“First, the oil and gas business pays its fair share of taxes. Despite the current debate on energy taxes, few businesses pay more in taxes than oil and gas companies. The worldwide effective tax rate for our industry in 2010 was 40 percent. That's higher than the U.S. statutory rate of 35 percent and the rate for manufacturers of 26.5 percent.” FirstsEnergyPayCompanyShareIndustryHigherTaxesPercentFairsRateCurrentsOilDebateDespiteGasFair ShareOil And Gas Author:John S. Watson
“Two erroneous impressions ... seem to be current among certain groups of uninformed persons. The first is that religion today stands for mediaeval theology; the second that science is materialistic and irreligious.” FirstsPersonsTwoSeemsTodayScienceCertainGroupsErrorsCurrentsImpressionTheologyMaterialisticUninformedReligion Today Author:Robert Andrews Millikan
“For the first time ever we are capable of removing abject poverty, illiteracy and the diseases of poverty from the human condition. The current intensification of global economic integration has demonstrated that there is enough knowledge, technology and capital to bring development to all the people of the world.” PeopleWorldFirstsHumansEnoughPovertyTechnologyEconomicConditionsDevelopmentDiseaseCapableFirst TimeCurrentsHuman ConditionIntegrationIlliteracyEconomic Integration Author:Clare Short
“The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have guaranteed freedom of speech. Other countries don't have that.” WorldFirstsCountrySpeechCurrentsAmendmentsOther CountriesFreedom Of SpeechFirst Amendment Author:Neil Gaiman
“In this age of electronic money, investors are no longer seduced by a financial 'dance of a thousand veils.' Only hard and accurate information on reserves, current accounts, and monetary and fiscal conditions will keep capital from fleeing precipitously at the first sign of trouble.” FirstsHardAgeTroubleConditionsInformationThousandAccountsFinancialCurrentsInvestorsAccurateReservesVeilsMonetaryFleeingAccurate Information Author:Lawrence Summers
“You must first realize that you are in a dream. Then you must realize that your current dream is a nightmare.” FirstsDreamRealizingCurrentsNightmare Author:Frederick Lenz
“The business of a novelist is, in my opinion, to create characters first and foremost, and then to set them in the snarl of the human currents of his time, so that there results an accurate permanent record of a phase of history.” FirstsHumansCharacterResultsOpinionRecordsCurrentsPermanentNovelistsAccuratePhases Author:John Dos Passos