“I think I governed effectively. I don't have any doubts about that. I had the benefit, when I was in office, of having an excellent relationship with the Republican Party. We had superb bipartisan support and we had the highest batting average of any president since the Second World War, except Lyndon Johnson. He had a little better average than I did.” ThinkingWorldLittlesWarPresidentPartySupportDoubtRepublicanOfficeBenefitsHighestAverageExcellentWar Of The WorldsRepublican PartyJohnsonSecond World WarSuperbBipartisanBatting Author:Jimmy Carter
“If we enjoy the benefits of peace, it is only because we have an excellent armed force and a fine socialist economy. Let us exert all efforts so that our further development may be strong and mighty, so that our numerous enemies may think well and long before they decide to attack our fatherland, and so that if they attack, they will quickly regret it.” IfsThinkingWellsMayLongStrongForceEnjoyEffortEnemyEconomyRegretFineDevelopmentBenefitsExcellentSocialistArmed ForcesFatherlandSocialist Economy Author:Kliment Voroshilov
“A small amount of wine such as three or four glasses is of benefit for the preservation of the health of human beings and an excellent remedy for most illnesses.” HumansThreeHuman BeingsFourFoodAmountBenefitsCookingWineGlassesIllnessExcellentCulinaryRemedyPreservationSmall Amounts Book:Moses Maimonides' Treatise on Asthma Source: Moses Maimonides' Treatise on Asthma
“The completion of a rigorous course in mathematics - it is not even necessary that the student does well in such a course - appears to be an excellent means of sharpening the mind and developing mental skills that are of general benefit.” MindWellsMeanDoeCoursesStudentsSkillsBenefitsMathematicsDevelopingExcellentCompletionSharpening Author:Keith Devlin
“The American middle class, it seems to me, is looking to politicians now to satisfy a pretty basic - and urgent - level of need. Yet people in the upper middle class - with their excellent health benefits, schools, salaries, retirement plans, nannies and private afterschool programs - have journeyed so far from that level of need that, it often seems to me, they literally cannot hear what resonates with the middle class. That creates a problematic blind spot for those who write, edit or produce what comes to be known about our politicians and their policies.” PeopleNeedsWritingSeemsSchoolLevelsKnownClassPlansMiddlePolicyProducePoliticianBenefitsProgramBlindSpotsExcellentMiddle ClassRetirementUrgentSalaryEditsNanniesBlind SpotsHealth BenefitsUpper Middle Class Author:Judith Warner
“We got a lot of excellent people and businesses from Bear and WaMu. But Bear definitely was more painful. WaMu got us into Florida, California, and other states, which was a huge benefit - to expand and grow and add middle-market, private banking, investment banking, and other products, too.” PeopleStatesGrowsMiddleProductsHugeBearsBenefitsAddInvestmentPainfulExcellentCaliforniaFloridaBankingInvestment Banking Author:Jamie Dimon