“The greatest Electrical Pioneer of them all was Thomas Edison Edison's first major invention, in 1877, was the phonograph, which could soon be found in thousands of American homes, where it basically sat until 1923, when the record was invented.” FirstsHomeFoundRecordsMajorsMajorityInventionSatPioneersElectricalPhonograph Author:Dave Barry
“Now these fellows in Washington wouldn't be so serious and particular if they only had to vote on what they thought was good for the majority of the people in the U.S. That would be a cinch. But what makes it hard for them is every time a bill comes up they have things to decide that have nothing to do with the merit of the bill. The principal thing is of course: What will this do for me personally back home?” PeopleIfsHardHomeWould BeCoursesPoliticsParticularSeriousVoteFellowsBillsMajorityCome UpMeritPrincipalBack Home Author:Will Rogers
“But the majority of mothers work - and are responsible for taking care of the kids and home. And more fathers are spending more time doing child care and housework, and still working long hours. That work-life conflict is weighing on everybody.” ChildrenLongStillsHomeCareKidsMotherFatherHoursConflictResponsibleMajoritySpendingMore TimeHouseworkWeighingLong HoursChild CareWorking Long Hours Author:Brigid Schulte
“It's incredibly painful to think back to the time I had to come back to work. I was so, so needed at home. Like the vast majority of people in America, I couldn't take unpaid leave.” PeopleThinkingHomeAmericaNeededMajorityPainfulBack To Work Author:Brigid Schulte
“Ours is a golden age of minorities. At no time in the past have dissident minorities felt so much at home and had so much room to throw their weight around. They speak and act as if they were "the people," and what they abominate most is the dissent of the majority.” PeopleIfsHomeAgePastSpeakFeltRoomsWeightMajorityGoldenMinoritiesDissentGolden AgeDissidents Book:In our time Source: In our time
“If liberals can seize our guns because they are dangerous, we have no chance of holding on to our cars and our homes. The total number of accidental fatalities (the majority of which are hunting accidents) of all types of firearms is infinitesimal compared to the number of fatalities from car and home accidents. More children die from playing with cigarette lighters than from playing with loaded guns.” IfsChildrenHomeDiesChanceNumbersDangerousCarTypeGunMajorityAccidentsHuntingCigaretteHolding OnLoadedLightersFirearmsFatalityLoaded Gun Author:Paul Craig Roberts
“In the last 25 years, we've convinced ourselves and a majority of the country that women can do what men can do. Now we have to convince the majority of the country - and ourselves - that men can do what women can do. ... Let's face it: until men are fully equal inside the home, women will never be really equal outside it.” MenYearsCountryHomeLastsFacesCan DoEqualMajorityEqualityConvincedConvince Author:Gloria Steinem
“A decline in the national housing price level would need to be substantial to trigger a significant rise in foreclosures, because the vast majority of homeowners have built up substantial equity in their homes despite large mortgage-market financed withdrawals of home equity in recent years.” NeedsYearsHomeLevelsBuiltMajoritySignificantDespiteDeclineEquityHousingTriggersMortgageWithdrawalHomeownersForeclosureHome Equity Author:Alan Greenspan
“I grew up in the Fifties, and the majority of people in my class had fathers living at home. I was very aware that I was in the minority. I had a foreign name, and my daddy didn't come and pick me up from school. I felt like an outsider, which probably helped me as an actress.” PeopleHomeSchoolFatherNamesFeltClassGrewGrew UpPicksMajorityActressesMinoritiesOutsidersDaddyPick MePick Me Up Author:Cherie Lunghi