Elinor Ostrom Quotes
There is no reason to believe that bureaucrats and politicians, no matter how well meaning, are better at solving problems than the people on the spot, who have the strongest incentive to get the solution right.
Elinor Ostrom
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The fundamental vision hasn't changed. What does change is how you get there, because there are still problems you have to figure out.
Maelle Gavet
We were elected in a wave because the people in America, if they had a single issue that troubled them the most, it was that health care vote.
Nan Hayworth
My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.
Dan Aykroyd
I was fascinated by mortality. Most people are, even if they don't admit it.
Caitlin Doughty
When your maturity is derived from circumstantial factors other than faith, your level of maturity would continue to fluctuate rather than being stable. This is why I am enabled to maintain a balance and stable approach to the challenges that come my way every day. I am not moved by what people say or do concerning my relationship with God.
T. B. Joshua
I have my website, The Ruckus, which is an Internet site, similar to the Funny or Die format, where people post funny videos. I get a chance to rate their videos; they get a chance to blog and kick it with me.
J. B. Smoove
Our music attracts the people that we rap about and make music about, and they come out and actually do it.
Quavo
Migos
At the New York Athletic Club they serve amazing food. People go there, get healthy, and then eat themselves to death - which is, I suppose, the right way to do it.
Oliver Reed
I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot of people are like me in that they have relatively short attention spans. So I shoot for the window of opportunity.
Barbara Kruger
People in very high places suddenly fall, and we are always surprised because we don't factor in the basic element that they're humans and, therefore, they are flawed and have weaknesses.
Carlisle Floyd
There are so many problems in the E.U. that several countries are warming up to the idea that after the single currency, a deeper integration could also be created.
Viktor Orban
I've had problems with my throat over the years, playing with loud bands for years, and I've had bruised vocal chords and nodules.
Aaron Neville
I'm one of these people who doesn't say that objectivity is not within our reach. I think if you're a pro, and you're a reporter, you do it. Whether you agree with the guy or not is just quite incidental. It doesn't count at all, really.
Liz Trotta
In many companies, the person who talks the best usually gets the job. I got snowed by a few of those people over the years. I still think communication is important, but I don't think there's always a correlation between being a great communicator and other virtues that make for a great leader.
John Mackey
You always hear people saying, 'I hope I'm not turning into my dad', but I'd be honoured if I became half as decent a bloke as he is.
Johnny Vegas
Intolerance is a thing that causes war, pogroms, crucifixions, lynchings, and makes people cruel to little children and each other. It is responsible for most of the viciousness, violence, terror, and heart and soul breaking of the world.
Betty Smith
As President Bush has said on numerous occasions, it is the government's role to create the conditions, the friendly environment, that will attract capital.
Donald Evans
There is no reason to believe that bureaucrats and politicians, no matter how well meaning, are better at solving problems than the people on the spot, who have the strongest incentive to get the solution right.
Elinor Ostrom