“I'm not sure Mario is going to get accolafes he deserves, especially from outside the game. But from within, the players, the people who follow closely, realize exactly what he's broughtto the table, exactly what he has done. People tend to forget... hockey was dying in Pittsburgh before he got there. I played there. It was almost dead. I'm sorry, but the NHL would not have a franchise in Pittsburgh today had Mario not come along. Think about it, no hockey in Pittsburgh.” PeopleThinkingDoneTodayGamesRealizingForgetPlayerDyingDeserveTablesSorryNot SureHockeyI'm SorryNhlPittsburghMario Author:Wayne Gretzky
“Topical-sketch writing were incredibly rational and well reasoned: don't do a joke if the subject doesn't deserve it. An ad hominem attack on someone might get you a cheap laugh, but it doesn't earn you any long-term trust. The biggest rule was: you attack whoever's in power. Don't bring your personal bias to the table.” IfsWritingWellsLongMightTermLaughingSubjectsJokesDeserveTablesRationalLong TermAdsBias Author:Michael Schur
“[T]ax cuts are not just something that all taxpayers deserve, but also the best way to curb government spending. It is the best kind of tax reform. If the money never reaches the table, Congress can't gobble it up.” IfsWayKindGovernmentCuttingTaxesDeserveTablesCongressSpendingBest WayReformTaxpayersCurbGovernment SpendingTax Reform Author:Zell Miller
“We are living in the richest country in the history of the world, yet we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country and millions of people are struggling to put food on the table. It is my absolute conviction that everyone in this country deserves a minimum standard of living and we've got to go forward in the fight to make that happen.” PeopleWorldCountryHappensFightingPovertyMillionsStruggleChildhoodMajorsHighestStandardsDeserveAbsolutesTablesRateConvictionMinimumWorld HistoryStandards Of Living Author:Bernie Sanders
“You've got to invite Native Americans to the table, and Asians, and Chicanos. You cannot keep us in the back room anymore and give us notations on paper saying this is what you deserve. You have to invite us to the table because America is ours, too.” GivingAmericaRoomsPaperDeserveTablesNativeInvitesNative AmericanWhat You DeserveDeserve You Author:Jimmy Santiago Baca
“Some parents struggle to put food on the table. And plenty of women aren't getting the pay they deserve. While I don't expect the government to solve all these problems, I do want leaders who care about these things and do what they can to help.” WantHelpingProblemGovernmentCareParentPayLeaderStruggleDeserveTablesSolvePlentyWho Cares Author:Chrissy Teigen
“I feel like your generation is like, "We deserve a place at this table, we have a right to be here," whereas when I was in my 20s I was like, "Who am I?" It's exciting because I do see a lot of young women feeling empowered.” FeelsFeelingsYoungGenerationsLike YouDeserveExcitingTablesYoung WomenEmpowered Author:Miriam Shor
“If a woman says, I love myself; I love my body; I'm comfortable with my life, comfortable with my mistakes, and I deserve a seat at every table and everything should be completely equal, there are guys who lose their minds.” IfsShouldMindBodyGuyLosesMistakeEqualComfortableDeserveTablesSeatsMy MistakesLove MyselfI Love Myself Author:Judd Apatow
“There is a significant moral difference between a person who commits a violent crime and a person who tries to cross a border illegally in order to put food on the family table. Such migrants my violate our laws against illicit entry, but if that's all they do they are trespassers, not criminals. They deserve to have their dignity respected.” IfsTryingPersonsLawOrderDifferencesMoralCrimeDeserveDignityCrossesTablesCriminalsSignificantViolentCommitBordersEntryMigrantsViolent Crimes Author:Madeleine Albright
“Syn may be too much of a gentleman to hit you, but I’m not. I’m not only ashamed to call you human, I’m completely disgusted that we share the same gender. You want to know the truth? The only filth in this room is you, and you’re the one who doesn’t deserve to breathe our air. Decent’s got nothing to do with birthright. It’s all about actions, and trust me, you’re the lowest form I’ve ever met and I’ve taken in the worst scum imaginable. But I’d rather sit at the table with them than you any day. (Shahara to Mara)” KnowsWantHumansMayActionFormRoomsTakenToo MuchAirShareWorstMetsDeserveTablesGenderBreatheGentlemanDecentAshamedLowestTrust MeBirthrightFilthDisgustedScum Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
“Whoa, that's the kind of little sister I can dig!" said Edison. "Yes, we're all alike," I said. "We cover for you, we lie for you, we take the heat for you. We clean up your messes and mollify our parents for you. We never fail to come across with undying adoration, whether or not you deserve it, and we can't take our lives as seriously as yours. We snuffle up the crumbs from your table on the rare occasions you notice we're alive.” KindLittlesSaidI CanLyingParentOur LivesAliveFailingDeserveTablesCleanMessOccasionsHeatAdorationCrumbsLittle SisterRare Occasion Author:Lionel Shriver
“I want to quit. Not performing, but being a woman altogether. I want to throw my hands in the air, after reading a mean Twitter comment, and say, 'All right! You got it. You figured me out. I'm not pretty. I'm not thin. I do not deserve to use my voice. I'll start wearing a burqa and start waiting tables at a pancake house. All my self-worth is based on what you can see.' But then I think, F*** that ... I am a woman with thoughts and questions and s*** to say. I say if I'm beautiful. I say if I'm strong. You will not determine my story - I will.” IfsThinkingWantMeanSelfStoriesUseHandsBeautifulReadingHouseStrongFunWaitingVoiceAirDeserveTablesDetermineQuittingSelf WorthPerformingCommentBeing A WomanPancakesMy Self WorthNot PrettyBurqaWaiting TablesHands In The Air Author:Amy Schumer