“Laughter is America's most important export.”
Walt Disney (1901–1966) American film producer and businessman
The Quotable Walt Disney (2001)
Source: Red Horizons: Chronicles of a Communist Spy Chief, p. 73 during 1977, said to be "his favorite slogan"
“Laughter is America's most important export.”
Walt Disney (1901–1966) American film producer and businessman
The Quotable Walt Disney (2001)
Theresa May (1956) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Speech as Home Secretary on the UK and European Union https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/home-secretarys-speech-on-the-uk-eu-and-our-place-in-the-world (25 April 2016)
Clement Attlee (1883–1967) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister
Source: Speech to the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom at the Dorchester Hotel (13 October 1949), quoted in The Times (14 October 1949), p. 4
Günter Reimann (1904–2005) German economist
Source: The Vampire Economy: Doing Business Under Fascism, 2014, p. 216
“I consider myself more exportant than important.”
Vanna Bonta (1958–2014) Italian-American writer, poet, inventor, actress, voice artist (1958-2014)
Shades of the World, by Vanna Bonta; quoted in American Chronicle. Vanna Bonta interview, Inventors Digest: New Meaning To Beautiful http://archive.is/20120718091208/www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/101039 May 02, 2009
“We cannot import evolution and learning without exporting control.”
Kevin Kelly (1952) American author and editor
Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World (1995)
Muammar Gaddafi (1942–2011) Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist
Statement (11 April 2011) as quoted in "Gaddafi clung to a fading reality" at Aljazeera (21 May 2012) http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/spotlight/libyaontheline/2012/05/201256134918771317.html <br class="br">Al Jazeera's mobile phone wiretaps
“The dominant role played by… exporters’ and importers’ GNP and distance in explaining trade flows.”
Jan Tinbergen (1903–1994) Dutch economist
Source: Shaping the world economy, 1962, p. 266