“Law-abiding Americans deserve to know that their government will not secretly tap their phones, read their medical records, access their library accounts or otherwise invade their personal lives, with no oversight or accountability. Law-abiding Americans also deserve to know that when law enforcement can show an impartial judge clear evidence of criminal activity or a threat to national security, swift and decisive action will be taken to protect the public. That is the balance we must achieve.” KnowsShowsGovernmentActionLawTakenClearRecordsAchieveSecurityJudgingBalanceActivityProtectEvidenceDeserveAccountsThreatLibraryPhonesCriminalsAccessMedicalAccountabilityPersonal LifeNational SecurityLaw EnforcementEnforcementAbidingOversightDecisive ActionMedical Records Author:Ralph Neas
“A man has virtues enough if he deserves pardon for his faults on account of them.” IfsMenEnoughVirtueDeserveAccountsFaultsPardon Author:Georg C. Lichtenberg
“I was used to being disliked as a kid. Not that I didn't deserve it: I was a pretty sad and unappealing creature, and still am, I guess. It's sort of simplistic to think that one tries to make stuff that accounts for one's repulsiveness as a person, but there's some truth to it. So, when I read something unfavorable, I always take it deeply personally. It's as if my efforts have been in vain, and I should just quit.” IfsThinkingShouldTryingPersonsHas BeensStillsKidsUsedStuffEffortCreaturesDeserveAccountsQuittingVain Author:Chris Ware
“If you're not fascinated by Korea yet, you damn well should be. The most innovative country on earth deserves a hilarious and poignant account on the order of Euny Hong's The Birth of Korean Cool. Her phat beats got Gangnam Style and then some.” IfsShouldWellsCountryEarthOrderStyleBirthBeatsDeserveAccountsDamnFascinatedInnovativeKoreaKoreanPoignantGangnam Style Author:Gary Shteyngart
“A man who aspires to rise above the mediocre, to be something more than the ordinary, surely deserves admiration, even if he fails and loses a fortune on account of his ambitions (...) if one has failed only where others have not had the courage or will to try, there is consolation - indeed, deep satisfaction - to be gained from his observation when looking back over one's life. #Page no.134” IfsMenTryingLosesFailingAmbitionPagesOrdinaryDeserveAccountsFortuneSatisfactionObservationAdmirationLooking BackAspireMediocreConsolationRise Above Author:Kazuo Ishiguro
“The unreasonable efficiency of mathematics in science is a gift we neither understand nor deserve.” ScienceDeserveAccountsMathematicsEfficiencyUnreasonable Author:Eugene Wigner