Michael Solomon Quotes (9 Quotes)

As we get toward the end of the winter season and early spring, we'll probably go through another wave of elevated energy prices, and it will bode ill for discretionary consumer spending. Consumer spending might be rather lackluster for some time, perhaps a year or two. In the end we're going to see a consumer that's saving more, is more cautious, and a little more spendthrift.

After 911, charities like the Red Cross which was subjected to a congressional inquisition got a lot of criticism for collecting money on behalf of victims and using that as a cushion for the next catastrophe.

We have hired eight extra people to open boxes of the tests and (sort) them by school during vacation next week.

We have a good time playing if there's three people in the place.

We assured the parents that their kids are prepared for the test. We have not made it a big deal. If anything, we have a low-key approach. We have confidence in the kids. You may need motivational assemblies in some places, but it's not necessary in Ridge

Technology has changed how people feel about sharing their identity.

For the people who founded Farm Aid, it's probably in a much different place now than they thought it would be when they started it 20 years ago.

Sometimes, as in the Annenberg collection, gifts are in the form of artwork, or land, or some other piece of property whose value isn't as clear-cut as cash. In cases like those, the bequeathed amount is a best guess by experts.

Farmers probably couldn't have asked for a more media-savvy and media-friendly group of people than these guys. They're all very high-profile and have been able to draw a lot of attention to the cause which is something farmers never had before Farm Aid came along, so just getting people to think about it has been a victory.