Once, BBC television had echoed BBC radio in being a haven for standard English pronunciation. Then regional accents came in: a democratic… — Clive James Copy Share Image
The human species does not necessarily move in stages from progress to progress ... history and civilization do not advance in tandem.… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
The economic miracle that has been the United States was not produced by socialized enterprises, by government-unon-industry cartels or by centralized economic… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Renewable biofuels are meanwhile making inroads in the transportation fuels market and are beginning to have a measurable impact on demand for… — Christopher Flavin Copy Share Image
We must carry the war into every corner the enemy happens to carry it, to his home, to his centers of entertainment:… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
He should be envied Who when his strength is spent lays down his life. Old age reserves a melancholy fate For noble… — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
The decline of the major labels has changed the audience. They aren't force-fed by a system any more. They can make their… — John Oates Copy Share Image
If you expect to continue to purchase stocks throughout your life, you should welcome price declines as a way to add stocks… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
There's no light at the end of the tunnel in the Republican message, no promise of better things to come. There's only… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
Anything that has to do with rock seems to be on the decline. There's not a lot of rock stations or MTV… — Travis Barker Copy Share Image
The imminent demise of the church has been predicted since the middle of the 18th century. This is the regular secular mantra… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Agriculture has become essential to life; the forest, the lake, and the ocean cannot sustain the increasing family of man; population declines… — Elias Hasket Derby Copy Share Image
It is important to remember that these are your Declining Years, in which you can jolly well decline to do what you… — Peg Bracken Copy Share Image
In light of the strong correlation between female education and demographic decline, a purely empirical perspective on Malala Yousafzai, the poster girl… — Theodore Beale Copy Share Image
Attention and respect give pleasure, however late, or however useless. But they are not useless, when they are late, it is reasonable… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
In all, 86 per cent of the increased life expectancy was due to decreases in infectious diseases. And the bulk of the… — Laurie Garrett Copy Share Image
A public domain work is an orphan. No one is responsible for its life. But everyone exploits its use, until that time… — Jack Valenti Copy Share Image
The decline is in paper values, not in tangible goods and services...America is now in the eighth year of prosperity as commercially… — Stuart Chase Copy Share Image
I reject the notion that America is in a well-deserved decline, that she and her citizens are unexceptional. I do not believe… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The crisis and recession have led to very low interest rates, it is true, but these events have also destroyed jobs, hamstrung… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
While I have no empirical evidence to back this up, I bet that the number of homosexual people per thousand has not… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Now it is a funny thing about life. If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The decline and fall of the modern religious right's notion of a Christian America creates a calmer political environment and, for many… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
We wanted to preserve as many jobs as possible, so when our sales continued to decline in August 2008, we did about… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
I came in on the decline. Phil Elliot was in first, he got his book out, he sold thirteen thousand, I think… — Eddie Campbell Copy Share Image
The rise of African nations concurrent with the spread of the Nation of Islam and the civil rights movement gave black America… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
Just six years into the 21st century, one can say this is not shaping up to be anything like an American century.… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
Britain kept its position as the dominant world power well into the 20th century despite steady decline. By the end of World… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If we are to have a stabilized market demand, selling pressure should be maintained . . . perhaps increased . . .at… — Paul G. Hoffman Copy Share Image
Strip back the beliefs pasted on by governesses, schools, and states, you find indelible truths at one's core. Rome'll decline and fall… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
In the larger scheme of things, God has commonly effected this purifying by revival or judgement. Strange though it may seem, there… — Arthur Wallis Copy Share Image
A billion homo sapiens are added every 11 years to the planet. The hypertrophy of a single species pushes other life-forms out… — Leonard Sweet Copy Share Image
Errors of omission, lost opportunities, are generally more critical than errors of commission. Organizations fail or decline more frequently because of what… — Russell L. Ackoff Copy Share Image
I am pretty sure central banks will continue to print money, and the standards of living for people in the western world,… — Marc Faber Copy Share Image
Americans have long felt that NATO isn't doing its job and that the Europeans aren't contributing enough. Trump has accelerated the decline… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
American people, what about the American people? I think the president delights in the fact that they have been roofied by technology… — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
Wal-Mart's size and scale is so vast they literally have the ability to change the face of the entire country. If Wal-Mart… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
You look at most artists, the arc of their career, there's a definite decline at the end. And that decline could set… — Seth Copy Share Image
The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and… — Felicity Huffman Copy Share Image
Christmas was on a Sunday in 2005, which had a greater than expected negative impact on retail and classified advertising during the… — Gary Pruitt Copy Share Image
