“In my perfect world, we would establish perhaps four national zoos of unimpeachable quality and close the rest of them.” WorldPerfectQualityFourZoosA Perfect World Author:Susan Orlean
“The median family of four ... paid $4,722 in federal taxes last year. That's enough to pay for a new curtain for the secretary of commerce's office, to bribe a farmer not to plant 38 acres with corn ... seven weeks of salary for a Customs man assigned to save us from the terror of high-quality, low priced foreign TV sets, or the subsidy on 6,000 bushels of wheat to prop up the Soviet regime. Surely civilization would collapse without such essential services.” MenYearsEnoughLastsPayQualityFourWeekTvsCivilizationTaxesEssentialsOfficeLowsPaidPlantSevenTerrorCustomsFarmersSovietRegimesCollapseCommerceLast YearSecretaryCurtainsSalaryCornWheatPropsHigh QualityBribeAcresSubsidiesMedianFederal Taxes Author:Alan Bock
“Courage--judgment--integrity--dedication--these are the historic qualities of the Bay Colony and the Bay State....And these are the qualities which, with God's help, this son of Massachusetts hopes will characterize our government's conduct in the four stormy years that lie ahead.” YearsStatesHelpingGovernmentLyingQualityFourSonIntegrityJudgmentDedicationLaw EnforcementHistoricColonyStormyMassachusetts Author:John F. Kennedy
“Of the four project development variables - scope, cost, time and quality - quality isn't really a free variable. The only possible values are "excellent" and "insanely excellent", depending on whether lives are at stake.” ValuesQualityFourDevelopmentCostProjectsExcellentStakesScopeVariables Book:Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change Source: Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change
“In the past, there has been a stigma surrounding community colleges, where they were seen as a less viable option because they are not four-year universities. I know differently and so do the millions of people across the country who have received an affordable, quality higher education at community college.” PeopleKnowsYearsHas BeensCountryPastCommunityQualityMillionsFourCollegeHigherUniversityFour YearsAffordableStigmaHigher EducationCommunity College Author:Jill Biden