As a novelist, I cannot occupy myself with "characters," or at any rate central ones, who lack panache, in one or another… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
Under my plan, 85 percent of America will pay no tax or have a flat tax at our lowest rate of 15 percent. — John McCain Copy Share Image
In the fall of 1972, President Nixon announced that the rate of increase of inflation was decreasing. This was the first time… — Hugo Rossi Copy Share Image
As you know Cuba has progressed a lot regarding all the indicators of social development and those rates can be compared favorably… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
Cameras began duplicating the world at that moment when the human landscape started to undergo a vertiginous rate of change: while an… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Medical research has shown that when an 8 week old human foetus is pricked in the palm of his hand by a… — Mark Volman Copy Share Image
If we could create invention capitalism, that would be a helluva legacy, that would be a helluva thing to do... We could… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
It's a very obsessive profession that you need to stay obsessed to get anywhere, and it's very easy for us to get… — Joan Chen Copy Share Image
Inappropriate macro economic policies in some economies, characterised by [a] low savings rate and high consumption [and] failure of financial supervision and… — Wen Jiabao Copy Share Image
In our day, a vast majority of people is dependent either on an employer or the government-or both. One way to rate… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
The mathematician starts with a few propositions, the proof of which is so obvious that they are called self-evident, and the rest… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Never try to time the bond market. Anyone who claims to know the future of interest rates is certifiable. — Jane Bryant Quinn Copy Share Image
I do know that all of the Michigan delegation worked very hard as related to the revival of the auto industry. There… — Fred Upton Copy Share Image
Whether a bank lent one million, ten million, or a hundred millions, they would not permanently alter the market rate of interest;… — David Ricardo Copy Share Image
Watch out for negative power places on the earth, if you can "see" they are reddish and they twist your feelings. They… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I'm at a really good spot in my career, to the point where I feel like I could explode at any moment.… — Keegan Bradley Copy Share Image
History repeats itself again I guess the rate of innovation is so high in our industry that if you don’t innovate at… — Thorsten Heins Copy Share Image
In my early days, fashion was considered a very high risk industry. The failure rate is very high. Trying to get capital… — Joe Mimran Copy Share Image
Kids are starting at such a low base rate in terms of fitness that it's taking them years to catch up to… — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
Through my newspaper comic strip, public speaking, and filmmaking, I try to tell as many people as possible, of all ages and… — Jim Toomey Copy Share Image
In sum, the truth is that we luxuriate in the comfortable assertion that women enjoy equality. We have salved our consciences by… — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
If you look at casualties, you find countries that had much higher loss rates per capita than the US. Denmark comes to… — David Petraeus Copy Share Image
To investors, job creation is a second-order effect. Market participants care first about interest rates, exchange rates, bond prices and the one… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Horseracing already has the highest mortality rate of any sport in the world per capita to the people who do it. If… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image