A man assumes that a woman's refusal is just part of a game. Or, at any rate, a lot of men assume… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
When interest rates are low we have conditions for asset bubbles to develop, and they are developing at the moment. The ultimate… — George Soros Copy Share Image
You can't say British Columbia's carbon tax is exactly the same as increasing hydroelectricity rates in another province. They're very different mechanisms,… — Christy Clark Copy Share Image
The pressure on language to deteriorate does not come merely from below, from the "democratic" lev-elers. It comes also from above, from… — John Simon Copy Share Image
We worry about the seemingly ever-increasing number of natural catastrophes. Yet this is mainly a consequence of CNN - we see many… — Bjorn Lomborg Copy Share Image
It is a wonderful thing to see a first-rate philosopher at prayer. Tough-minded thinking and tenderhearted reverence are friends, not enemies. We… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
I'm just glad that the whole John Wayne persona of a man is sort of old school now, because I'd never be… — Matthew Perry Copy Share Image
An indirect quotation we can usually expect to rate only as better or worse, more or less faithful, and we cannot even… — Willard Van Orman Quine Copy Share Image
Although biodiversity loss continues globally, many countries are significantly slowing the rate of loss by shoring up protected natural areas and the… — Helen Clark Copy Share Image
If you go to the FDA with a drug that's only meant to treat 50 people, and it's a 95 percent cure… — Leroy Hood Copy Share Image
Nevada was hit hardest by the recession - highest unemployment, highest foreclosure rate, highest bankruptcy rate. — Brian Sandoval Copy Share Image
Many women are so scared of the society and of their families, that if they get pregnant out of wedlock, they would… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
Our approach is to reject the old vicious circle of the '80s-rising debt, higher long-term interest rates, higher debt repayment costs, lower… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
Perhaps this is our strange and haunting paradox here in America -- that we are fixed and certain only when we are… — Thomas Wolfe 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
I reject the word 'script' entirely-at any rate in the usual sense. I prefer the old usage-usually scenario-which it had in the… — Jacques Rivette Copy Share Image
If I eat something a little crazy or if I feel sluggish, I know I have to eat better the next day… — Jordin Sparks Copy Share Image
Mr. Greenspan did a very good job in the early 1990's. But recently he's fallen prey to this crazy theory that prosperity… — Steve Forbes Copy Share Image
Having first rate people on the team is more important than designing hierarchies and clarifying who reports to whom. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The variation in the value of money, however great, makes no difference in the rate of profits. — David Ricardo Copy Share Image
The great trouble with you Americans is that you are still under the influence of that second-rate - shall I say third-rate?… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
...in the negative part of Professor's Hayek's thesis there is a great deal of truth. It cannot be said too often -… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
A useful analogy is to see traditional societies as relying on instantaneous (or minimally delayed) and constantly replenished solar income, while modern… — Vaclav Smil Copy Share Image
Science is progressing at such a rapid rate that when you make a prediction and think you are ahead of your time… — Leo Szilard Copy Share Image
