“America pays its bills. It always has. It always will. The fact that Washington is now debating whether to honor its debts and obligations, then, should come as a surprise. But playing political football with a necessary vote to raise the nation's debt ceiling has become as predictable as a Twitter rant from Charlie Sheen.” ShouldFactsAmericaPoliticalNationsPayFootballHonorVoteRaisesBillsSurpriseDebtObligationCharlieCeilingsPredictableRantDebt Ceiling Author:Peter Welch
“Cumulative errors depend largely on the big surprises, the big opportunities. Not only do economic, financial, and political predictors miss them, but they are quite ashamed to say anything outlandish to their clients and yet events, it turns out, are almost always outlandish.” BigsPoliticalTurnsOpportunityEconomicMissingEventsDependsErrorsSurpriseFinancialAshamedClientsSay AnythingCumulativeOutlandishBig Surprises Book:The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility Source: The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility
“I concentrate on character, theme, language, structure, voice. It actually surprises me that no matter what I write, people declare it "intently political." I'm just writing about the world I know, as it is. Wounds and griefs included.” PeopleKnowsWorldWritingMatterCharacterPoliticalLanguageVoiceGriefNo Matter WhatStructureSurpriseWoundsThemeSurprise Me Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.” IfsMayHandsPoliticalPoliticsCryArmsBattleEarsSurpriseWelcomeReach OutUmpiresReceptiveBattle Cry Author:Che Guevara
“People show surprise that I have interests outside my political career. There is subtle surprise, for example, that I would be interested in a recipe.” PeopleShowsWould BePoliticalInterestCareersExampleSurpriseSubtleRecipes Author:Lucille Roybal-Allard