“Some people say Russia is running at 50 percent of its gross domestic product under that during the Communist period. In fact, none of the countries seems to have recovered the level that they had under communism, although the other countries in Eastern Europe are doing better than Russia and particularly the Czech Republic seems to be doing modestly well. East Germany I can't count because they have a rich uncle. You have economic benefits which have nothing to do with the workings of the system.” PeopleWellsI CanCountryFactsSeemsRunningLevelsRichEconomicProductsPeriodsBenefitsPercentEuropeEastRussiaCommunismGermanyRepublicCommunistOther CountriesUnclesEasternGrossEastern EuropeCzechEast GermanyGross Domestic ProductCzech Republic Author:Kenneth Arrow
“You had a socialist get 47 percent of the votes in the Democratic primary: Bernie Sanders. You have an outright white nationalist populist [Donald Trump] who is now in the White House with an authoritarian strongman who has no regard for facts, no regard for tradition, and no regard for the Constitution. That is what you get when you import third world conditions. You get third world politics, and that's where we are now.” WorldFactsHouseWhiteConditionsTrumpPercentTraditionVoteThirdsConstitutionRegardDemocraticPrimariesWhite HouseSocialistThird WorldImportsPopulistWorld Politics Author:Van Jones
“Arab public opinion does not regard Iran as a hostile entity. In fact it's so supportive of Iran that a majority would think the place would be better off if Iran had nuclear weapons. The main enemies are the United States and Isreal, in the 80, 90 percent range.” IfsThinkingDoeStatesFactsWould BeUnitedOpinionEnemyUnited StatesWeaponsPercentRegardMajorityNuclearRangeIranNuclear WeaponsEntityHostileSupportiveBetter OffPublic Opinion Author:Noam Chomsky
“I very much dislike the word "race," and I never use it. I use the word "racist." Race is not a fact. There is only one race: human. Skin color is less than 2 percent of the DNA.” HumansFactsUseRaceColorPercentSkinsRacistDislikeDnaSkin Color Author:Tillie Olsen
“The very fact that I became mayor in 1977 conveys how you can't figure out what the people will do. Nobody thought I would be elected. When I entered I got four percent of the vote in the first poll, four percent.” PeopleFirstsFactsWould BeFourFiguresPercentVotePollsMayors Author:Ed Koch
“I can't understand why the front pages of newspapers can cover bird flu and swine flu and everybody is up in arms about that and we still haven't really woken up to the fact that so many women in sub-Saharan Africa - 60 percent of people in - infected with HIV are women.” PeopleStillsI CanFactsFrontsHavensArmsPagesBirdPercentNewspapersHivFluSwineBird FluSub Saharan AfricaSwine Flu Author:Annie Lennox
“And here's the fact: the fact is it doesn't solve the problem. First of all, if you taxed these people at 100 percent, basically next year you said, 'Look, every penny you make next year the government's going to take it from you,' it still doesn't solve the debt.” PeopleIfsYearsFirstsLooksSaidStillsFactsProblemGovernmentNextPercentSolveDebtNext YearPennies Author:Marco Rubio
“Can you believe approximately 17 percent of American children ages 2 to 19 years are obese? How about this fact: approximately 60 percent of overweight children ages 5 to 10 already have at least one risk factor for heart disease? We are all to blame for this - parents, schools, kids - all of us.” YearsBelieveHeartChildrenFactsKidsAgeSchoolParentRiskDiseasePercentBlameFactorsOverweightHeart DiseaseObese Author:Alison Sweeney
“Well, first of all, we've got to get away from being offended by the truth. We've seen a 41 percent increase in food stamp recipients across the United States of America since President Obama was sworn in in January 2009. That has nothing to do with black, white, Hispanic or whatever. It's a fact, and we need to, you know, deal with that.” KnowsNeedsFirstsWellsStatesFactsAmericaBlackPresidentWhiteUnitedDealsUnited StatesPercentIncreaseGet AwayPresident ObamaUnited States Of AmericaStampsOffendedJanuaryHispanicBlack WhiteFood Stamps Author:Allen West
“Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees.” PeopleEnoughFactsWantedListeningPercentHundredMedicalGuarantees Author:Ryan White
“Ninety percent of most magic merely consists of knowing one extra fact.” FactsKnowingMagicPercentExtrasNinetyDiscworld Author:Terry Pratchett
“I’m bored’ is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen none percent of. Even the inside of your own mind is endless; it goes on forever, inwardly, do you understand? The fact that you’re alive is amazing, so you don’t get to say ‘I’m bored.” ThinkingWorldLifeInspirationalMindMeanFactsBigsFunnyUnderstandingInterestingLaughingForeverAliveAdvicePositive ThinkingGoes OnPercentWittyEndlessUselessBoredLive LifeBoredomBoresEnjoy LifeFunny InspirationalA Perfect WorldLife Is BeautifulI Love LifeBores YouBeing BoredI Am AliveAmazing LifeLife Is GreatUseless ThingsSo Bored Author:Louis C. K.
“We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient, that we cannot impose our will upon the other 94 percent of mankind, that we cannot right every wrong or reverse every adversity, and that therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem.” WorldStatesFactsProblemFacesUnitedUnited StatesMankindSolutionsPercentAdversityReverseOmnipotentOmniscientWorld Problems Author:John F. Kennedy
“I, on the other hand, am a finished product. I absorb electrical energy directly and utilize it with an almost one hundred percent efficiency. I am composed of strong metal, am continuously conscious, and can stand extremes of environment easily. These are facts which, with the self-evident proposition that no being can create another being superior to itself, smashes your silly hypothesis to nothing.” SelfFactsHandsEnergyStrongEnvironmentProductsPercentConsciousHundredExtremesFinishedSillySuperiorsMetalsEfficiencyEvidentPropositionsHypothesisElectricalElectrical Energy Book:I, Robot Source: I, Robot