Competition can be viewed in two ways. It can be viewed in a negative light and be seen as destructive, but one can also have the view that it is competition that drives people and institutions to higher and higher levels of excellence and, therefore, to more and more opportunity.
More Quotes from Lee Raymond:
It's profits that make the companies run and make the economy run.Lee Raymond
Petroleum earnings go up and down with the volatility in the openly and globally traded commodities in which we deal. ... History teaches us that punitive measures hastily crafted in reception to short-term market manipulations, will likely have unintended negative consequences including creating disincentives for investment.
Lee Raymond
People who want to curb the use of fossil fuels need to understand that not everyone in the world has the luxury of inventing romanticized scenarios. Many people just need clean water and energy to fuel social and economic progress.
Lee Raymond
The price of oil is set on the world market by willing buyers and sellers,
Lee Raymond
We need help for our cell phone and hotel bills.
Lee Raymond
New, grass-roots refineries are not necessarily the best answer for the industry,
Lee Raymond
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Competition Quotes, Excellence Quotes, Opportunity QuotesI was at a luncheon; and some cameras were trained on us. I dont' know whether they were for television or not. You know how little I know about cameras.
June Allyson
Without a piano I don't know how to stand, don't know what to do with my hands.
Norah Jones
But on the other hand I believe I'm a private person too, and I enjoy that aspect of my life as well.
Beau Bridges