- Cleanest
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- Nov 07, 2020
Adjusted Quotes
On adapting to change, criticism, and new realities.
These adjusted quotes look at how people and policies adapt over time, from taxes adjusted at the point of purchase to salaries tracked against Inflation.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Brightest
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact that guys adjusted really quickly to the big leagues, developed really quickly, faced adversity under the brightest spotlights, played great baseball, overcame so much, overcame centuries worth of issues and won a World Series, I guess it doesn't necessarily mean we're still not just prone to the laws of nature and reality and baseball.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any time I hear 'border adjustment,' I don't love it. Because usually it means we're going to get adjusted into a bad deal.
- Inflation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress has not raised the minimum wage since 1997. The minimum wage is now at its lowest level in 50 years adjusted for inflation.
- Economy
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's just so unfortunate that, as we get adjusted to this global economy, that the U.S. is even thinking about building walls.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others might consider odd.
- Inflation
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- Nov 07, 2020
In essence, the stock market represents three separate categories of business.They are, adjusted for inflation, those with shrinking intrinsic value, those with approximately stable intrinsic value, and those with steadily growing intrinsic value.
- Boat
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- Nov 07, 2020
These Americans are among the working poor with full-time jobs earning $5.15 an hour. Millions fall into this boat, even more when you consider that the poverty line has not been adequately adjusted to reflect the true level of poverty in this country.
- Situation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes you want to ease into the situation and maybe sit in the back row for a while and allow time to get adjusted and then speak up.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've adjusted to this, that my books are not going to get unanimously good reviews.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
And then as I frequently do, some times I'll peek out from underneath the focusing cloth and just look around the edges of the frame that I'm not seeing, see if there's something that should be adjusted in terms of changing the camera position.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
America's lifestyle expectations are far too high and need to be adjusted so we have less things and a smaller, better existence.
- Different Parts
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- Nov 07, 2020