“The cost of appearing with a bloviating ignoramus is obvious, it seems to me. Donald Trump is redundant evidence that if your net worth is high enough, your IQ can be very low and you can still intrude into American politics.” IfsStillsEnoughSeemsTrumpCostLowsEvidenceObviousAmerican PoliticsAppearingRedundantNet Worth Author:George Will
“What, on the eternal list of priorities, precedes health? What more obvious role could government have than the defense of the life, of each citizen? We cannot stop every germ that seeks to harm us any more than we can stop every person who seeks to harm us. But we can try dammit and government's essential role in that effort facilitate it, reduce its cost, broaden its availability, improve my health and yours, seems, ultimately, self-explanatory.” TryingPersonsSelfSeemsGovernmentEffortRolesHealthCitizensCostEssentialsEternalObviousHarmDefenseListsPrioritiesGermsFacilitateAvailability Author:Keith Olbermann
“When you go to that other country you realize that in France and in England, you don't ask somebody what they do for a living when you meet someone. A lot of the obvious things, the shortcuts we take in America - in America you can talk about money all you want. You can ask how much they make, rent they pay, how much their house costs and how much their car costs, and they'll feel comfortable telling you. But it's scandalous to ask anyone in England or France a question like that.” WantFeelsCountryAmericaAsksHouseRealizingPayCarCostComfortableEnglandObviousFranceOther CountriesShortcutsScandalousObvious Things Author:David Sedaris
“The obvious issue is providing clean drinking water and sanitation to every single human being on earth at the cost of little more than one year of the Kyoto treaty.” YearsHumansLittlesEarthWaterHuman BeingsIssuesCostCleanDrinkingObviousProvidingCleaningTreatiesDrinking WaterDrink WaterClean WaterKyotoSanitationClean Drinking Water Author:Bjorn Lomborg
“Man was entering under false pretenses the sphere of incredible facilities, acquired too cheaply, below cost price, almost for nothing, and the disproportion between outlay and gain, the obvious fraud on nature, the excessive payment for a trick of genius, had to be offset by self-parody.” MenSelfGeniusCostGainsIncrediblesObviousTricksFraudSpheresEnteringPaymentFacilityPretenseParody Book:The street of crocodiles and other stories Source: The street of crocodiles and other stories