Capital Quotes

We’re coming off a quarter here that was in-line with our expectations, but much lower at WPZ due to Geismar’s extended outage and a continued heavy capital investing period all as was expected.

At the risk of some oversimplification, if the skill composition of our work force meshed fully with the needs of our increasingly complex capital-stock, wage-skill differentials would be stable.

In classical times, it was a capital offense to speculate upon the hour of a king’s death or upon the identity of his successor.

The United States, per capita, at a certain period in its history, had the most junkies of any country ever in the world – right after the Civil War.

There will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each other, not with words and arguments, but with shot and shell, gun-powder and cannon.

It is investment, i.e. the increased production of material wealth in the shape of capital goods, which alone increases national wealth.

Oil painting did to appearances what capital did to social relations. It reduced everything to the equality of objects.

London is the sporting capital of the world. I say to the Chinese and I say to the world, ping pong is coming home.

I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment.

What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.