“Continental thinkers have been obsessed with bourgeois man as representing the worst and most contemptible failure of modernity, which must at all costs be overcome. Nihilism in its most palpable sense means that the bourgeois has won, that the future, all foreseeable futures, belong to him, that all heights above him and all depths beneath him are illusory and that life is not worth living on these terms.” MenMeanHas BeensLife IsTermWorstCostOvercomingDepthHeightObsessedThinkerWorth LivingModernityNihilismLiving OnBourgeoisRepresentingIllusoryContinentalLife Is Not Worth Living Author:Allan Bloom
“I shall always feel respect for every one who has written a book, let it be what it may, for I had no idea of the trouble which trying to write common English could cost one—And alas there yet remains the worst part of all correcting the press.” FeelsWritingTryingMayBookIdeasCommonWrittenTroubleWorstCostRemainsPressesNo IdeaAlasCorrecting Book:The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: 1837-1843 Source: The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: 1837-1843
“An alloy of innocence and arrogance, young (Ted) Williams came to Boston when it had four morning and four evening local newspapers engaged in perpetual circulation wars. He became grist for their mills, and his wars with the sportswriters brought out the worst in him, and cost him. He won two Most Valuable Player Awards and finished second four times. Several of those times he would have won had he not had such poisonous relations with the voting press.” TwoWarYoungMorningFourPlayerWorstCostRelationPressesValuableFinishedNewspapersLocalsEveningInnocenceEngagedArroganceVotingAwardsPerpetualBostonMillsCirculationPoisonous Author:George Will
“For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.” KnowsMayWholeTruthSpiritWorstHonestyWillingIntegrityCostPlanningAnguishSirensWhole TruthPainful Truth Author:Patrick Henry
“The news that Osama Bin Laden is dead will bring great relief to people across the world. Osama Bin Laden was responsible for the worst terrorist atrocities the world has seen - for 9/11 and for so many attacks, which have cost thousands of lives, many of them British.” PeopleWorldWorstCostNewsResponsibleBritishTerroristReliefBin LadenAtrocitiesOsama Bin Laden Author:David Cameron
“The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn't seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on political decisions. He even prides himself on his political ignorance, sticks out his chest and says he hates politics. He doesn't know, the imbecile, that from his political non-participation comes the prostitute, the abandoned child, the robber and, worst of all, corrupt officials, the lackeys of exploitative multinational corporations.” KnowsChildrenSeemsPoliticalHateDecisionWorstIgnorancePrideDependsCostMedicineSticksCorporationsOfficialsChestsAbandonedParticipationBeansIlliterateRobbersPolitical LifeImbecilesMultinationalsFlourCost Of LivingMultinational CorporationsLackeysPolitical DecisionsHate Politics Author:Bertolt Brecht
“I had been in London innumerable times, and yet till that day I had never noticed one of the worst things about London-the fact that it costs money even to sit down.” FactsWorstCostLondonWorst Things Book:Down and Out in Paris and London Source: Down and Out in Paris and London
“The worst thing the federal government could do is to increase the size, reach and cost of government. If government failed in its response to the hurricane, the answer is not more inefficient government.” IfsGovernmentAnswersWorstCostIncreaseResponseSizeWorst ThingsFederal GovernmentHurricanes Author:Cal Thomas
“The U.S. has the most dysfunctional healthcare system in the industrial world, has about twice the per capita costs, and some of the worst outcomes. It's also the only privatized system.” WorldWorstCostOutcomesHealthcare Author:Noam Chomsky
“My bank is the worst. They are screwing me. You know what they did to me? They're charging me money for not having enough money. Apparently, when you're broke, that costs money.” KnowsEnoughMoneyWorstCostBrokeCharging Author:Louis C. K.
“The US health-care system is a complete scandal. It's got twice the costs of comparable countries and some of the worst outcomes.” CountryCareWorstCostHealth CareOutcomesScandalHealth Care System Author:Noam Chomsky