“What we call barbecuing in this country is actually direct grilling. In many countries, it also means cooking in an enclosed box with a heat source, ideally wood, all year round.” YearsMeanCountrySourceDirectCookingRoundsBoxesWoodsHeatGrilling Author:Jamie Oliver
“I've definitely seen that Texas is certainly a right-wing area politically. I think if you talk to the average Texan, some people may still think that alternative energy is some sort of hippie mumbo-jumbo, you know. I think there's still a strong movement to continue to drill and continue to find these other sources of oil within the country.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsMayStillsCountryEnergyStrongMovementSourceAreasWingsAverageOilAlternativesTexasHippieRight WingDrillsTexanAlternative Energy Author:Jesse Metcalfe
“It is a great advantage to a President, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know he is not a great man.” KnowsMenCountryPresidentSourceMajorsAdvantageSafetyGreat Men Author:Calvin Coolidge
“Most of the well-developed world - Australia, Western Europe - they develop their resources base, they inventory it, they develop it, and they view it as a good source of jobs and revenue. We are a country that for too long has taken affordable energy for granted.” WorldWellsLongCountryJobsEnergyViewsTakenSourceResourcesEuropeWesternGrantedAustraliaRevenueAffordableInventoryWestern Europe Author:John S. Watson
“I have a great deal of difficulty with those who live in a hugely prosperous country telling people in the developing world that they should be deprived of a critical source of energy.” PeopleWorldShouldCountryEnergyDealsEconomySourceDifficultyCriticalDevelopingDeprivedProsperousProsperous Country Author:Lee R. Raymond
“Christianity seems at first to be all about morality, all about duties and rules and guilt and virtue, yet it leads you on, out of all that, into something beyond. One has a glimpse of a country where they do not talk of those things, except perhaps as a joke. Every one there is filled full with what we should call goodness as a mirror is filled with light. But they do not call it goodness. They do not call it anything. They are not thinking of it. They are too busy looking at the source from which it comes.” ThinkingShouldFirstsCountryLightSeemsChristianityVirtueDutySourceMoralityGoodnessJokesMirrorsFilledGuiltBusyGlimpseToo Busy Book:A Year with C. S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works Source: A Year with C. S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works
“I was much an enemy to monarchies before I came to Europe. I am ten thousand times more so, since I have seen what they are. There is scarcely an evil known in these countries, which may not be traced to their king, as its source, nor a good, which is not derived from the small fibres of republicanism existing among them.” MayCountryEvilKnownEnemySourceKingsThousandTenEuropeMonarchyRepublicanism Book:Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts Source: Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts
“So: if the chronic inflation undergone by Americans, and in almost every other country, is caused by the continuing creation of new money, and if in each country its governmental "Central Bank" (in the United States, the Federal Reserve) is the sole monopoly source and creator of all money, who then is responsible for the blight of inflation? Who except the very institution that is solely empowered to create money, that is, the Fed (and the Bank of England, and the Bank of Italy, and other central banks) itself?” IfsCountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesCreationSourceEnglandResponsibleInstitutionsCreatorFedsSoleOther CountriesReservesContinuingInflationMonopolyEmpoweredFederal ReserveCentral BanksBlight Author:Murray Rothbard
“If we [American nation] are only thinking about tomorrow or the next day and not thinking about 10 years from now, we're not going to control our own economic future, because China, Germany - they're making these [clean energy] investments. And I'm not going to cede those jobs of the future to those countries. I expect those new energy sources to be built right here in the United States.” IfsThinkingYearsCountryStatesJobsNextEnergyNationsUnitedUnited StatesEconomicSourceTomorrowBuiltCleanInvestmentChinaGermanyNext DayClean EnergyEnergy SourcesNew Energy Author:Barack Obama
“Syria has allowed its soil to be transited by foreign fighters who have come from a variety of source countries in the Gulf area and in the - in North African countries.There are some signs that that may have been reduced somewhat in the last couple of months. We need to watch that a bit and see if that is the case.” IfsNeedsMayHas BeensCountryLastsBitsWatchesCasesSourceMonthsCoupleAreasFighterVarietySoilSyria Author:David Petraeus
“It's important to remember how fortunate we are as a country to have a currency and a bond market that is seen in every way as a source of strength and it's a huge responsibility for us to keep it that way.” WayImportantCountryRememberResponsibilityHugeSourceFortunateCurrencySource Of StrengthBond Market Author:Lawrence Summers
“I tend to believe that computers are drawing kids -- and adults -- away from reading purely because they provide an alternative, vast source of spare-time amusement and entertainment. I recently heard a frightening statistic: there are less than one million true readers in this country (those who read every day instead of one book per year on a beach). Terrifying.” YearsBelieveBookCountryKidsReadingMillionsHeardSourceReaderComputerAdultsEntertainmentDrawingAlternativesBeachFrighteningSparesAmusementSpare Time Author:Tim Lebbon
“There are many examples of companies and countries that have improved their competitiveness and efficiency by adopting open source strategies. The creation of skills through all levels is of fundamental importance to both companies and countries.” CountryLevelsCompanyExampleCreationSourceSkillsImportanceFundamentalsStrategyEfficiencyAdoptingCompetitivenessOpen Source Author:Mark Shuttleworth
“We all know that men and women can be good without faith. And we also know that faith is an incredibly important source of goodness in our country.” KnowsMenImportantCountryAtheismSourceGoodnessMen And WomenPositive AtheismBe GoodOur Country Author:George W. Bush