I once did something right. I played first-rate basketball. I really did. And after you're first-rate at something, no matter what, it… — John Updike Copy Share Image
If the growth rate is so good that in another ten years the company might well have quadrupled, is it really of… — Philip Arthur Fisher Copy Share Image
I define genuine full employment as a situation where there are at least as many job openings as there are persons seeking… — William Vickrey Copy Share Image
The fact that the bond market is rallying today is a plus. If this ends up being a bear market, it will… — John Manley Copy Share Image
You hear headlines from time to time about the Amazon rainforest disappearing at a greater or lesser rate… The real story is… — Patrick Symmes Copy Share Image
I have a ball - and it keeps my heart rate up. I get to wear fabulous clothes. I get to make… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
The general unemployment rate is going to continue for a long time and for all of us. I have never heard so… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
We live in a very inspirational point in time. Things are progressing faster and further than ever before. What inspires me most… — Dillon Lane Copy Share Image
Football leads to a crime rate among people that play in the NFL that is less than the gen pop, the general… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
In our own time the whole of Greece has been subject to a low birth rate and a general decrease of the… — Polybius Copy Share Image
Who's counting? It was, of course, the minority who were counting. It always is. Most of the women I know today would… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
Come on! Don't hold back," Christian said. "I'm not, " Lissa protested. "You are too! I've seen you knock on a door… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Once the steam engine went away and we started moving into burning fossil fuels - not just burning them, but everything we… — Don Cheadle Copy Share Image
By keeping labor supply down, immigration policy tends to keep wages high. Let us underline this basic principle: Limitation of the supply… — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
I'm not a doctor, nor am I a member of the military. What I am is an appreciative, concerned American citizen, who… — Ken Wahl Copy Share Image
We have sacrificed and we have endured extreme hardship, but we have maintained the key goal - we have denied the enemy… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
If you cannot read all your books, at any rate handle them, and, as it were, fondle them. Let them fall open… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
In what may as well be starkly labelled smug satisfaction, an amazing 94% [of college instructors] rate themselves as above average teachers,… — K. Patricia Cross Copy Share Image
Tax rates for the wealthy should revert to Clinton-era levels, both because it is necessary for long-term deficit reduction and because fairness… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
In the 20 years before Greece end up with the Euro, efforts to improve competitiveness through exchange rate and adjustments resulted only… — Lucas Papademos Copy Share Image
Here's Williams' roadmap out of poverty: Complete high school; get a job, any kind of a job; get married before having children;… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
There are no free and democratic and wealthy countries in the world that have US rate of gun violence. We have to… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armor to lead all customers out of a mire of… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
In terms of sustainability and what we eat and what its footprint is on the environment and the consequences of eating one… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
The demand for organic food is growing at a remarkable rate. Consumers have made it clear that they want organic produce and… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
We have such a high drop-out rate from musicians, said the head of the college. He was right - I dropped out… — Holly Johnson Copy Share Image
I do like low interest rates. I'm not making that a big secret. I think low interest rates are good. I like… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The history of taxation shows that taxes which are inherently excessive are not paid. The high rates inevitably put pressure upon the… — Andrew Mellon Copy Share Image
In a perfect world we would bring corporate tax rates down to 25% or less so we can get competitive in the… — Eric Cantor Copy Share Image
For the vast majority of places in America, there is no way you can build a security system such as we have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To focus capital and entrepreneurship into empowering innovation, we should change is the capital gains tax rate. We would be better served… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Lower rates of taxation will stimulate economic activity and so raise the levels of personal and corporate income as to yield within… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Alcohol didn't cause the high crime rates of the '20s and '30s, Prohibition did. And drugs do not cause today's alarming crime… — James Carriger Paine Copy Share Image
I think what I'm trying to build is a reputation for evolving and for change. Because of the rate of information that… — Miguel Copy Share Image
We lose our right to be surprised that California has the highest recidivism rate in the country if we refuse to hire… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
Statistically, the United States rates number 39 in maternal mortality. This means that it is safer to be pregnant and to give… — Robin Lim Copy Share Image
I think the issue that millennials have is that the return on asset classes such as bonds, cash, are so low now… — Martin Gilbert Copy Share Image
As a beneficiary of the carried interest loophole, I've seen firsthand the lack of any difference between the work involved in generating… — Steven Rattner Copy Share Image
Incarceration rates - especially black incarceration rates - have soared regardless of whether crime has been going up or down in any… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
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