A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.
Quotes about pocketbooks (16 Quotes)
It's interesting that Texas, which has always said no more taxes, no more taxes, no more taxes, is willing to say OK to this. But you find this all over the country, that the one issue that will open up the pocketbooks and we all hate taxes it is education.
Americans are paying for our lack of an energy policy with their jobs and out of their pocketbooks.
People are aware of what energy prices are doing to their pocketbooks, and their company,
He was just seeing animals out there not getting care because pet owners had to make their decisions with their pocketbooks and not their hearts.
I don't think we'll see consumers voting with their pocketbooks. If a book captures someone's imagination, consumers aren't going to decide not to buy it because it's a memoir.
As the cost to provide natural gas to our citizens increases, I am reminding Michigan's utilities that the MPSC will be watching closely to ensure that charges passed on are reasonable and appropriate -- and no more, ... The MPSC must be vigilant in protecting our citizens' pocketbooks, especially when costs of the things our citizens need most are on the rise.
I would say that it's always the economy. People always vote their pocketbooks and if they're hurting they're going to want a change ... If present trends hold with interest rates ticking up and the amount of variable rate debt that's out there on the home mortgage side ... yeah, I think it has some very negative political consequences.
We elected our mayor and aldermen to help us, not to hurt us in our pocketbooks, but that's just what they're doing, ... If they had to live off a retirement check of 806 a month like I do, they would have never raised it to 20.
Naturally, it hurt our pocketbooks. But we knew it was coming, so we saved some extra funds. Our concern now is how quickly it will come back.
Today's gasoline prices are taking a severe toll on Americans' pocketbooks. Consumers are anxious.
With the amount of money the Bush-Cheney campaign has received from oil and gas interests it's no wonder they're more interested in lining the pockets of their corporate friends than in looking out for Americans' pocketbooks,
When tragedy struck, we could have easily abandoned our commitment to the Make-A-Wish Foundation and focused on the people who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina. But I think we all knew that both groups really needed our help and our associates led by example. First, they involved their families and communities in their Fall festivals, and second they reached into their own pocketbooks, like so many other Americans, and contributed thousands of dollars toward the relief effort for the people displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
The easing the Fed has already done has had a focused and limited effect, mainly on sales of homes and automobiles. It's not clear another rate cut will have much effect. I think fiscal easing is more effective at this point it more directly puts money in people's pocketbooks.
Average Americans in all 50 states are reaching into their pocketbooks and investing in relief and recovery efforts. The power and symbol of members of Congress doing that, regardless of the size of the contribution, could be very important.
This is a health issue. I still think breathing comes before profits. These (liquor license holders) are not looking at the community needs or the needs of their employees. They're just looking at their pocketbooks.