“Time after time we're told corporations should have freedom from pesky job safety regulations, environmental protections and labor standards - giving working people the freedom to be crushed in collapsing mines, choke on filthy air and get paid too little to live on.” PeopleGivingShouldLittlesJobsAirMinesStandardsLaborShould HavePaidSafetyEnvironmentalProtectionCorporationsRegulationCrushedChokeFilthyEnvironmental Protection Author:Richard Trumka
“Our work on light bulbs wasn't an arbitrary mandate. We didn't just pick a standard out of the air, or look for a catchy sounding standard like 25 by 2025 not based in science or feasibility. Instead, we worked with both industry and environmental groups to come up with a standard that made sense and was doable.” LooksMadeLightGroupsAirIndustryStandardsPicksEnvironmentalCome UpArbitraryMandatesBulbsCatchyLight BulbFeasibility Author:Fred Upton
“Ordinary' is a word I loathe. It has a patronizing air. I have come across ordinary people who have done extraordinary things.” PeopleDoneAirStandardsOrdinaryExtraordinaryOrdinary PeopleLoatheExtraordinary ThingsPatronizing Book:Touch and Go: A Memoir (Large Print 16pt) Source: Touch and Go: A Memoir (Large Print 16pt)
“The problem with Matisse is that I can't ever figure out when he's done a good painting or a bad painting because I don't know how to analyse him. I just know that I like the way he put it on and I like his airs and forms.” KnowsWayI CanDoneProblemFormKnow HowAirFiguresPaintingStandardsMatisse Author:Susan Rothenberg
“Ultimately, if you think about all the youth that everybody has mentioned here in Africa, if everybody is raising living standards to the point where everybody has got a car and everybody has got air conditioning, and everybody has got a big house, well, the planet will boil over - unless we find new ways of producing energy.” IfsThinkingWayWellsBigsHouseEnergyAirCarYouthPlanetsStandardsNew WaysConditioningBig HousesAir Conditioning Author:Barack Obama
“By geo-historical standards, today's atmospheric CO2 levels are remarkably - indeed dangerously - low. We need CO2 in the air to support plant growth and agricultural yields, and more would be better.” NeedsWould BeTodayGrowthLevelsSupportAirLowsStandardsPlantHistoricalYieldCo2 Author:Roger Helmer
“As I stood, I took in a last breath of spring-scented air, listened to the birdsong, and then saw a member of wildlife the conservationists hadn't planned on reviving in this place. A perv in a white shirt and polyester pants. A standard hide-in-the-bushes-and-whack-it perv. Fat and balding, it was as appealing as watching a giant marshmallow go at it.” LastsWhiteSawsAirMembersSpringStandardsBirdBreathsFatsShirtsGiantsPantsWildlifeBirdsongMarshmallowWhite ShirtsPervs Author:Rob Thurman
“I think it's fine that there are five million people who are watching [politics on TV], and obviously I'm happy they are since they're on the air, and there are a couple hundred thousand people reading The Weekly Standard online, and that's great too, but most Americans aren't engaged that intensely, and are much less partisan.” PeopleThinkingReadingMillionsFiveAirTvsFineCoupleThousandStandardsHundredEngagedOnlinePartisans Author:William Kristol