“Anybody who has ever been in business, anybody who has ever paid bills, anybody who has ever lived in a serious adult life knows that indebtedness is a killer.” KnowsSeriousAdultsPaidBillsKillersIndebtedness Author:Frank Lautenberg
“Now these fellows in Washington wouldn't be so serious and particular if they only had to vote on what they thought was good for the majority of the people in the U.S. That would be a cinch. But what makes it hard for them is every time a bill comes up they have things to decide that have nothing to do with the merit of the bill. The principal thing is of course: What will this do for me personally back home?” PeopleIfsHardHomeWould BeCoursesPoliticsParticularSeriousVoteFellowsBillsMajorityCome UpMeritPrincipalBack Home Author:Will Rogers
“It may be that the requirement of a preliminary approval by the Grand Jury, of all accusations of a serious nature, justified the boast that a man was presumed to be innocent until he was 'found' guilty; but that presumption certainly ceased to have practical application, so soon as the Grand Jury had returned a 'true bill'.” MenMayFoundSeriousBillsPracticalsInnocentGuiltyApplicationApprovalRequirementsJustifiedBoastJuryAccusationPresumptionGrand Jury Book:A Short History of English Law: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Year 1919 Source: A Short History of English Law: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Year 1919
“I am willing to work with anybody who wants to have a serious conversation about our fiscal future. We're not going to do this under the threat of blowing up the entire economy. I will not negotiate over Congress' responsibility to pay the bills that have already been racked up. I don't know how I can be more clear about this.” KnowsWantI CanPayResponsibilityKnow HowEconomyClearWillingSeriousConversationBillsThreatCongressBlowing Up Author:Barack Obama
“Jobs would have ever have asserted that Bill Gates was not serious about technology. He was a huge pioneer in that world, albeit doing something quite different in approach from what Steve did. He was dismissive of Gates' foundation work as something he did to make himself feel better.” WorldFeelsDifferentJobsTechnologySeriousHugeApproachFoundationBillsGatesFeel BetterPioneers Author:Alex Gibney
“Also, to get to work with serious filmmakers on this kind of a movie, has elevated these movies. We were so lucky, as actors, that the crew of directors that we've gotten to work with are totally really super high-end filmmakers. But, Bill Condon had a vision and it was so specific. He's really passionate. I think he's taken the story to another level.” ThinkingKindEndsStoriesActorsLevelsVisionTakenSeriousLuckyDirectorsBillsPassionateFilmmakerCrewSo Lucky Author:Elizabeth Reaser
“That term was used with hyperbole about the parts of the health care bill where doctors are mandated, if people are on Medicare and of a certain age or in serious physical condition, to counsel them on their end-of-life alternatives. I don't believe that was a death panel.” PeopleIfsBelieveEndsCareAgeUsedCertainTermConditionsSeriousDoctorsBillsDon't BelieveAlternativesHealth CareMedicareEnd Of LifeHyperbole Author:Nat Hentoff
“Team America must have been the biggest pain in the ass. And if we want to talk well-organized, they got Bill Pope, who is the DP on The Matrix, because he was just like, "I want to do something less serious."” IfsWantWellsHas BeensPainAmericaTeamSeriousBillsAssOrganizedPopeTeam America Author:Neal Brennan