“In constructing concepts, we overlook the fact that no two things are the same. There is no such thing as the concept of a leaf, only billions and billions of leaves.” TwoFactsConceptsBillionsTwo ThingsLeafs Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“The White House is not being very clever in how it takes on our plan, .. In fact the White House is being sloppy. They are taking everything Bob Dole has ever said we ought to do regarding taxes and adding all of those things up and saying it will cost $800 billion.” SaidFactsHouseWhitePlansOughtCostTaxesBillionsCleverWhite HouseBobClevernessSloppyVery Clever Author:Bob Dole
“People who have the courage to be individuals can usually think things through on their own and make sound decisions. They don't say, "What will people think?" They say, "What's the best way to handle this?" The amazing fact is that God created each one of us as a separate, unique person amid billions of other separate, unique individuals. So the best way to achieve real fulfillment is to be yourself.” PeopleThinkingWayPersonsRealFactsIndividualSoundDecisionAchieveUniqueBillionsHandleBest WayFulfillmentBeing YourselfUnique Individuals Author:Norman Vincent Peale
“You are one miniscule piece of a never-ending cycle. In fact, you're not even a piece. You're just a holder for billions and billions of other pieces. Whether that's organic components, living organisms inside your body, bacteria or whatever it is, you're just part of the soup of the universe, so just try to enjoy what's good about it.” TryingFactsBodyUniverseEnjoyPiecesYour BodyBillionsCyclesMmaOrganismsSoupComponentsNever EndingBacteriaLiving OrganismsNever Ending Cycle Author:Joe Rogan
“Men characterize pornography as something mental because their minds, their thoughts, their dreams, their fantasies, are more real to them than women's bodies or lives; in fact, men have used their social power to characterize a $10-billion-a-year trade in women as fantasy.” MenYearsMindRealFactsDreamBodyUsedSocialFantasyTradeBillionsPornographyWomen's BodiesSocial Power Book:Pornography: men possessing women Source: Pornography: men possessing women
“The machinery of destruction is complete, poised on a hair trigger, waiting for the 'button' to be 'pushed' by some misguided or deranged human being or for some faulty computer chip to send out the instruction to fire. That so much should be balanced on so fine a point--that the fruit of four and a half billion years can be undone in a careless moment--is a fact against which belief rebels.” ShouldYearsHumansMomentsFactsBeliefWaitingHuman BeingsHalfFireFourHairFineComputerDestructionFruitBillionsRebelInstructionBalancedButtonsChipsMachineryTriggersCarelessUndoneMisguidedDeranged Book:The Fate of the Earth: And, The Abolition Source: The Fate of the Earth: And, The Abolition
“The fact that we're spending $700 billion a year on oil is actually a good thing; it means we have the prosperity to do it. It means that oil's being used, and oil is the fuel for the engine of freedom.” YearsMeanFactsUsedGood ThingsProsperitySpendingOilBillionsLiberalismFuelEngines Author:Rush Limbaugh
“...and suddenly it hits you: Human skin is actually made up of billions of tiny units of protoplasm, called "cells"! And what is even more interesting, the ones on the outside are all dying! This is a fact. Your skin is like an aggressive modern corporation, where the older veteran cells, who have finally worked their way to the top and obtained offices with nice views,are constantly being shoved out the window head first, without so much as a pension plan,by younger hotshot cells moving up from below.” WayFirstsHumansMadeFactsMovingInterestingViewsNicePlansModernDyingOfficeWindowSkinsBillionsTinyCellsCorporationsAggressiveUnitsVeteranPensionMoving UpPension Plans Author:Dave Barry
“I will say that the God concept is at the heart of 2001 but not any traditional, anthromorphic image of God. I don't believe in any of Earth's monotheistic religions, but I do believe that one can construct an intriguing scientific definition of God, once you accept the fact that there are approximately 100 billion stars in our galaxy alone, that each star is a life-giving sun and that there are approximately 100 billion galaxies in just the visible universe.” GivingBelieveHeartFactsEarthUniverseStarsAcceptingSunConceptsDon't BelieveDefinitionsBillionsTraditionalVisibleConstructsGalaxyIntriguingGod Image Author:Stanley Kubrick