Quotes About Development

Curitiba is not a paradise. We have all the problems that most Latin American cities have. We have slums. We have the same difficulties, but the big difference is the respect given by people due to the quality of the services which are provided.

We can't have it so there are skyscrapers side by side with slums.

Small, daily elevations compound into massive results over time.

Small business is the backbone of our economy. I'm for big business, too. But small business is where the jobs are generated.

We need to preserve our neighborhoods, our small business, our local economy.

On the one hand, Porto Monenegro is shape-shifting - it replaced a naval shipyard with a new marina - but it's also mind-shifting, opening up an array of other small business opportunities. And this shape-shifting and mind-shifting, it is exactly what we're trying to do in Montenegro.

I was honored to start a small business and to borrow an enormous amount of money and to build piece upon piece, place upon place, building upon building and product upon product, throughout the United States and eventually Europe and facilities around the world.

Small business is big business in the state of Alabama.

I've spent time in the coastal Carolinas and have seen what small business development has done to maintain the wetlands and reestablish the fisheries and secure jobs for the people that make their living off the water.

Small businesses are more nimble and innovative than large corporations, and as a result are much more likely to develop the breakthrough ideas we need for global competitiveness.

Simply put, our nation's economy will only go as far as our small businesses will take it.

The economic importance of small businesses in Mississippi has always been significant, and it's well positioned to increase.

As the metropolitan Atlanta area continues to grow, it's critical that we support small businesses and the prosperity of our local community.

Of course, aid is only one small part of international development. Some of the greatest benefits to the world's poorest can be achieved through policy changes by developed countries.

We think we can play a small part in the evolution of culture.

I try to work on the small things.

A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a little smaller.

As long as we can make them smaller, we can make them faster.

Technology is getting smaller, faster, cheaper, and more powerful every day.

I've lived my career backwards - I started off huge and I've got smaller and more personal, and I'm much more comfortable now.

Let me talk about what the banks are doing, and I think the banks have been working to make sure that, as much as possible, we move the currency to the smaller areas and to as many set of customers as possible.

In the early '80s there was a big gap between the NBA and the international game and when we started making our careers here in the NBA, obviously, we became better players. When we used to play each other on the international level, that gap became smaller and smaller.

If you look at film, distribution is pre-bought. If you've paid for the distribution, you say, 'I have to make sure it's a film that gets enough butts in the seats.' I think that's the problem: It becomes prohibitively expensive, and you can't develop films for a smaller amount of money.

Of course, I'd like to produce and direct a blockbuster, but you gotta build up to that. So now I'm learning from a bunch of little movies. And it's more fun with smaller pictures. It's more creative.