In twentieth-century Old Earth, a fast food chain took dead cow meat, fried it in grease, added carcinogens, wrapped it in petroleum-based… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Soccer must play a socio-cultural role. We reach 1.6 billion people, thanks to the positive emotions that soccer triggers, FIFA is more… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Terrorism is about magnifying one mediagenic act of violence into one hundred billion acts of terrorized authoritarian idiocy. — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
“There are billions of people in this world that don’t believe or act exactly as we do. It is not our place… — Daniel Willey Copy Share Image
Billions of photos are shot every year, and about the toughest thing a photographer can do is invent an original, deeply personal,… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
In Congress, while the House's proposed defense budget calls for significant increases, it also cuts 11 billion dollars from veterans spending -… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
The critical first billion years, during which life began, are blank pages in the earth's history. — Robert Jastrow Copy Share Image
In 5 billion years, the expansion of the universe will have progressed to the point where all other galaxies will have receded… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
Without an informed electorate, politicians will continue to use the bottom billion merely for photo opportunities, rather than promoting real transformation. — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
He Is looking at me through the smoke, across the fence. He never takes his eyes off me. His hair Is a… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
The universe is eight billion years old, the last two billion of which have produced intelligent life. During this time not one… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
Given the cost of borrowings and the $100 billion in Government reserves, there is no reason for us to borrow. We should… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
You only have to gaze around you at the natural world to see the proof that beauty, form, order, and growth have… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Lastly, anyone who believes in the possibility of total animal liberation while billions of humans continue to inhabit and decimate the planet… — Jerry Vlasak Copy Share Image
I call it my billion-dollar mistake. It was the invention of the null reference in 1965. — Tony Hoare Copy Share Image
Basically, the Internet is just the way now. It's the end-all, be-all of self-promotion. It's not like you got to burn CDs… — Wale Copy Share Image
The most disappointing thing this week is that Mitt Romney picked Paul Ryan, because he was the intellectual leader of the Republican… — Stephanie Cutter Copy Share Image
We can now determine, easily and relatively cheaply, the detailed chemical architecture of genes ; and we can trace the products of… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
How do I explain a life that has lasted for billions of years? It is almost as if I must start with… — Christopher Pike Copy Share Image
Wesco had a market capitalization of $40 million when we bought it [in the early 1970s]. It's $2 billion now. It's been… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
There is $1.4 billion a day in trade that goes back and forth across the border. That means millions of jobs and… — Paul Cellucci Copy Share Image
Increasing the minimum wagewill put billions annually into the Social Security trust fund. — Bruce Braley Copy Share Image
