“It would take little more than $50 billion to raise every poor person above the official poverty line, yet the percentage of the population classified as poor hardly budges, while annual welfare spending amounts to four times that much. Where's the money going?” LittlesPersonsLinesPoorPovertyFourAmountEconomicsRaisesPopulationCorruptionSpendingBillionsWelfareOfficialsPercentagesAnnuals Author:Robert Higgs
“Inevitably, the flood of literary pornography loosed on us is dulling our reactions of surprise or shock. Its writers are forced to raise the ante, to provide stronger and stronger stimulants. Or try to provide them, since both the manner, the naming of parts and the few inexpressive four-letter words, and the matter, are narrowly limited.” TryingMatterFourLettersStrongerRaisesSurpriseReactionsShockFloodPornographyStimulantsFour Letter Words Author:Storm Jameson
“I shall last a year, and but little longer: we must think to do good work in that year. Four things are laid upon me: to drive out the English; to bring you to be crowned and anointed at Reims; to rescue the Duke of Orléans from the hands of the English; and to raise the siege of Orléans.” ThinkingYearsLittlesHandsLastsFourRaisesRescueGood WorkDukesSiege Book:Joan of Arc: Self Portrait Source: Joan of Arc: Self Portrait
“I learned that I could not do enough work; it's always incomplete. When you ask a question, the answer will raise four more questions, and those four will become eight.” EnoughAsksAnswersFourRaisesEightWorking ItIncomplete Author:Tobin Bell
“Action and adventure on land and sea-you can't ask for more. But Robert Kurson raises the ante in Pirate Hunters with an array of mystery and a fleet of colorful characters spanning four centuries. This is a great summer read!” CharacterActionAsksFourMysterySeaLandCenturyAdventureSummerRaisesHuntersPirateColorfulLand And SeaGreat Summer Author:Michael Connelly
“The sinner can no more raise himself from the deadness of sin than Lazarus, who had been dead four days, until Jesus came.” JesusSinFourRaisesSinnerLazarus Author:George Whitefield