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What belongs to all of us, and what we owe each other.

These quotes use 'our' to point at collective stakes, from expecting transparency out of government to naming the real economic cost of persistent inequality. For more on civic accountability, see Government quotes.

We won't just automatically click our heels and follow the Americans.

Quotes by John Howard

One important measurement issue concerns the fat tails problem that I mentioned earlier. VAR is concerned with extreme outcomes. If the tails of the probability distributions we are using are too thin, our VAR measures are likely to be too...

Quotes by John Hull

Our research led on to other things, such as the fact that exchange rates are not lognormally distributed.

Quotes by John Hull

Our tree is actually a tree of the short-term interest rate. The average direction in which the short-term interest rate moves depends on the level of the rate. When the rate is very high, that direction is downward; when the...

Quotes by John Hull

We started giving presentations at practitioner conferences in 1986, and since then all of our derivatives research has been stimulated by contact with practitioners.

Quotes by John Hull

Our loss was very heavy, especially in the officers. Capt. Sale, of Co. E, Duke's regt, was among the killed, making the third Capt. that has been killed in that company.

Quotes by John Hunt Morgan

To send our troops, our ships, our planes to this war is ridiculous.

Quotes by John Hewson

Nowadays, business is all about productivity - and our folks produce.

Quotes by John Hoeven

Our ships, God be thanked, have received little hurt.

Quotes by John Hawkins

Since I wrote to you last we have got our chapel beautifully lighted with gas and have had our anniversary.

Quotes by John Hawley

We have built our State on the freedom of personal adventure.

Quotes by John Grierson

Our enormous surplus revenues are illogical and oppressive.

Quotes by John Griffin Carlisle

'The cloud' is effectively an augmentation of our brains' memories.

Quotes by John Gruber

The media, the polls and our legislatures fortunately have short attention spans.

Quotes by John Gutfreund

To me, we have never really exploited our ability in low-Earth orbit.

Quotes by John Glenn

Our capacity to retaliate must be, and is, massive in order to deter all forms of aggression.

Quotes by John Foster Dulles

Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

Quotes by John Fowles

The supposed great misery of our century is the lack of time.

Quotes by John Fowles

Under our stable and committed ownership, PartnerRe will continue to develop as a leading independent global reinsurer.

Quotes by John Elkann

I've been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities to the fullest.

Quotes by John Engler

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these quotes say about accountability in government?
One quote calls for straightforward accountability: "We should be able to go to our government and get clear answers." For more on this topic, see our Government page.
Is there a quote about influential scientists?
Yes - one quote reflects on scientific legacy, noting that "Bohr's influence on the physics and the physicists of our century was stronger than that of anyone else, even than that of Albert Einstein."
Does the collection touch on how we understand nature?
One quote makes a subtle point about observation: "What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning." Browse more reflective lines in our About collection.
Is there a quote about the cost of inequality?
Yes - one quote lays out the stakes plainly, warning that inequality is "undermining our global competitiveness, our democracy, and our ideals as a nation." For more on national issues, see our Country page.
What ties these quotes together?
Each one uses "our" to point to something shared - a government, a century, a method of understanding, or a set of national ideals. Explore more in our Always section.

One line honors a physicist's outsized influence on 20th-century science, showing how the word also applies to shared intellectual history. Readers can also browse Country quotes for national identity or About quotes for broader context.