“There are certainly delays in this year's agreed program, and we must quickly catch up. Let's not kid ourselves, there is still big waste in the public sector, and it must stop.” YearsStillsBigsKidsWasteProgramDelayPublic Sector Author:Antonis Samaras
“The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans' privacy. But when Americans lack the most basic information about our domestic surveillance programs, they have no way of knowing whether we're getting that balance right. This lack of transparency is a big problem.” WayGivingProblemBigsGovernmentAmericaKnowingInformationBalanceSafeProgramWeightTerroristPrivacyTransparencySurveillanceBig Problems Author:Al Franken
“I have no problem with a war for oil-if we accompany it with a real program for energy conservation. But when we tell the world we couldn't care less about climate change, that we feel entitled to drive whatever big cars we feel like, that we feel entitled to consume however much oil we like, the message we send is that a war for oil in the gulf is not a war to protect the world's right to economic survival-but our right to indulge. Now that will be seen as immoral.” IfsWorldFeelsWarRealProblemBigsCareEnergyEconomicCarProtectMessagesSurvivalProgramClimateClimate ChangeOilAlternativesEntitledConservationImmoralNo ProblemIndulgeAccompanyEnergy ConservationBig Cars Author:Thomas Friedman
“About the book of Job: If it were today, God might be asking "How does DNA carry traits? How are instincts passed on in animals? How does consciousness arise in the human body and brain, and what is consciousness? What is dark matter? How did the big bang happen? Why does the speed of light appear to be absolute? Is cold fusion possible? How do you program a TV remote control?” IfsHumansDoeBookMatterBodyBigsLightMightHappensTodayJobsFunDarkAnimalBrainConsciousnessTvsColdProgramAbsolutesAskingInstinctSpeedAriseTraitsDnaHuman BodyBangsFusionSpeed Of LightDark MatterRemote ControlJust For Fun Author:Brian D. McLaren
“I do think that there is a big difference between family farms and agri-business, and one of the distressing things that I think has occurred is with consolidation of farm lands. You've seen large agri-businesses benefit from enormous profits from existing farm programs, and I think we should be focusing most of those programs on those family farmers.” ThinkingShouldBigsDifferencesLandBenefitsProgramProfitEnormousFarmsFarmersAgricultureDistressingConsolidationFamily Farms Author:Barack Obama
“Maybe the purpose of the space program [NASA] is to prepare the world for Big Brother - the New World Order.” WorldBigsPurposeOrderSpaceBrotherProgramNew WorldNew World OrderWorld OrderNasaSpace Program Author:Kent Hovind
“A box of crayons and a big sheet of paper provides a more expressive medium for kids than computerized paint programs.” BigsKidsPaperProgramPaintBoxesMediumsSheetsExpressiveCrayon Author:Clifford Stoll
“I think it's important to recognize that you can't have 100 per cent security and also then have 100 per cent privacy and zero inconvenience.... In the abstract you can complain about Big Brother and how this is a potential program run amok, but when you actually look at the details then I think we've struck the right balance.” ThinkingLooksImportantBigsRunningSecurityBrotherBalanceProgramDetailsComplainingAbstractPrivacyZeroCentsNsaInconvenience Author:Barack Obama
“Im a big fan of martial arts films, novels and radio programs.” ArtBigsFilmNovelFansProgramRadioMartial ArtsArt Films Author:Wong Kar-wai
“The next time you stand in front of a mirror and want to scream, try to remember that God made that face. That smile. Those big eyes...and chubby cheeks. You are His creation, called to reflect Him. Spiritual transformation doesn’t come from a diet program, a bottle, a makeover, or mask. It comes from an intimate relationship with the Savior. He...appreciates us for who we really are. So we can too.” WantTryingMadeBigsEyeRememberFacesSpiritualNextFrontsCreationProgramAppreciateTransformationMirrorsDietsIntimateMaskBottlesSaviorScreamCheeksNext TimeInner BeautyIntimacy With GodTrue BeautySpiritual TransformationIntimate RelationshipsYour BeautifulMakeoversBig EyesChubby Cheeks Author:Luci Swindoll
“I mean I was very shy but I was also very extroverted because I was doing plays. I'd been doing plays since I was a little kid. But, I did feel like an outsider because I went to like a 'college-prep' kind of high school that had a really big football team and was known for its program so I was like this weird boy that did plays.” FeelsKindMeanLittlesPlayBigsKidsSchoolKnownBoysTeamFootballCollegeHigh SchoolProgramShyOutsidersLittle KidFootball TeamPreps Author:John C. Reilly
“The year I was born, 1955, the first big disease-eradication program in the world was declared for malaria. After about a decade of work, they realized that, at least in the tropical areas, they did not have the tools to get it done.” WorldYearsFirstsDoneBigsBornDiseaseAreasProgramToolsDecadesGet It DoneTropicalMalaria Author:Bill Gates
“At 40 years of age, I thought I knew everything. I got a reality check with this class. Kenny (Winston) has become like a big brother to me. We've learned to agree to disagree. I hope and pray that this program continues and we all keep in touch. I'm a st” YearsBigsRealityAgeClassBrotherPrayingProgramAgreeChecksDisagreeKennyAgree To DisagreeHope And Pray Author:Robert Hughes
“Bob Geldof feels the big picture all the time, even in the smallest argument when someone's saying, 'Well, no, you've got to have three staples in the program, not just two,' Bob feels people dying somewhere.” PeopleFeelsWellsTwoBigsThreeCompassionDyingProgramArgumentBobSmallestBig PictureStaplesPeople Dying Author:Richard Curtis
“We've already seen shifts happening in some of the big companies - Google, Apple - that now understand how vulnerable their customer data is, and that if it's vulnerable, then their business is, too, and so you see a beefing up of encryption technologies. At the same time, no programs have been dismantled at the governmental level, despite international pressure.” IfsHas BeensBigsLevelsCompanyTechnologyHappeningsProgramPressureInternationalCustomersDespiteVulnerableDataApplesGoogleBig CompaniesEncryption Author:Laura Poitras
“Americans must either choose big government and be willing to pay for and submit to it, or they must move toward smaller, less intrusive government and be willing to enjoy fewer government programs.” BigsGovernmentMovingEnjoyPayWillingProgramFewerSubmitBig GovernmentGovernment Programs Author:Oliver DeMille
“What's really going on here is, this is a media shift. It's comparable to what happened in the 1950s and the birth of electronic mass media back then.This is the birth of a new kind of personal media, where, instead of we're all watching one program, we're all watching each other. And the history of media makes it really clear. Whenever we have a big innovation, the first wave of stuff we do is pretty crummy. The printing press gave us pornography, cheap thrillers, and how-to books. Television gave us Newt Minow's vast wasteland.” FirstsKindBookBigsStuffClearHappenedMediaTelevisionBirthMassProgramInnovationPressesWavePornographyPrintingThrillersMass MediaPrinting PressNewtsWasteland Author:Esther Dyson
“Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - two bloated and corrupt government-sponsored programs - contributed heavily to the crisis.In order to prevent another crisis, we need to do what we should have done years ago - reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. We also need to repeal Dodd-Frank, the Democrats' failed solution. Under Dodd-Frank, 10 banks too big to fail have become five banks too big to fail. Thousands of community banks have gone out of business.” NeedsShouldYearsTwoDoneBigsGovernmentOrderCommunityGoneFiveFailingSolutionsYears AgoProgramShould HaveCrisisDemocratReformFrankMacsMaeCorrupt GovernmentDodd Frank Author:Carly Fiorina
“Middle-class kids get to play, develop their thinking ability. Poor kids are much more likely to get regimentation under the guise of socialization. On top of it, we have huge segregation in early childhood programs. I don't see these patterns changing anytime soon, and that's a big obstacle.” ThinkingPlayBigsKidsAbilityPoorClassChildhoodMiddleHugeProgramPatternsObstaclesMiddle ClassSegregationGuiseEarly ChildhoodSocializationRegimentation Author:Pedro Noguera
“Americans coming home, an Iran that has rolled back its nuclear program and accepted unprecedented monitoring of the program -these things are a reminder of what we can achieve when we lead with strength and with wisdom, with courage and resolve and patience. America can do and has done big things when we work together.” DoneHomeBigsTogetherAmericaCan DoAchieveProgramNuclearAcceptedWorking TogetherIranResolveComing HomeBig ThingsRemindersUnprecedentedMonitoring Author:Barack Obama
“Government's running the student loan program; what in the world could be wrong with it? If the government's running it, if Obama's taken it over, and he's got a lot of compassion, a big heart, loves people, what could possibly be wrong with it? And then the subject of tuition came up, and how come tuition never gets cut? Why does tuition always go up? Guarantee, folks, when you subsidize something, if you run a university and the government's gonna subsidize parts of your operation, why in the world should you cut anything?” PeopleIfsWorldShouldHeartDoeBigsGovernmentRunningCompassionTakenCuttingSubjectsStudentsProgramUniversityFolksOperationsGuaranteesLoanHeart LoveTuitionStudent LoanBig Heart Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Terror became a big issue when the Reagan Administration came in. They immediately announced [their plans] and kind of disparaged Carter's alleged human rights programs. The main issue is state-directed international terrorism. Right at that time that big industry developed. That's when you start getting the academic departments on terrorism.” HumansKindStatesBigsIssuesRightsPlansIndustryProgramInternationalHuman RightsTerrorTerrorismAdministrationDepartmentAcademicCarterInternational Terrorism Author:Noam Chomsky
“At home, the radio was a big source and the classic radio programs we would listen to like Amos and Andy and whatever other ones there were.” HomeBigsSourceProgramRadioClassic Author:Paul Smith
“Having gone through the [Marvel] writer program, I knew Black Panther was in the pipeline and I knew they were big fans of my writing. But I had to compete with the other writers who were put up for it - no one hands out jobs.” WritingHandsBigsJobsBlackGoneFansProgramPipelinePanthersBlack Panther Author:Joe Robert Cole
“There are a few things [Donald Trump] has been pretty clear he'll do. A big infrastructure program that he'll get bipartisan support for.” Has BeensBigsSupportClearTrumpProgramInfrastructureBipartisan Author:William Kristol
“I think liberals should accept that if we want big programs that significantly reduce inequality - and we should - it's going to require higher taxes on everyone. The rich can certainly do more, especially given their stupendous income increases since the Reagan era, but they can't do it all.” IfsThinkingWantShouldBigsGivenAcceptingRichHigherTaxesProgramIncreaseIncomeInequalityEras Author:Kevin Drum
“I'm not a big believer in slavishly following research. It's one of the things that's wrong with television is that if you throw the whole - the decision-making process to the research department, you're not making any instinctive, visceral judgments about programs, which are show business.” IfsWholeShowsBigsProcessDecisionTelevisionJudgmentResearchProgramFollowingBelieverDepartmentDecision MakingShow BusinessVisceralDecision Making Process Author:Grant Tinker
“[Manhattan School Of Music] didn't' have a jazz undergraduate program at the time so I played a semester in the big band. There was a graduate program. But I wasn't really that involved in jazz yet.” BigsSchoolInvolvedBandProgramJazzGraduatesManhattanUndergraduateSemester Author:Jon Gordon
“Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television, and without any doubt it was a big contributor to my passions for science, engineering, and exploration.” PeopleYearsBigsPassionMillionsDoubtFiveTelevisionProgramInspiredFive YearsExplorationEngineeringMy PassionApolloFive Year OldsContributorsApollo 11 Author:Jeff Bezos
“President Obama has outsourced a major portion of the U.S. space program to the Russians. That's national policy. Taxpayer money. So let's stop playing games with this outsourcing distortion and talk about the fact that when we need is a president that knows how to manage big enterprise and create jobs.” KnowsNeedsFactsBigsJobsGamesPresidentSpaceKnow HowPolicyMajorsProgramManageEnterprisePresident ObamaPortionsTaxpayersDistortionPlaying GamesSpace ProgramOutsourcingOutsourced Author:John Sununu
“wouldn't you like to make sure all those millions you give to Uncle Sam went to schools and hospitals instead of nuclear warheads?' As a matter of fact, he would. Playgrounds for big kids, preschool programs to little ones, and mandatory LASIK surgery for NFL refs.” GivingLittlesMatterFactsBigsKidsSchoolSportsMillionsProgramNuclearNflHospitalsSurgeryUnclesMatter Of FactPlaygroundsPreschoolUncle SamRefsLasik Author:Susan Elizabeth Phillips
“The sea answers all questions, and always in the same way; for when you read in the papers the interminable discussions and the bickering and the prognostications and the turmoil, the disagreements and the fateful decisions and agreements and the plans and the programs and the threats and the counter threats, then you close your eyes and the sea dispatches one more big roller in the unbroken line since the beginning of the world and it combs and breaks and returns foaming and saying: "So soon?" E. B. White "On A Florida Key” WorldWayBigsEyeLinesWhiteDecisionAnswersBreakPlansSeaKeysReturnPaperProgramThreatDiscussionAgreementFloridaPapersDisagreementTurmoilUnbrokenCombsBickeringPrognostication Author:E. B. White
“In the old legends, Arachne had gotten into trouble because of pride. She’d bragged about her tapestries being better than Athena’s, which had led to Mount Olympus’s first reality TV punishment program: 'So You Think You Can Weave Better Than a Goddess?' Arachne had lost in a big way.” ThinkingWayFirstsBigsRealityLostTroubleTvsPrideProgramPunishmentLegendsGoddessReality TvTapestryAthenaOlympus Author:Rick Riordan
“It is in a way a mystery that, instead of demanding that their governments give primary attention to their own needs and aspirations, most of the citizens of big counties-those, that is, that have the status of being "powers" in the world-far from being self-centered or materialistic as they are commonly credited with being, the ordinary citizen and his elected representative all too often turn out to be romantics, ready and eager to sacrifice programs of health, education and welfare for the power and pride of the nation.” WorldWayNeedsGivingSelfBigsGovernmentTurnsNationsAttentionSacrificeMysteryReadyPrideCitizensOrdinaryProgramEducationalPrimariesWelfareAspirationRepresentativesSelf CenteredCountyMaterialisticOrdinary CitizensHealth EducationBeing Self Centered Author:J. William Fulbright
“War is just one more big government program.” WarBigsGovernmentLibertyProgramLibertarianJust OneLibertarianismBig GovernmentGovernment ProgramsGreat Libertarian Author:Joseph Sobran
“Voters who live off taxpayers are the Democrats' ace in the hole. The Democrats created big programs and never let the recipients forget it. This gives them an initial advantage of tens of millions of votes in any presidential election.” GivingBigsForgetLibertyMillionsAdvantageProgramEconomicsVoteElectionDemocratLibertarianHolesPresidentialVotersLibertarianismInitialsForget ItTaxpayersPresidential ElectionAces Author:Joseph Sobran
“Take Hispanic voters. They favor Democrats because they like the party's programs, from health care reform to government spending on education. It's not because the Republicans don't have a big enough Office of Hispanic Outreach.” EnoughBigsGovernmentCarePartyRepublicanOfficeProgramDemocratSpendingFavorsReformHealth CareVotersHispanicGovernment SpendingHealth Care ReformOutreach Author:Gail Collins
“On Capitol Hill, the Republican-controlled House voted mostly along party lines tonight to pass President Bush's federal budget blueprint. This includes his big tax cut plan, partly bankrolled, critics say, through cuts in many federal aid programs for children and education.” ChildrenBigsHousePresidentLinesPartyCuttingPlansRepublicanTaxesProgramCriticsAidsHillsBudgetsTonightControlledPresident BushTax CutsBlueprintsCapitolChildren And EducationCapitol Hill Author:Dan Rather
“Tea Party Republicans, in an effort to kill the farm bill will stereotype and make racial comments about food stamps - which is a big element to the program.” BigsPartyEffortRepublicanElementsProgramBillsTeaCommentFarmsStereotypeStampsTea PartyFood Stamps Author:Eleanor Clift