“It is a great advantage to a President, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know he is not a great man.” KnowsMenCountryPresidentSourceMajorsAdvantageSafetyGreat Men Author:Calvin Coolidge
“It is a seldom proffered argument as to the advantages of a free press that it has a major function in keeping the government itself informed as to what the government is doing.” GovernmentMajorsAdvantageArgumentFunctionPressesFree Press Author:Walter Cronkite
“Whether you look at Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, or Buddhism, wherever a distinction of sex is made, it is to the advantage of men. If you think of religions as if they were novels, the authors are men, and so are the major characters.” IfsThinkingMenLooksMadeCharacterSexChristianityNovelBuddhismMajorsAdvantageIslamMade ItDistinctionHinduismJudaism Author:Katha Pollitt
“our domestic lives reflect the major trend that dominates the consumer marketplace today: an ever-increasing emphasis on variety and choice. ... we find ourselves inventing our lives as we go along, improvising in an effort to take advantage of the bewildering range of choices that we face.” TodayFacesChoicesEffortOur LivesMajorsAdvantageVarietyConsumersRangeTrendsEmphasisMarketplaceInventingImprovisingDomestic Life Author:Sally Helgesen
“Ive been a radio and television news person since I was 19 years old. Im 57 years old now. But the advantage is that I have studied, investigated, and reported over those years on nearly every major story from wars and recessions to grass roots local issues.” YearsPersonsWarStoriesIssuesTelevisionMajorsNewsAdvantageRootsRadioLocalsGrassRecessionsTelevision News Author:George Noory
“The major material advantage, financial advantage from having a reserve currency is that between 200 and 300 billion dollar bills, that may be twenty, fifty, hundred dollar bills as well as ones, exist in the world - a lot of them in Russia as you all know I'm sure.” KnowsWorldWellsMayMaterialsMajorsHundredAdvantageTwentiesBillsDollarsFinancialBillionsRussiaFiftyCurrencyReservesDollar Bills Author:Robert C. Solomon
“Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this illicit trade - and who would rapidly lose their competitive advantage if marijuana were a legal commodity.” IfsLosesBenefitsMajorsAdvantageOrganizationTradeDollarsCriminalsBillionsIllegalMarijuanaMexicoElsewhereCommodityCompetitive AdvantageBeneficiaries Author:George Soros