“A few hundred years ago, perhaps 85 or even 90 percent of humanity lived below a standard of living that today only 40 or 45 percent fail to reach. But at that earlier time only part of this poverty could have been eradicated, and this at substantial cost not only to the pleasures of the affluent, but also to their well-being and to human culture. In our time, nearly all severe poverty could be eradicated at a cost to the affluent that is truly trivial.” YearsHumansWellsHas BeensTodayHumanityCulturePleasurePovertyFailingCostStandardsPercentHundredYears AgoWell BeingOur TimeSevereCould Have BeenStandards Of LivingAffluent Author:Thomas Pogge
“Eighty percent of everything ever built in America has been built in the last 50 years, and most of it is depressing, brutal, ugly, unhealthy, and spiritually degrading.” YearsHas BeensLastsAmericaPercentBuiltUglyBrutalDepressingEightyUnhealthyDegrading Author:James Howard Kunstler
“It is a weird feeling to have people go, 'Hey Chris' like they know me. But, number one, 99 percent of my experiences have been really cool. People couldn't be nicer and more positive.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensFeelingsNumbersPositivePercentHeyKnow MeReally CoolCool PeopleWeird Feeling Author:Christopher Meloni
“According to a new survey, 40 percent of adults in Mexico say they would move to the United States if they got a chance. The number would have been higher, but the other 60 percent already live here.” IfsHas BeensStatesMovingChanceUnitedNumbersUnited StatesHigherPercentAdultsMexicoSurveys Author:Conan O'Brien
“Somewhere between 50 to 60 percent of the food you eat has been touched by immigrant hands, and it is fair to say some of them are not here as they should be here. But if you didn't have these folks, you would be spending a lot more - three, four or five times more - for food, or we would have to import food and have all the food security risks.” IfsShouldHas BeensHandsWould BeThreeFiveFourRiskSecurityPercentFairsFolksSpendingTouchedImmigrantsImportsFood Security Author:Tom Vilsack
“I was much more comfortable and a much better congressman running in a district that was 37 percent black, where I had to have a white constituency to get elected, than I would have been if I was in a 75 percent black district.” IfsHas BeensRunningBlackWhiteComfortablePercentCongressman Author:Andrew Young
“Falling in love has been greatly overrated. Falling in love consists of 45 percent fear of not being accepted, 45 percent manic hope that this time the fear will be put to shame and a modest 10 percent frail awareness of the possibility of love. I don't fall in love any more. Just like I don't get the mumps.” Has BeensFallAwarenessPossibilityPercentShameFalling In LoveAcceptedModestOverratedFrailManicBeing AcceptedDon't Fall In Love Author:Peter Høeg
“In three minutes, 98 percent of all the matter there is or will ever be has been produced. We have a universe” Has BeensMatterUniverseThreeMinutesPercent Book:A Short History of Nearly Everything Source: A Short History of Nearly Everything