The next time a prostitute solicits your business, ask for the clergyman's rate. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Second-rate minds usually condemn everything beyond their grasp. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Dandies, when first-rate, are generally very agreeable men. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Languages are dying at an unprecedented rate. A language dies every 14 days. — Patricia Ryan Copy Share Image
There was no point in doing art if you were going to be second-rate. — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
The unemployment rate is still twice as high for blacks as for whites. — William Weld Copy Share Image
I suspect that the word (art) was invented by second-rate intelligences to describe the incomprehensible activities of their betters. — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates; none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason to be… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
Not that I was worried about anyone stealing my car. I once had a car thief offer to get me something better… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Multimillionaires cannot pay lower rates than their secretaries and other people working for them. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Nonrenewable resources should be exploited, but at a rate equal to the creation of renewable substitutes. — Herman E. Daly Copy Share Image
When asked how to achieve success more rapidly, came the quick reply, 'Double your failure rate'. — Thomas J. Watson Copy Share Image
It's the biggest public health problem in America, the rising rates of obesity among our young people and very heavy statistics among… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Whites have more than eleven times the net worth or wealth of African Americans. They make greater salaries. Our unemployment rate is… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
Students are suffering under incredibly high tuitions and high student loan interest rates. They graduate from school, and they're having a very… — Tulsi Gabbard Copy Share Image
A 1990 study by the (liberal) Progressive Policy Institute showed that, after controlling for single motherhood, the difference in black and white… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
The speed of her tongue is not correctly calculated; the speed per second of her toungue should be slightly less than the… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
The controversy as to whether socialism is possible has been settled by the fact that it exists, and it is a fundamental… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Corporate tax reform is nice in theory but tough in practice. It most likely requires lower tax rates and the closing of… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
If you can, you will quickly find that the greatest rate of return you will earn is on your own personal spending.… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
The United States has experienced high rates of inflation in the past and appears to be running the same type of fiscal… — Laurence Kotlikoff Copy Share Image
Sharp increases in the minimum wage rate are also inflationary. Frequently workers paid more than the minimum gauge their wages relative to… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Far too many doctors-many of them excellent physicians-commit suicide each year; one recent study concluded that, until quite recently, the United States… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
Weirdly enough, the best thing that ever happened to black people in the last twenty or thirty years was the O.J. Simpson… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
The United Nations remains the sole universal international organisation designed to maintain global peace. And in this sense it has no alternative… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
If there is a well thought-out design standard, it should be followed. In practice, great design comes from great designers. That is… — Edward Tufte Copy Share Image
With The Myth of Achievement Tests, James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, and Tim Kautz have offered a wealth of insightful analysis… — Eric A. Hanushek Copy Share Image
So I'm not proposing anything radical. I just believe that anybody making over $250,000 a year should go back to the income… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Latin America can no longer tolerate being a haven for United States liberals who cannot make their point at home, an outlet… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
