“One survey that I saw that was published I think in Variety or Electronic Media within the last three weeks says that now the average hour of radio in the United States has 18 minutes of commercials.” ThinkingStatesLastsThreeHoursUnitedUnited StatesSawsWeekMinutesMediaAverageRadioVarietySurveysElectronic Media Author:Robert Waterman McChesney
“As a rule, from what I've observed, the American Captain of Industry doesn't do anything out of business hours. When he has put the cat out and locked up the office for the night, he just relapses into a state of coma from which he emerges only to start being a Captain of Industry again.” StatesNightHoursIndustryOfficeCapitalismCatLockedCaptainsTry AgainLocked UpComaRelapseCaptains Of Industry Book:Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories Source: Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories
“To stop thought it's necessary to put your life into a state of balance. Otherwise you can sit and meditate for hours and all kinds of conscious and unconscious thoughts will flow through you.” KindStatesHoursBalanceConsciousFlowAll KindsUnconsciousConscious And UnconsciousUnconscious Thoughts Author:Frederick Lenz
“We are complex, and therefore, in our natural state, inconsistent, beings, and the opinion of this hour need not be the opinion of the next.” NeedsStatesNextHoursNaturalOpinionComplexesInconsistent Book:The Nemesis of Faith Source: The Nemesis of Faith
“The thought sometimes - the unpleasant thought sometimes creeps up on me here as to whether perhaps Khrushchev was not invited here to enable you to sort of rub him in your sauce and to show the might and the strength of the United States so as to make him sort of... so as to make him shaky at the knees. If that is so, then if I came - if it took me about 12 hours to get here, I guess it'll just - it'll take no more than about 10½ hours to fly back.” IfsSometimesStatesShowsMightHoursUnitedUnited StatesKneesInvitedCreepsSauce Author:Nikita Khrushchev
“The general tendency towards an eight-hour working day has undoubtedly been healthful, and it is wise for the State to set a good example as an employer of labor, both as to the number of hours of labor exacted and as to paying a just and reasonable wage.” StatesHoursNumbersWiseExampleLaborEightTendenciesReasonableEmployersGood Examples Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“Take me to the driest county in the most conservative state, and in two hours this determined hedonist will find you all the drugs, whores, and booze you'll need to pass an eventful weekend.” NeedsTwoStatesHoursDrugConservativeDeterminedTake MeWeekendCountyBoozeHedonist Book:Skipping Towards Gomorrah Source: Skipping Towards Gomorrah