The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
EDWARD J. PHELPS Most of the big banks were shot through with short-termism, deceptive practices and self-dealing. We...
EDMUND PHELPS I got a Cadillac Escalade. Put some rims on it, threw a couple TV's in there, and installed a sy...
MICHAEL PHELPS I'm hoping that the administration and other thought leaders will succeed eventually in bringing...
EDMUND PHELPS Economists of a classical bent lay a large part of the decline of employment, and thus lagging outpu...
EDMUND PHELPS Unemployment determination in a modern economy was the main subject area of my research from the mid...
EDMUND PHELPS The best part of the high school in Hastings must have been the Music Department. Its orchestra and ...
EDMUND PHELPS In societies where one sees a higher prevalence of 'modern values' - individualism, vitalism...
EDMUND PHELPS I started to think about what drives innovation and what its social significance might be. The next ...
EDMUND PHELPS The good life, as it is popularly conceived, typically involves acquiring mastery in one's work,...
EDMUND PHELPS The 1920s and 1930s were a period of sensational productivity growth: new products were springing up...
EDMUND PHELPS What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but ...
EDMUND PHELPS Some economists believe that the Greeks' work ethic and thrift can pull them through. But the cl...
EDMUND PHELPS In America, black urban teenagers have long been lacking in inclusion. In France, there is a compara...
EDMUND PHELPS I'm old enough to remember in the 1930s and the 1940s when thrift, frugality, was considered an ...
EDMUND PHELPS I didn't do my work for money or prizes - only for the excitement of discovery.
EDMUND PHELPS I just think that the Europeans are depriving themselves of a high-employment economy, and they are ...
EDMUND PHELPS At the simplest level, economics can better show us the consequences of our actions. Less simple are...
EDMUND PHELPS An indictment of entitlements has to focus on the huge 'social wealth' that the welfare stat...
EDMUND PHELPS Capitalist systems function less well without state protection of investors, lenders, and companies ...
EDMUND PHELPS Without being aware, I think I was being indoctrinated into what was called Vitalism, the idea that ...
EDMUND PHELPS When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and fina...
EDMUND PHELPS My thinking has always been that the worst problem we have with regard to lack of inclusion is the t...
EDMUND PHELPS Corporatist attitudes against capitalism came to the fore in the 1920s. Corporatists, with their con...
EDMUND PHELPS Expertise and judgment in the art of lending for novel ventures must be reacquired.
EDMUND PHELPS Things can get only so bad. People want to eat, so at some point they resist further cuts to their c...
EDMUND PHELPS Conscience has nothing to do as lawgiver or judge; but is a witness against me if I do wrong, and wh...
ARTHUR PHELPS Capitalism and communism stand at opposite poles. Their essential difference is this: The communist,...
--PHELPS ADAMS Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
AUSTIN PHELPS Disciples of Keynes, who focus on aggregate demand, view any increase in household wealth as raising...
EDMUND PHELPS When I was in college at Amherst, my father asked me a favor: to take one course in economics. I lov...
EDMUND PHELPS I attended Amherst College from 1951 to 1955. The first two years were a revelation. There were innu...
EDMUND PHELPS The level of dynamism is a matter of how fertile the country is in coming up with innovative ideas h...
EDMUND PHELPS The need to encourage entrepreneurship and ensure that young people have the opportunity to start ne...
EDMUND PHELPS You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
MICHAEL PHELPS I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
MICHAEL PHELPS It's cool just because I've had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it's fi...
MICHAEL PHELPS It doesn't matter what else is going on. When you walk into your arena or your - whatever you ex...
MICHAEL PHELPS I think the biggest things I am looking forward to is getting new faces into the sport. Getting kids...
MICHAEL PHELPS This is my 20th year in the sport. I've known swimming and that's it. I don't want to sw...
MICHAEL PHELPS I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That's where I belong.
MICHAEL PHELPS I want to be able to look back and say, 'I've done everything I can, and I was successful.&#...
MICHAEL PHELPS I like to just think of myself as a normal person who just has a passion, has a goal and a dream and...
MICHAEL PHELPS I think sometimes I guess you see records, say you want to get there and use that as motivation. In ...
MICHAEL PHELPS The more you dream the more you achieve.
MICHAEL PHELPS I think everybody pees in the pool. It's kind of a normal thing to do for swimmers.
MICHAEL PHELPS Every sponsor I've had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
MICHAEL PHELPS I know it won't be eight medals again. If you want to compare me to that, that's your decisi...
MICHAEL PHELPS People say to me, 'You're so lucky. You get to see the world.' But I don't. I go to ...
MICHAEL PHELPS I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
MICHAEL PHELPS I'm a Dunkin' Donuts kind of guy. I also like Cadbury's.
MICHAEL PHELPS I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.
MICHAEL PHELPS If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.
MICHAEL PHELPS I still remember the days, not wanting to see anybody, not wanting to talk to anybody, really not wa...
MICHAEL PHELPS Even in high school, I'd tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She ...
MICHAEL PHELPS I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time...
MICHAEL PHELPS I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at...
MICHAEL PHELPS I can only control my own performance. If I do my best, then I can feel good at the end of the day.
MICHAEL PHELPS To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented to...
EDMUND PHELPS Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It'...
MICHAEL PHELPS Raising the minimum wage seems to all economists to, at the very least, fail to 'raise' empl...
EDMUND PHELPS Are you living for the things you are praying for?
AUSTIN PHELPS A modern economy is marked by the feasibility of endogenous change: Modernization brings myriad arra...
EDMUND PHELPS Entrepreneurs have only the murkiest picture of the future in which they are making their bets, and ...
EDMUND PHELPS I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an ...
MICHAEL PHELPS And, you know, being able to wear the stars and stripes, when you step up on one of the blocks or, y...
MICHAEL PHELPS Chancellor Angela Merkel and Wolfgang Schaeuble, her finance minister, are right to oppose fiscal an...
EDMUND PHELPS We're pleased to put this behind us. This has been two years of turmoil and bullying by this union.
CASSANDRA PHELPS The contract we agreed upon was not that different from the one that we've proposed all along. It's ...
CASSANDRA PHELPS This was a hard decision but a stand we had to take to put an end to these continued strikes and thr...
CASSANDRA PHELPS This is an example of this change and the fear that it puts in the hearts and minds of independent p...
CASSANDRA PHELPS My view is that innovation has declined in the everyday processes that businesses tinker with increm...
EDMUND PHELPS America's peak years of indigenous innovation ran from the 1820s to the 1960s. There were a few ...
EDMUND PHELPS Germany, Italy and France appear to possess less dynamism than do the U.S. and the others.
EDMUND PHELPS After a major loss of dynamism in the 1960s, productivity growth rates began dropping in most countr...
EDMUND PHELPS Well, that's too bad, isn't it? They think I can't preach at times like this? I think I can preach a...
FRED PHELPS Those of us born into vitalist and expressionist cultures must hope that governments will draw back ...
EDMUND PHELPS My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medal...
MICHAEL PHELPS We let one slip away. We competed very well but the last two or three points we couldn't get the pla...
TONY PHELPS Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in sw...
MICHAEL PHELPS My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic go...
MICHAEL PHELPS If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it's a disappointment. But not too many of...
MICHAEL PHELPS I've always been fortunate in that I've been able to put myself in my own zone and relax. It comes n...
MICHAEL PHELPS That's the most pain I've ever been in after a 200. It's exhaustion more than anything.
MICHAEL PHELPS There were times I wouldn't come to practice, because it didn't excite me. It wasn't int...
MICHAEL PHELPS believed it was necessary to amend the permit because the permit granted in July of 2004 was based o...
JOHN PHELPS Essentially, ... we learned after the 2004 permit was issued that virtually all of the existing slip...
JOHN PHELPS I learned how fast you can go from being an international hero to being a reference in a joke on a l...
MICHAEL PHELPS (Spence) is vastly different in that he's very cavalier but incredibly professional,
PETER PHELPS In Greece, Italy and, to a lesser extent, France, unsustainable tax cuts and spending sprees added t...
EDMUND PHELPS There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horiz...
EDMUND PHELPS A lot of new obstacles are coming, a lot of new feelings are coming, ... I'm just taking it for what...
MICHAEL PHELPS We wanted to secure the top spot, we wanted to be safe on the relay takeoffs, ... The biggest thing ...
MICHAEL PHELPS I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an ...
MICHAEL PHELPS Democrats and Republicans have been very keen to make home ownership almost a national purpose.
EDMUND PHELPS I think to be - for me to be an American is - you know, it's one of the greatest things in the w...
MICHAEL PHELPS Swimming is more than a once-every-four-years sport. My goal is to bring attention to swimming - to ...
MICHAEL PHELPS Bob and I have gotten into it a number, number of times.
MICHAEL PHELPS The last 20 meters weren't very good, they didn't feel good,
MICHAEL PHELPS It was tough. I wasn't able to get out with the guys, ... I was in their wake. I was just destroyed.
MICHAEL PHELPS You always know he's going to put something together, ... He's got some speed, but we were able to h...
MICHAEL PHELPS These figures suggest that a large number of smokers are purchasing their cigarettes through alterna...
BILL PHELPS We wanted to split our relays up and see what would happen, ... It was a good way to end the meet.
MICHAEL PHELPS When the Australians walked out, the crowd went nuts, and when we walked out, the crowd went even mo...
MICHAEL PHELPS He just got out of the 100m fly, so I had a little advantage. But you know he's going to put somethi...
MICHAEL PHELPS There is a one woman in China that claimed she paid $50 to get my e-mail address. It was pretty shoc...
MICHAEL PHELPS It was very tough doubling up but I've got no regrets. I was just destroyed (in the 100m) but I just...
MICHAEL PHELPS I'm satisfied in a way because it was an eye-opener,
MICHAEL PHELPS If every effect of any new products or methods were required to be known before they could be produc...
EDMUND PHELPS One reason why upturns follow downturns is that downturns tend to overshoot. People get panicky, the...
EDMUND PHELPS I felt I was passing the torch from one generation to the next.
SHERRY PHELPS We had too many errors and we missed six serves, three in the third game, which was just huge, ... W...
TONY PHELPS I'm pretty optimistic. We are not really tall or flashy, but are fundamentally sound. We have a majo...
TONY PHELPS She was on fire at the end of the season. The last half of the year is what gained her the All-South...
TONY PHELPS The varsity kids dedication is beyond explanation. I think that everyone played club volleyball, and...
TONY PHELPS A lot of the kids just love playing this game.
TONY PHELPS They have an outstanding team. I wouldn't be surprised if they brought home a state championship.
TONY PHELPS One goal for us is that we want the conference back. It'll be a task, though.
TONY PHELPS I'd rather learn from winning than from losing, but hopefully we'll be a better team. Playing the wa...
TONY PHELPS They have a quick team, and our block was almost ineffective. It wasn't that we were doing anything ...
TONY PHELPS We did the same thing to them. We went to (John Paxson) and 'Pax' was covered and Jimmy Dolan made t...
DIGGER PHELPS The consciousness of Divine friendship in devotion, so far from being impaired, is deepened by holy ...
AUSTIN PHELPS A newspaper with shorter stories, more stories, and enormous emphasis on local news which is the new...
MICHAEL PHELPS I looked over and I thought 'Oh, man, I've got Roland again?'
MICHAEL PHELPS I'm a little worried about the work. It's a big step up from high school.
MICHAEL PHELPS I was really hurting pretty bad the final 75 meters, I was definitely in pain, ... My body has been ...
MICHAEL PHELPS When we got in the race, we knew what we had to do and knew what we wanted to do. Having three of fo...
MICHAEL PHELPS Coming into tonight, I knew it was going to be a great race, ... In the 400, Laszlo put up a 4:10.1 ...
MICHAEL PHELPS I have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, 'Well, what do I do? What's best...
MICHAEL PHELPS Every day after I wake up, I think, 'Wait... this can't be real; I'm still going to wake up.'
MICHAEL PHELPS Bob has clearly stated that he's dropping the bomb on me, ... Hopefully we can change a few things i...
MICHAEL PHELPS It's great for us coming off an Olympics to have a team like this.
MICHAEL PHELPS I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
MICHAEL PHELPS I don't like to be second in anything. I was trying, I just wasn't going anywhere.
MICHAEL PHELPS We wanted to see how close we could get to the world record. We'll take that for right now.
MICHAEL PHELPS By trying to get revenue in this way, this has a lot of risk. It could put some important things in ...
BILL PHELPS We don't think there's any reliable age verification for Internet purchases.
BILL PHELPS Cigarette taxes are an unstable source of revenue.
BILL PHELPS We're eager to have our readers be able to read the newspaper in 18 to 19 minutes. My wife calls it ...
MICHAEL PHELPS The mystique of this game ... its just been eerie around here all week. When we beat UCLA, you just ...
DIGGER PHELPS You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
MICHAEL PHELPS I wouldn't say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your m...
MICHAEL PHELPS Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.
MICHAEL PHELPS I want to be able to look back and say, 'I've done everything I can, and I was successful.' I don't ...
MICHAEL PHELPS I love to race the best people in the world and the fastest people in the world.
MICHAEL PHELPS They have a quick team, and our block was almost ineffective, ... It wasn't that we were doing anyth...
TONY PHELPS This may start to pinch some consumers' wallets.
JACK PHELPS We only have so many soccer fields and we basically have to cut it off at a certain number because w...
JOHN PHELPS That's an indication I'm sort of starting to fade.
MICHAEL PHELPS I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
MICHAEL PHELPS But those filters are no longer made of cotton. There are over 90 active toxins in cigarette filters...
RALPH PHELPS A nation's economy is more than its markets, tastes, technologies and property rights.
EDMUND PHELPS I listen to music before my competitions to get me pumped up. It helps me stay focused.
MICHAEL PHELPS I grew up thinking that renting is perfectly normal. And then, strangely enough, I never did buy a h...
EDMUND PHELPS It's never easy at the Olympic level. Russia, Romania and China always are contenders.
JAYCIE PHELPS No amount of debt restructuring, even debt forgiveness, will help the Greeks achieve real prosperity...
EDMUND PHELPS It’s the Olympics. If you can’t get up to swim early in the morning, don’t go.
MICHAEL PHELPS In essence, capitalist systems are a mechanism by which economies may generate growth in knowledge -...
EDMUND PHELPS If this happens, this is time for Steve to make that move.
DIGGER PHELPS Let's get serious. Glen Davis, he's so tough in the paint. They can't handle him.
DIGGER PHELPS They're going to get eight teams in every year. You just want to get in the hunt. You can be a 5 see...
DIGGER PHELPS We'd stay at the Hyatt and I'd go up to that church up there across the street from the river. Oh ma...
DIGGER PHELPS Al McGuire and Digger Phelps. We were the best,
DIGGER PHELPS I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go... anywhere.
MICHAEL PHELPS The Keynesian belief that 'demand' is always at the root of underemployment and slow growth ...
EDMUND PHELPS Their parents still need care and it's important for us to provide that wholesome place for kids to ...
DAVE PHELPS It's a very good time to be in steel.
DAVE PHELPS I can't think of one that's on that list that shouldn't be removed. The steel industry has gone thro...
DAVE PHELPS Mass prosperity came with the mass innovation that sprung up in 1815 in Britain, soon after in Ameri...
EDMUND PHELPS I felt pretty good today, I was trying to keep my consistency. I ran with a couple of guys for awhil...
DANYELLE PHELPS Before this year I hardly raced for the past couple of years. I'm just trying to get back into it an...
DANYELLE PHELPS I was aiming for a 5:30 mile, but I'm still happy with my race. I didn't know where the other female...
DANYELLE PHELPS Something in life inspires me, ... I have a song on my new record, 'Visions of God,' about my kids a...
DAVID PHELPS I have a wonderful wife,
DAVID PHELPS I sang there as a child and through high school, ... My goal is to give people hope at any given nig...
DAVID PHELPS We just got a new contract with Telefonica out of Spain, ... They recognize our success (in the U.S....
DAVID PHELPS We incorporated in '97 and started working it really heavy in 2000, ... The main reason for our grow...
DAVID PHELPS Life Is A Church
DAVID PHELPS When we crunch numbers for 1999, we may see a corresponding increase between sales and piracy in tha...
DAVID PHELPS Members are very much scrambling to see what's going to happen,
DAVID PHELPS If I had a conviction strong enough to make a promise to my constituents, I believe I'd stick to it,
DAVID PHELPS That's what happens where you have a fail-safe district.
DAVID PHELPS Workers in decent jobs view the economy as unjust if they or their children have virtually no chance...
EDMUND PHELPS Everybody was pumped up the first week. We had lots of volunteers in the beginning. Now the sense of...
HAAN PHELPS This is not a restaurant. They can't come in here and order New Orleans shrimp, because I don't know...
HAAN PHELPS It's a real energy taker. It's not our job to do this. It's not that we don't want to do it, but it'...
HAAN PHELPS I don't like to throw food away. It's frustrating when somebody takes three biscuits and only eats t...
HAAN PHELPS We are providing a sanctuary for God's people. You don't hear sirens and police cars going up and do...
HAAN PHELPS The act hadn't been enforced and it was kind of a paper tiger. This will just potentially allow any ...
GREGORY PHELPS Utilities had been trading in sympathy with energy producers all year. Both sectors had a great run ...
GREGORY PHELPS This nation is poised to trash the first amendment just to stop my preaching. I'm kind of honored.
FRED PHELPS Housing and commercial real estate have been a very important part of the economy in the Southeast a...
JACK PHELPS The rapid pace of appreciation and other negatives has made housing become very unaffordable. About ...
JACK PHELPS The industry has performed very well. We've seen record levels of profitability.
JACK PHELPS While Florida has been an incredible job engine, wage and income growth has been relatively soft.
JACK PHELPS We heard a soldier from Ashland, Ky., was killed, so I imagine we'll be back soon.
MARGIE PHELPS My job in this, the last of the last days, is to show America her abomination. What we're supposed t...
MARGIE PHELPS I could try to incorporate or reflect in my models what it is that an employee, manager, or entrepre...
EDMUND PHELPS The fallacy of the neoclassicals is their tenet that total employment, though hit by shocks, can be ...
EDMUND PHELPS I've lived to see key parts of my research absorbed in textbooks and in central banks around the...
EDMUND PHELPS