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Better Off Quotes
Weighing what genuinely leaves people better off.
Whether it is a child suited to a particular kind of schooling or a society better served by informed journalism, these quotes turn on the idea that some paths leave people measurably better off than others. Related reading continues on Growth quotes.
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Pitchers are smart. They know they are much better off if they mix things up and keep you off-balance.
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We should actively be thinking about what our inventions would look like if exploited by someone with a less of a moral compass and decide if the world would really be better off with them in it.
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Bahrainis are better off than many other Arabs. We have a welfare state, everybody gets a salary whether they have a job or not. Electricity and food are subsidized; school and healthcare are free. And we don't differentiate between Bahrainis and foreigners. We are very proud of that.
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If you know somethin' well, you can always paint it but people would be better off buyin' chickens.
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I stopped buying Sunday papers about 15 years ago, because you'd buy handfuls of them, and what you got, because the hard news comes from so many other channels, was opinion pieces. You're better off spending the money on a good novel.
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At the end of the day, the more quality individuals you develop in the community, the better off the community should be.
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Society might have been better off without them, but we are supposed to look after the disadvantaged, and so we do it. But it doesn't help the society.
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Would this country be better off if no one drank? Yes, it would be, but we tried that; it doesn't work. I don't want to tell anybody that they can't have as many drinks as they want every single night of the week as long as they don't get behind the wheel of a car.
- People
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We have no reason to think that climate change is harmful if you look at the world as a whole. Most places, in fact, are better off being warmer than being colder. And historically, the really bad times for the environment and for people have been the cold periods rather than the warm periods.
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I am not against Muslim schools. But as I believe in integration, I think we would be better off overall if we did not have denominational schools at all.
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What the 'supposed 99 percent' don't realize is that they are better off if there are more fat cats, not less.
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The left wants to protect social programs, the right wants to protect defense and intelligence spending and all the rest. I say the defense and intelligence world will be better off with a smaller budget. They would be less encumbered by bloat and able to maneuver the way they used to be able and not trip over themselves.
- People
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Honestly, I feel you are poisoned if you read too much of the scientific literature because it makes you start thinking like other people. You're better off having a vague sense of what's going on and making your own way.
- Educating
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Of all the thankless jobs that economists set for themselves when it comes to educating people about economics, the notion that society is better off if some industries are allowed to wither, their workers lose their jobs, and investors lose their capital - all in the name of the greater glory of globalization - surely ranks near the top.
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