small business owners face in trying to make ends meet.

The once-unthinkable loss of the AAA rating will constitute a further hit to already fragile business and consumer confidence.

Because when we think about the real facts: 44 million Americans without health insurance, millions without jobs, a 50-year high on mortgage foreclosures, an historic high the third year in a row on personal bankruptcies.

One cannot see any world leader who has got a grip on the financial markets these days. They're too big, too fast. I think that's quite scary.

Our employers today face numerous challenges and stiff competition from businesses all over the world.

Everyone would like the world always to be in bubble times. But that doesn't happen.

Shops are not a growing business, so it's a scary place to be.

The good news is, we're not bankrupt. The bad news is, we're close.

No one has any idea what's next... the uncertainty of the business climate in America is frightening, frightening to everybody, and it's delaying the recovery.

I have huge debts, and know of no other way to resolve them than to re-enter the slave trade.

The average standard of living of the average American is going to go down. That is the only way we can cope with our debt and trade deficit problems.