“Really, an historic night last night. You may have heard, Barack Obama will be the first black president of the United States of America. ... Obama is also the first Democrat to receive more than 50 percent of the vote since Jimmy Carter, the first senator to be elected since Jack Kennedy, the first Muslim to be ... I said too much.” FirstsMaySaidStatesLastsAmericaNightBlackPresidentUnitedUnited StatesToo MuchHeardPercentVoteDemocratBarackSenatorsUnited States Of AmericaHistoricLast NightJimmyCarterJack Kennedy Author:Jon Stewart
“I am so 100 percent Swedish... Someone has said a Swede is like a bottle of ketchup - nothing and nothing and then all at once - splat. I think I'm a little like that.” ThinkingLittlesSaidPercentPatriotismBottlesSwedishKetchup Book:Ingmar Bergman: Interviews Source: Ingmar Bergman: Interviews
“In our society competitive capitalism has put family life and working life on a collision course.In Canada statistics show that over 70 percent of the burden of caring for children, the aged, the disabled and the sick falls on women most of whom receive no pay for these very essential tasks.Normally speaking, it may be said that the forces of capitalism, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer and thus increase the gap between them.” IfsMayChildrenSaidShowsFallCoursesLeftForcePoorPayRichEssentialsPercentCapitalismTasksSickIncreaseBurdenCaringCanadaOur SocietyStatisticsGapsFamily LifeDisabledCollisionChild CareWorking Life Author:Jawaharlal Nehru
“We cannot rely on mass inspection to improve quality, though there are times when 100 percent inspection is necessary. As Harold S. Dodge said many years ago, 'You cannot inspect quality into a product.' The quality is there or it isn't by the time it's inspected.” YearsSaidQualityProductsMassPercentYears AgoRelyInspectionDodge Author:W. Edwards Deming
“But Hitler didn't strive for the annihilation of the Jews - he stressed that fact in public life and in the newspapers. Hitler merely said at the beginning that Jewish influence was too great, that of all the lawyers in Berlin, eighty percent were Jewish. Hitler thought that a small percentage of the people, the Jews, should not be allowed to control the theater, cinema, radio, et cetera.” PeopleShouldSaidFactsInfluencePercentTheaterStriveRadioJewLawyerNewspapersCinemaEightyPercentagesStressedBerlinPublic LifeAnnihilation Author:Franz von Papen
“According to a new poll, 48 percent of Americans believe that Hillary Clinton is honest and trustworthy. Then Hillary said, 'Actually I just made that poll up.'” BelieveMadeSaidHonestPercentClintonPollsTrustworthy Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Both President Obama and former President George W. Bush were interviewed on 'Face the Nation' over the weekend. President Bush said there's a 50 percent chance his brother Jeb will run for president in 2016. Then he said, 'But there's an 80 percent chance he won't.'” SaidRunningFacesNationsPresidentChanceBrotherPercentFormerPresident ObamaWeekendPresident BushPresident George W Bush Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Today is the midterm elections. The Washington Post is predicting that there's a 98 percent chance of the Republicans taking the Senate and The New York Times says there's a 75 percent chance. And CNN said, 'Wait, that's today?'” SaidTodayWaitingChanceNew YorkRepublicanPercentElectionPostsSenateNew York TimesCnnPredictingMidtermsMidterm Elections Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I said to myself if Christianity is dead, I will sit at its tomb and will weep until it arises again, just as Mary Magdalene sat at the tomb of Jesus and wept until Jesus showed Himself. Then when I came out of prison I saw Christianity is not dead. The number of practicing Christians in Rumania according to the figures given by the Communists themselves in 20 years of Communist dictatorship has grown 300 percent.” IfsYearsSaidChristianJesusGivenNumbersChristianitySawsFiguresPercentPrisonAriseSatCommunistMaryDictatorshipWeepingTombsMary Magdalene Author:Richard Wurmbrand
“According to the latest poll in the Washington Post, 63 percent of Americans said that so far they approve of President Bush. Not surprisingly, the other 37 percent are English teachers.” SaidPresidentTeacherPercentPostsPollsPresident BushEnglish Teacher Author:Conan O'Brien