#cost

If you or me go to the gas station to fill up our car and it costs us much more than we expected, it will zap our discretionary income. We won't have the extra money to buy that washing machine or new winter coat-all big ticket items that are important to economic growth. ↗

— Maria Bartiromo

#buy #car #costs #discretionary #economic

I have friends who wear Star Wars costumes and act like the characters all day. I may not be that deep into it, but there's something great about loving what you love and not caring if it's unpopular. ↗

— Kristen Bell

#act #all day #caring #characters #costumes

I love fashion. I always have. When I was a kid, I was in almost full-on costumes when I went to school, and I've retained a bit of that in my adulthood. ↗

— Lake Bell

#almost #always #bit #costumes #fashion

Every effort needs to be made to try and offset the costs of Katrina and Rita by reductions in other government programs, especially those that are wasteful, duplicative and ineffective. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#effort #especially #every #government #government programs

There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake. ↗

— Daniel Berrigan

#bring #costly #death #disgrace #disruptive

On the Internet, companies are scale businesses, characterized by high fixed costs and relatively low variable costs. You can be two sizes: You can be big, or you can be small. It's very hard to be medium. A lot of medium-sized companies had the financing rug pulled out from under them before they could get big. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#big #businesses #characterized #companies #costs

Remember the poor, it costs nothing. ↗

— Josh Billings

#nothing #poor #remember

Today, energy prices are at historic highs. Some analysts estimate that energy price shocks this year could cost American consumers more than $40 billion. Speaking very frankly, we cannot afford this kind of expense. ↗

— Jeff Bingaman

#american #american consumers #billion #cannot #consumers

Amtrak offers riders a cost-effective way to travel throughout the country. ↗

— Tim Bishop

#cost-effective #country #effective way #offers #riders

Foreign trade clearly holds down the cost of products we buy. ↗

— Tim Bishop

#clearly #cost #down #foreign #foreign trade