“We may fairly judge of the commercial prosperity of a country from the amount of sulphuric acid it consumes.” MayCountryScienceNationsJudgingAmountProsperityAcid Book:Familiar Letters on Chemistry, and its relation to Commerce, Physiology, and Agriculture: Edited by John Gardner Source: Familiar Letters on Chemistry, and its relation to Commerce, Physiology, and Agriculture: Edited by John Gardner
“The whole financial structure of Wall Street seems to rise or fall on the mere fact that the Federal Reserve Bank raises or lowers the amount of interest. Any business that can't survive a one percent change must be skating on thin ice. Why even the poor farmer took a raise of another ten percent just to get a loan from the bank, and nobody from the government paid any attention. But you let Wall Street have a nightmare and the whole country has to help to get them back into bed again.” CountryWholeFactsHelpingSeemsGovernmentFallInterestPoorAttentionStreetsWallAmountBedTenPercentEconomicsPaidRaisesStructureMereFinancialIceNightmareFarmersReservesLoanSkatingFederal ReserveSkating On Thin Ice Author:Will Rogers
“Getting out of Russia was the best thing my parents did. I mean, that country will never amount to anything.” MeanCountryParentAmountRussiaBest Things Author:Gary Shteyngart
“It was probably very difficult to go from Chinese and then suddenly go to kindergarten and start speaking English; it's very hard to transition back and forth when you are in that pivotal age. It's also hard to transition back, but if I was immersed in the country for a given amount of time, you are surrounded by it, everyone is speaking, you are learning new things, you are practicing all the time.” IfsCountryHardAgeGivenDifficultAmountChineseTransitionNew ThingsBack And ForthKindergartenPivotalLearning NewLearning New Things Author:Lucy Liu
“I happened to read recently a remark by the American nuclear physicist W. Davidson, who noted that the explosion of one hydrogen bomb releases a greater amount of energy than all the explosions set off by all countries in all wars known in the entire history of mankind. And he, apparently, is right.” WarCountryEnergyKnownGreaterHappenedMankindAmountNuclearReleaseBombsPhysicistRemarksExplosionsHydrogenHydrogen Bomb Author:Nikita Khrushchev
“Germany is a country that has absolutely had to since the Second World War ask itself massive moral questions. And it's reforged its identity based on culture. I mean, the amount of artists living and working in Berlin is unparalleled. It's one of the strongest economies, not only in Europe, but globally, and it's because of its understanding of the importance of culture.” WorldMeanWarCountryArtistCultureAsksUnderstandingMoralEconomyIdentityAmountEuropeImportanceWar Of The WorldsGermanyMassiveStrongestBerlinSecond World War Author:Cate Blanchett
“They [people of Afghanistan] didn't want Al-Qaeda in their country. They didn't appreciate the Taliban taking control. But they really have an incredible amount of dignity. And by that, they are grateful for America's help in ridding them of the Taliban. The average, ordinary person is glad that their daughter can go to school now. There's no public executions, no banning of soccer games. The difference is, they're appreciative, but they don't want any prolonged military presence of the United States there.” PeopleWantPersonsCountryStatesHelpingSchoolAmericaGamesDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryAmountOrdinaryDaughterAppreciateDignityGratefulIncrediblesAverageGladSoccerAlsAfghanistanExecutionAl QaedaTalibanAppreciativeOrdinary PersonSoccer GameMilitary Presence Author:Immortal Technique