“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
“If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty.'” IfsKnowsWorldStatesFeelingsFunnyFamilyFiveMinutesLike YouFairsParenthoodFive MinutesRoyaltyAlrightYou Might Be A Redneck IfDysfunctional FamilyCraziestFunny Family Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“The body and mind are continually changing, and are, in fact, only names of series of changeful phenomena, like rivers whose waters are in a constant state of flux, yet presenting the appearance of unbroken streams. Every particle in this body is continually changing; no one has the same body for many minutes together, and yet we think of it as the same body.” ThinkingMindStatesFactsBodyTogetherNamesWaterChangeMinutesRiversConstantSeriesAppearanceStreamsParticlesMind And BodyPresentingUnbrokenFlux Book:Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge Source: Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge
“Seventeen years after the Cold War, how can it be in the Unites States' national security interest for the President of Russia to have only a few minutes to decide whether to fire his nuclear weapons or lose them in response to what could be a false warning?” YearsWarStatesPresidentInterestLosesFireMinutesSecurityPolicyColdWeaponsResponseNuclearRussiaWarningNuclear WeaponsCold WarNational SecuritySeventeenNuclear Bomb Author:Sam Nunn
“The minute we leave south Lebanon we will have to erase the word Hezbollah from our vocabulary, because the whole idea of the State of Israel versus Hezbollah was sheer folly from the outset. It most certainly no longer will be relevant when Israel returns to her internationally recognized northern border.” IdeasStatesWholeMinutesReturnSouthIsraelBordersFollyRelevantSheerVocabularyVersusEraseLebanonHezbollah Author:Amos Oz
“The terrible state of public education has paid huge dividends in ignorance. Huge. We now have a country that can be told blatant lies - easily checkable, blatant lies - and I'm not talking about the covert workings of the CIA. When we have a terrorist attack, on September 11, 2001 with 19 men - 15 of them are Saudis - and five minutes later the whole country thinks they're from Iraq - how can you have faith in the public? This is an easily checkable fact. The whole country is like the O.J. Simpson jurors.” ThinkingMenCountryStatesWholeFactsLyingTalkingFiveMinutesIgnoranceHugeTerriblePaidIraqTerroristHave FaithSeptemberFive MinutesCiaSeptember 11Not TalkingSaudisDividendsPublic EducationTerrorist AttacksCovertSeptember 11 2001JurorsBlatant Lies Author:Fran Lebowitz
“Well, I'm just about at the elevator up to the family quarters. But bear with me for just a minute more as I confirm who I am . It's obvious: I'm the president of the United States of America!” WellsStatesAmericaPresidentUnitedUnited StatesMinutesBearsObviousWho I AmQuartersUnited States Of AmericaElevators Book:This Is Herman Cain!: My Journey to the White House Source: This Is Herman Cain!: My Journey to the White House
“But even now, after the greatest victory known to history we cannot for one minute forget the basic fact that our country remains the one socialist state in the world. You will speak frankly about this to the collective farmers...Only the most concrete, most immediate danger, which threatened us from Hitlerite Germany, has disappeared.” WorldCountryStatesFactsSpeakForgetKnownMinutesDangerVictoryRemainsOur CountryGermanyCollectivesFarmersConcreteSocialistThreatenedOne MinuteGreatest Victory Author:Mikhail Kalinin