“The polar view, as it was for Marx, is that it was not material factors, but rather ideal factors, that are the main drivers of globalization.”

“Intellectual capital is the main determining factor and the base for economic and social development to any country.”

“If, however, one factor is too successful, it will continue to be the winning factor regardless of the variation in the other factors over the range of variation in the conditions, and therefore will stifle the development of other advantageous factors until the conditions change sufficiently that it no longer is the winning factor. At this point, the whole population is ill prepared for the change, and may well perish entirely if the winning factor accidentally becomes the matching factor for a disease or a predator.”

“The empirical successes of [the three-factor model] suggest that it is an equilibrium pricing model, a three-factor version of Merton’s (1973) intertemporal CAPM (ICAPM) or Ross’s (1976) arbitrage pricing theory (APT). In this view, SMB and HML mimic combinations of two underlying risk factors or state variables of special hedging concern to investors.”

“The word “democracy” is easier said than practised and that is the main factor which can turn our respected world leaders into manipulators.”

“The global development of human society spawns so many gifted and talented individuals, whose creations will be a key factor in its further progress.”

“[T]he laws of science are products of the human mind rather than factors of the external world.”

“Happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors.”

“That which is in a man, not that which lies beyond his vision is the main factor in what is about to befall him: the operation upon him is the event.”

“Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive factor; it is people, not things that are decisive.”