“It is easy to talk about tax simplification, and we all know it is very difficult to accomplish; but for the last three Congresses, I have offered a tax simplification bill that would include a paid-for repeal of alternative minimum tax.” KnowsLastsThreeEasyDifficultTaxesPaidBillsCongressAccomplishAlternativesMinimumSimplification Author:Richard Neal
“Anybody who has ever been in business, anybody who has ever paid bills, anybody who has ever lived in a serious adult life knows that indebtedness is a killer.” KnowsSeriousAdultsPaidBillsKillersIndebtedness Author:Frank Lautenberg
“I give away about 50 percent of my income, so my, you know, desire to give back to the country is pretty strong and I intend to give away a lot more. I've signed the giving pledge with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, and I intend to give away the bulk of my money.” KnowsGivingCountryDesireStrongPercentBillsIncomeGatesGiving BackPledgeBuffettWarren Buffet Author:David Rubenstein
“We are watching industries crumble, Wall Street firms disappear, unemployment spike, and unprecedented government intervention. And our designated opinion leaders want to know: Is Obama up this week? Is he down? And is his leadership style more like Bill Clinton's, or Abraham Lincoln's?” KnowsWantGovernmentLeaderOpinionWeekStreetsStyleWallIndustryDown AndBillsClintonDisappearFirmUnemploymentInterventionAbrahamUnprecedentedGovernment InterventionLeadership StyleOpinion Leaders Author:Thomas Frank
“I got the bill for my surgery. Now I know what those doctors were wearing masks for.” KnowsCareHumorousDoctorsBillsMedicineMedicalHealth CareMaskSurgeryMedical ProfessionCancer CourageWearing A MaskMedical DoctorMedical EducationCancer And HopeMedical Bills Author:James H. Boren
“Most Americans don’t think about antitrust law when they look at their cable bill, flip channels on TV, or worry about what their favorite website knows about them. But they should.” ThinkingKnowsShouldLooksLawWorryTvsBillsCablesWebsiteFlipAntitrustAntitrust Laws Author:Al Franken
“I want people to say at the end of my day, you know, like I used to say about Sidney Poitier and James Cagney and Joan Crawford and Red Skelton and those guys and Bill Cosby. They did quality and substance. You always remember them.” PeopleKnowsWantEndsRememberUsedGuyQualityRedBillsSubstance Author:Bernie Mac
“Geeks run the world. Condoleezza Rice is a geek, Bill Gates is clearly a geek, many of the big filmmakers and writers are geeks, lots of military people are geeks. Anyone who has heard Donald Rumsfeld talk about military hardware knows they are in the presence of a geek.” PeopleKnowsWorldBigsRunningHeardMilitaryBillsFilmmakerGatesGeekRiceHardware Author:China Mieville
“If you like a story that's totally different and won't know which way it's going... where it's go ing to end up and which way it's going to take you, then I think my work fits the bill.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayDifferentEndsStoriesFitBills Author:S. Robson Walton
“I've got bills to pay like everyone else. I'm a high-earner but I don't see myself as rich. I know in some people's eyes I probably am, but I will always have to work. My son Matt asked me if we were rich the other day and I told him that in my view, being rich is not having to get up to go to work. I can't see myself ever being in that position.” PeopleIfsKnowsI CanEyeViewsPayRichPositionSonBillsGet UpMy SonBeing RichBills To Pay Author:Steve McFadden