“Splitting the atom is like trying to shoot a gnat in the Albert Hall at night and using ten million rounds of ammunition on the off chance of getting it. That should convince you that the atom will always be a sink of energy and never a reservoir of energy.” ShouldTryingNightEnergyChanceMillionsTenRoundsConvinceHallsAtomsReservoirsSplittingAmmunitionGnatsSplitting The Atom Author:Ernest Rutherford
“So I'm not proposing anything radical. I just believe that anybody making over $250,000 a year should go back to the income tax rates we were paying under Bill Clinton. Back when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest budget surplus in history, and plenty of millionaires to boot. ... At the same time, most people agree that we should not raise taxes on middle-class families or small businesses -- not when so many folks are just trying to get by.” PeopleShouldTryingYearsBelieveJobsClassMillionsEconomyMiddleTaxesRaisesAgreeBillsClintonRateFolksIncomeRadicalPlentyBudgetsMiddle ClassBootsSmall BusinessMillionaireIncome TaxBack WhenSurplusNew JobJust BelieveMiddle Class Family Author:Barack Obama
“I believe it is essential to have English as the official language of our National Government, for the English language is the tie that binds the millions of immigrants who come to America from divergent backgrounds. We should, and do, encourage immigrants to maintain and share their traditions, customs and religions, but the use of English is essential for immigrants and their children to participate fully in American society and achieve the American dream.” ShouldBelieveChildrenUseDreamGovernmentAmericaLanguageI BelieveMillionsShareAchieveEssentialsTraditionBackgroundsTiesOfficialsImmigrantsCustomsAmerican DreamEnglish LanguageDivergentAmerican SocietyTies That Bind Author:Jim Sensenbrenner
“Should I not be proud, when for twenty years I have had to admit to myself that the great Newton and all the mathematicians and noble calculators along with him were involved in a decisive error with respect to the doctrine of color, and that I among millions was the only one who knew what was right in this great subject of nature?” ShouldYearsMillionsSubjectsColorProudInvolvedTwentiesErrorsNobleDoctrineShould IMathematicianBe ProudNewtonCalculators Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“I always said marriage should be a fifty-fifty proposition. He should be at least fifty years old, and have at least fifty-million dollars.” ShouldYearsSaidMillionsDollarsFiftyPropositionsMillion DollarsFifty Year Olds Author:Zsa Zsa Gabor
“There are some who ask us to believe that if we want the best of times for ourselves, the fit and the fortunate, then we'll just have to learn to live with the worst of times for millions of other Americans - that we're doomed to be a nation of the lucky and the left-out. I don't believe it. My mother didn't believe it. Your ancestors didn't believe it. And I don't think you should believe it.” IfsThinkingWantShouldBelieveMotherAsksLeftNationsMillionsWorstFitLuckyDon't BelieveFortunateAncestorDoomedLeft Out Author:Mario Cuomo
“If you can be sure of being right only 55 percent of the time, you can go down to Wall Street and make a million dollars a day. If you can't be sure of being right even 55 percent of the time, why should you tell other people they are wrong?” PeopleIfsShouldMillionsStreetsWallPercentDollarsMillion Dollars Book:How to win friends & influence people Source: How to win friends & influence people
“The votes elected officials make should be based on the best interests of the American people, not the fear of retribution when shadowy groups spend millions of dollars on negative advertisements.” PeopleShouldInterestMillionsGroupsNegativeVoteDollarsOfficialsRetributionAdvertisementsElected Officials Author:Bernie Sanders
“Wal-Mart has become the whipping boy for political demagogues, unions and anti-traders. I suggest that they have the wrong target.... Wal-Mart exists and prospers because tens of millions of Americans find Wal-Mart to be a suitable source of goods and services..... unions and anti-traders should direct their outrage and condemnation at the tens of millions of Americans who shop at Wal-Mart and keep it in business.” ShouldPoliticalBoysMillionsSourceDirectUnionsShopsTargetGoodsOutrageSuitableCondemnationTradersGoods And ServicesWhipping Author:Walter E. Williams
“But millions at one time, beyond gender or race, had their attention fixed on her, and with that power, she chose to flash the word "feminist" all over our TV screens. If that don't do nothin' but make people Google the word, then that should make every feminist in the world proud.” PeopleIfsWorldShouldRaceAttentionMillionsTvsProudFeministGenderScreensFixedOne TimeFlashGoogle Author:Lizzo
“Capitalism, the ogre of those protesting Wall Street, has suffered a public relations crisis in the wake of the global economic collapse. But any remedy to the systemic corruption that led to the collapse should not displace recognition that capitalism creates wealth. Capitalism, and no other economic system, has raised millions from poverty around the world.” WorldShouldWealthPovertyMillionsEconomicStreetsWallCapitalismRelationCrisisRaisedCorruptionAround The WorldRecognitionCollapseRemedyPublic RelationsEconomic SystemsEconomic Collapse Author:Kathleen Parker
“It should be noted that people in the free market rarely bear false witness; integrity is the rule. The morning mile, phone calls, planes the airlines buy, autos by the millions - no one could list the instances - are as represented. We have daily, eloquent, enormous testimony that the Ten Commandments can be and are observed by fallible human beings. Contemporary politics is the most glaring of all exceptions.” PeopleShouldHumansHuman BeingsMorningMillionsBearsIntegrityTenPhonesListsMilesEnormousContemporaryInstanceWitnessPlanesExceptionCommandmentsTestimonyFree MarketAirlinePhone CallsEloquentTen CommandmentsFalse Witness Author:Leonard Read
“With these 11 million people here illegally, let's have them registered, know who they are, those that are her paying taxes and not taking government benefits should begin a process towards application for citizenship.” PeopleKnowsShouldGovernmentProcessMillionsTaxesBenefitsApplicationCitizenshipPaying Taxes Author:Mitt Romney
“The populist zeal to seek revenge on those who make a lot of money is targeted almost exclusively at corporations. I haven't heard outcries about Hollywood actors who make millions per film, even when those movies are a bust at the box office and the talent at issue has none. There's no outrage over athletes like New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez's $33 million salary or Celtic power forward Kevin Garnett's $25 million. Nor should there be. These are exceptionally talented individuals whose teams' owners think they're worth every penny.” ThinkingShouldFilmActorsIndividualMillionsIssuesHeardTeamTalentHavensNew YorkOfficeHollywoodThirdsAthleteBoxesRevengeCorporationsOwnersLots Of MoneyYankeesSalaryPenniesZealAlexOutrageNew York YankeesKevinBox OfficePopulistCeltic Author:Linda Chavez
“You're going to see a million people here who have the courage to come and not let terrorists win, and that's exactly what we should all do.” PeopleShouldWinningMillionsTerrorist Author:Michael Bloomberg