“Simply put, no society can truly flourish if it stifles the dreams and productivity of half its population. Happily, I see evidence all over the world that women are gaining social and economic power that they never had before. This is good news.” IfsWorldDreamSocialHalfEconomicNewsEvidencePopulationGenderProductivityGood NewsEconomic Power Author:William J. Clinton
“Most people would guess that the sun is fifty or a hundred times brighter than the moon, but it's a half million times brighter - evidence of the amazing capacity of our eyes to adjust to light and dark.” PeopleLightEyeDarkHalfMillionsSunMoonHundredEvidenceCapacityFiftyBrighterLight And Dark Book:How to Use Your Eyes Source: How to Use Your Eyes
“A large number of suspects, both men and women, escaped martial law for lack of any shred of evidence against them on which a court-martial could convict. So they began setting them free in groups, according to their birth-place. But half-way, the car-load would be emptied into a ditch.” MenWayWould BeLawNumbersHalfGroupsCarBirthEvidenceMen And WomenCourtSettingSettingsSuspectsLoadLarge NumbersConvictsHalf WayBirth PlaceMartial Law Author:Georges Bernanos
“There is some evidence that average wave heights are slowly rising, and that freak waves of eighty or ninety feet are becoming more common. Wave heights off the coast of England have risen an average of 25 percent over the past couple of decades, which converts to a twenty-foot increase in the highest waves over the next half century. One cause may be the tightening of environmental laws, which has reduced the amount of oil flushed into the oceans by oil tankers.” MayPastLawNextCausesWaterCommonHalfFeetCenturyAmountCoupleBecomingOceanHighestPercentEvidenceIncreaseEnglandTwentiesEnvironmentalAverageWaveOilDecadesHeightRisingFreakCoastNinetyEightyRisenOver The PastBecoming More Author:Sebastian Junger
“This is not a dictatorship, this is based upon scientific evidence to support a given project. If you want to put up a building, say half a mile high, the material has to be available. Using statistics is not a dictatorship. It's a method of getting the most from existing resources.” IfsWantGivenHalfSupportBuildingMaterialsProjectsEvidenceResourcesMethodAvailableMilesStatisticsDictatorshipScientific Evidence Author:Jacque Fresco
“We believe half-instinctively that evil always defeats itself in the long run. Pacifism is founded largely on this belief. Don't resist evil, and it will somehow destroy itself. But why should it? What evidence is there that it does... unless conquered from the outside by military force?” ShouldBelieveLongDoeRunningEvilBeliefForceHalfMilitaryEvidenceDefeatLong RunsPacifismMilitary Force Book:Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays Source: Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays
“The fans are the end result of what we do. Sometimes I think we forget that those are the folks that mean it in this game. There's plenty of evidence to be found that you can have all the #1 records in the world, but if you really ain't touchin' them, you don't come home with gold records and platinum records. I'm very proud that we've only had one #1 record, but we've sold two and one half million!” IfsThinkingWorldMeanTwoEndsSometimesHomeFoundGamesForgetResultsHalfMillionsRecordsFansProudEvidenceGoldFolksPlentyComing HomeOne HalfEnd ResultsPlatinum Author:Aaron Tippin
“In Cuba, our experiment is not the best democracy and should not be a reference to anybody elses, it is ours. It has worked for us and the clearest evidence that our democracy has worked is that there is a revolution that has continued after a half century of facing down the most powerful empire. This has not happened many times in history.” ShouldPowerfulHalfDemocracyHappenedCenturyRevolutionEvidenceExperimentsEmpiresMost PowerfulCubaDemocracies Have Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“There is something wrong with our culture when the view that marriage is between one man and one woman, a view shared by half the nation, is portrayed as evidence of hatred.” MenCultureNationsViewsHalfEvidenceHatredOne ManOne Woman Author:Gary Bauer
“Even if there was such a thing as a half-price sale at the local Ming outlet shop, she would have to work ten lifetimes to make up such a sum. Always supposing that it wasn't one of a kind. Panic was no longer merely rearing. It was thundering through her at full throttle. There was only one thing to be done, she realized. The mature, responsible, adult thing to do. Hide the evidence.” IfsKindDoneHalfOne ThingTenEvidenceAdultsResponsibleLifetimeLocalsThings To DoShopsMaturePanicOutletsSupposingOne Of A KindSupposing ThatThrottle Author:Alexandra Ivy
“ATHENA: There are two sides to this dispute. I've heard only one half the argument. (...) So you two parties, summon your witnesses, set out your proofs, with sworn evidence to back your stories. Once I've picked the finest men in Athens, I'll return. They'll rule fairly in this case, bound by a sworn oath to act with justice.” MenTwoStoriesSidesJusticePartyHalfCasesHeardReturnEvidenceArgumentBoundsProofWitnessFinestDisputesOathTwo SidesOne HalfAthensAthena Author:Aeschylus
“Dear God, surely you aren't the chef Sam was talking about?" "No," he said with a laugh, and gestured behind him with a thumb. "Cale here is." "Kale?" Alex echoed blankly, her eyes sliding to the still half-closed door. She didn't see any evidence of a second man. Frowning, she set the phone back in its receiver and leaned to the side, trying to see out into the kitchen as she muttered, "Kale is a vegetable.” MenTryingSaidStillsEyeSidesBehindsHalfTalkingLaughingDoorsEvidenceDearPhonesKitchenVegetablesChefHer EyesThumbsAlexReceiverClosed DoorsDear GodFrowningKale Book:Hungry For You: An Argeneau Novel Source: Hungry For You: An Argeneau Novel