“ It is in our interests to let the police and their employers go on believing that the Underground is a conspiracy, because it increases their paranoia and their inability to deal with what is really happening. As long as they look for ringleaders and documents they will miss their mark, which is that proportion of every personality which belongs in the Underground. ”
- Germaine Greer- Copy
- 1.6K
“ There seems to be a kind of order in the universe, in the movement of the stars and the turning of the earth and the changing of the seasons, and even in the cycle of human life. But human life itself is almost pure chaos. Everyone takes his stance, asserts his own rights and feelings, mistaking the motives of others, and his own. ”
- Katherine Anne Porter- Copy
- 1.6K
“ There are only two forces that unite men fear and interest. All great revolutions originate in fear, for the play of interests does not lead to accomplishment. ”
- Napoleon Bonaparte- Copy
- 3.7K
“ From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own. ”
- Carl Schurz- Copy
- 506
“ If you have any interests you can gain a wider audience for those interests while the goldfish bowl is yours! ”
- Eleanor Roosevelt- Copy
- 2.2K
“ No public interest is anything other or nobler than a massed accumulation of private interests. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
- 4K
“ Have a variety of interests… These interests relax the mind and lessen tension on the nervous system. People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest. ”
- Matthew- Copy
- 627
“ In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of our primal selves. ”
- George H. Mead- Copy
- 2.1K
“ Teacher unions are an interest group that acts in defense of their own interests, which means the union bosses' interests, not the members. ”
- Peter Brimelow- Copy
- 3.8K
“ Our relationship with Microsoft is kind of like a marriage. It's terrific 99 percent of the time. And one percent of the time we argue, usually over multimedia. And in life, that's not a bad ratio. ”
- Unknown- Copy
- 3.7K
“ Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests. ”
- Andrew Johnson- Copy
- 1.9K
“ I'm curious about everything. Even subjects that don't interest me. ”
- Alex Trebek- Copy
- 2.5K
“ I feel I'm two people: I have my interest in acting and I have a lot of other political interests I'd like to pursue. ”
- Alec Baldwin- Copy
- 507
“ If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very low crime rate. ”
- Marion Barry- Copy
- 595
“ The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting. ”
- Hank Aaron- Copy
- 2.2K
“ No man or woman is uniformly successful we must all expect a rather high percentage of failure in the things we attempt. ”
- Barnaby Keeney- Copy
- 3.5K
“ Say you were standing with one foot in the oven and one foot in an ice bucket. According to the percentage people, you would be perfectly comfortable. ”
- Bobby Bragan- Copy
- 1.1K
“ The percentage of mistakes in quick decisions is no greater than in long-drawn-out vacillations, and the effect of decisiveness itself "makes things go" and creates confidence. ”
- Anne O’Hare McCormick- Copy
- 4K
“ We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place. ”
- Gunther Grass- Copy
- 3K
“ Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity. ”
- Chris Van Allsburg- Copy
- 2.6K
“ Google actually relies on our users to help with our marketing. We have a very high percentage of our users who often tell others about our search engine. ”
- Sergey Brin- Copy
- 2.2K
“ Everything is relative. Is the Internet fast? Not for most people. Is it always on? Yes, for cable modem and DSL users but that represents a tiny percentage of users. ”
- John Patrick- Copy
- 3.3K
“ The rate of return on Social Security for people nearing retirement is about 1.5 percent. By the time young children like mine are ready to retire, that rate of return will be a negative percentage. ”
- Paul Ryan- Copy
- 82
“ The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global challenges, where annual productivity increases of 6% may not be enough. A combination of software, brains, and running harder will be needed to bring that percentage up to 8% or 9%. ”
- Jack Welch- Copy
- 352
“ When you go into a setting like Camden Yards or Fenway Park and you walk out on the field for the first time, there's a sense of unbelievable awe, a feeling that only a very small percentage of people ever get to feel. You want to be able to share that, to bring that feeling, that dream, into focus. ”
- Cal Ripken- Copy
- 3.1K
“ The idea that 'the public interest' supersedes private interests and rights can have but one meaning: that the interests and rights of some individuals take precedence over the interests and rights of others. ”
- Ayn Rand- Copy
- 303
“ I don't think that the flesh is necessarily treacherous, evil, bad. It is cantankerous, and it is independent. The idea of independence is the key. It really is like colonialism. The colonies suddenly decide that they can and should exist with their own personality and should detach from the control of the mother country… ”
- David Cronenberg- Copy
- 3.7K
“ All of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea — whether it is to sail or to watch it — we are going back from whence we came. ”
- John F. Kennedy- Copy
- 2.1K
“ Abraham Lincoln did not go to Gettysburg having commissioned a poll to find out what would sell in Gettysburg. There were no people with percentages for him, cautioning him about this group or that group or what they found in exit polls a year earlier… ”
- Robert Coles- Copy
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