So the major obstacle to the development of new supplies is not geology but what happens above ground: international affairs, politics, investment and technology.

The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment.

I have run large organizations, I know what it takes to create a healthy business climate, and I have more experience than Jerry Brown doing that. So it'll be a stark contrast, a career politician vs. someone who has met a payroll, gotten a return on investment, knows how to use technology to do more with less.

If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it is the future of this company for the next century.

Every dollar that we send in State Department aid or humanitarian aid that saves us from having to get involved with very expensive military actions is a good investment. And frankly, helping Israel fight terrorism in the Middle East is much cheaper than us fighting it here on our shores.

Social Security is a family insurance program, not an investment scheme.

You could not buy a house in those days without just assuming that the house was not only a place to live, but it was a good investment, because it was going to keep up with inflation or get ahead of inflation, and it was just - that was America.

A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, and the generation of additional surplus, which is invested in generating new discoveries in science and technology.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Tax cuts are an investment in working families.

One of the things that has been truly incredible to observe though, is the amount of venture investment that has gone into early stage security technology.

The U.S. and Israel probably lead the way in terms of venture investment in technologies companies focused on the security paradigm. That is quite encouraging.

Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.

When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.

You can't have personal investors anymore because it's too expensive, so you have to have corporate investment or a lot of rich people.