“The high income tax come pretty near passing in the Senate. Only lacked about six votes. So it won't be long now. Well, there is millions and millions that are not making it, that would be glad to give up 99 per cent if you would let 'em earn a hundred thousand or more.” IfsGivingWellsLongWould BeMillionsThousandTaxesGiving UpSixHundredVoteGladIncomePassingPassingsEmsSenateCentsIncome Tax Author:Will Rogers
“For the profit of travel: in the first place, you get rid of a few prejudices.... The prejudiced against color finds several hundred millions of people of all shades of color, and all degrees of intellect, rank, and social worth, generals, judges, priests, and kings, and learns to give up his foolish prejudice.” PeopleGivingFirstsSocialRaceMillionsColorJudgingKingsTravelDegreesGiving UpHundredPrejudiceProfitIntellectFoolishPriestsShade Book:Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces, 1839-1860: Volume Nine, Scholarly Edition Source: Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces, 1839-1860: Volume Nine, Scholarly Edition
“When you go to China and the developing world, people understand more clearly the dangers that are coming at them because they're living closer to the margin. They don't have any of the false sense of invulnerability that Americans have. People from developing countries also feel that it's their right, if you're talking in terms of justice, to use fossil fuels like we did for a hundred years to get rich. It's hard for them to give up that vision.” PeopleIfsWorldGivingFeelsYearsCountryHardUseTermJusticeTalkingVisionRichDangerGiving UpHundredChinaDevelopingFuelFossilsMarginsGet RichFossil FuelDeveloping CountriesInvulnerability Author:Bill McKibben
“This is going to be a difficult few hundred years. No matter what we do, we have to give up some of the advantages of the wealthy Western nations and help out people who are less fortunate. That is the key. I think we can do it if we have more compassion for one another.” PeopleIfsThinkingGivingYearsMatterHelpingNationsDifficultCan DoCompassionKeysGiving UpHundredAdvantageNo Matter WhatWesternFortunateWealthyLess Fortunate Author:Walter Munk
“Someone said to me, 'If fifty percent of the experts in Hollywood said you had no talent and should give up, what would you do?' My answer was then and still is, 'If a hundred percent told me that, all one hundred percent would be wrong.'” IfsGivingShouldSaidStillsWould BeAnswersInspiringTalentGiving UpAmbitionPercentHundredHollywoodExpertsFifty Author:Marilyn Monroe
“You can't give up something you really believe in for financial reasons. If you die by the roadside - so be it. But at least you know you've tried. Ten minutes in the music scene was the equal of one hundred years outside of it.” IfsKnowsGivingYearsBelieveReasonDiesMinutesSceneTenEqualGiving UpHundredPlantFinancialRoadside Author:Robert Plant
“I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They're too much fun.” GivingTwoFunSportsToo MuchEasierPromiseThousandBedGiving UpHundredBaseballDollarsDrinkingFiftyToo Much Fun Author:Babe Ruth
“You are mine, Aisling. You are mine today, tomorrow and five hundred years from now. You will always be mine. I do not give up my treasures, kincsem. You would do well to remember that.” GivingYearsWellsTodayRememberFiveMinesTomorrowGiving UpHundredTreasureNot Giving UpDo Not Give Up Author:Katie MacAlister