“Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The 'fiscal cliff' process was secretive and sloppy, and the nation's so-called leadership lacked the political courage to address our root problems: joblessness and debt.” SelfProblemPoliticalNationsProcessAnswersClassRootsCrisisFinancialDebtAddressesDistrustJoblessnessCliffsFinancial CrisisSloppySecretiveSelf InflictedPolitical CourageFiscal Cliff Author:Ron Fournier
“Everyone today is like, 'Shailene, you're getting so much buzz. How does the feel?' It's the most odd question because it's like asking a kid who got into Cornell how it feels to be the top of your class at one of the Ivy League schools. How do you answer that? You just go, 'I don't know.” KnowsFeelsDoeKidsTodaySchoolAnswersClassAskingOddLeagueIvyBuzzIvy LeagueIvy League Schools Author:Shailene Woodley
“I'm afraid of coaching, of writer's classes, of writer's magazines, of books on how to write. They give me centipede trouble - you know the yarn about the centipede who was asked how he managed all his feet? He tried to answer, stopped to think about it, and was never able to walk another step.” ThinkingKnowsGivingWritingBookAbleLanguageAnswersWalksStepsClassTroubleFeetGive MeMagazinesCoachingYarnCentipedes Author:Robert A. Heinlein
“Mr. Jones's book is a cleareyed examination of the British class system, and it poses this brutal question: 'How has hatred of working-class people become so socially acceptable?' His timely answers combine wit, left-wing politics and outrage.” PeopleBookLeftAnswersClassHatredWingsBritishWitAcceptableBrutalWorking ClassExaminationOutrageLeft WingTimelyClass System Author:Dwight Garner
“There is a class of people who seem to think that if a man should fall overboard into the sea with a Bible in his pocket it would hardly be possible to drown. I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenShouldYearsSeemsFallAnswersClassSeaTwentiesLegsPocketsOverboard Author:Frederick Douglass
“Where else is fatness at a premium? The answer is clear. There are two classes of mammals which are liable to accumulate large quantities of adipose tissue - hibernating mammals and aquatic mammals.” TwoAnswersClassClearQuantityLiableTissuesMammalsPremiumFatness Book:The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis Source: The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis
“If I taught a class, on my final exam I would take an Internet company and ask, 'How much is this company worth?' Anyone who would answer, I would flunk.” IfsAsksAnswersCompanyClassTaughtInternetFinalsExamFinal Exams Author:Warren Buffett
“The sanctions and travel restrictions would have to be far more comprehensive to be truly painful for [Vladimir] Putin and his inner circle. And the new middle class should also feel the effects of what he is doing. For instance, we should ask those who wish to enter the EU whether they have visited illegally occupied Crimea in the last few months and, if the answer is "yes," deny them a visa.” IfsFeelsShouldLastsAsksWishAnswersClassMiddleEffectsMonthsPainfulDenyCirclesInstanceMiddle ClassRestrictionPutinComprehensiveSanctionsVisaCrimea Author:Garry Kasparov