“We preach free enterprise capitalism. We believe in it, we give our lives in war for it, but the closest most of us come to profiting from it are a few miserable shares of stock in a company that doesn't pay large enough dividends to keep a small mouse in cheese. The truth is, most of us are job serfs. At a time when invested capital returns 20 to 30 percent, we have no capital. We only have our wages and salaries, and a debt so high that something like 20c on every dollar we earn is spent to pay off what we owe.” GivingBelieveWarEnoughWisdomJobsPoliticsPayCompanyEconomyOur LivesShareReturnTruth IsPercentCapitalismDollarsDebtMiserableLiberalismEnterpriseClosestCheeseMiceWagesSalaryDividendsFree EnterpriseSerfs Book:Left at the post Source: Left at the post
“What we want is for people to know that you can get affordable health care and most young Americans, they're not covered and the truth is they can get coverage all for what it costs to pay your cell phone bill.” PeopleKnowsWantCareYoungPayTruth IsCostBillsPhonesCellsHealth CareCoveredCell PhoneAffordableCoverageAffordable Health Care Author:Barack Obama
“The truth is that everyone pays attention to who's number one at the box office. And none of it matters, because the only thing that really exists is the connection the audience has with a movie.” MatterActorsNumbersPayAttentionAudienceTruth IsOfficeConnectionsBoxesPay AttentionMovieBox Office Author:Tom Hanks
“The truth is that the more you get paid, the less freedom you have. They never pay you for nothing.” PayTruth IsPaid Author:Ethan Hawke
“I am more than willing to be judged by the people you claim to represent. I will let them decide what price I should pay. But please do not sit up there with that smug look on your face and expect me to regret the decisions I have made. Because, sir, the truth is I don't.” PeopleShouldLooksMadeFacesDecisionPayWillingRegretPleaseTruth IsClaimsYour FaceJudged Author:Jack Bauer
“I start at square one with every role. If I let myself feel pressure, it would crush me. The truth is that everyone pays attention to who's number one at the box office. And none of it matters, because the only thing that really exists is the connection the audience has with a movie. Sometimes that's a palpable thing, but other times it's not. No actor has control of that. All you can control is your own passion for doing the work in the first place.” IfsFeelsFirstsSometimesMatterPassionActorsNumbersPayAttentionRolesAudienceTruth IsOfficeConnectionsPressureBoxesPay AttentionCrushSquaresBox Office Author:Tom Hanks
“While we pay lip service to the virtues of reading, the truth is that there is still in our culture something that suspects those who read too much, whatever reading too much means, of being lazy, aimless dreamers, people who need to grow up and come outside to where real life is, who think themselves superior in their separateness.” PeopleThinkingNeedsMeanStillsRealLife IsCultureReadingGrowsPayGrowing UpVirtueToo MuchTruth IsLipsReal LifeSuperiorsLazySuspectsDreamerSeparatenessLip ServiceBeing Lazy Book:How Reading Changed My Life Source: How Reading Changed My Life
“You want to protect your child from pain, and what you get instead is life, and grace; and though theologians insist that grace is freely given, the truth is that sometimes you pay for it through the nose. And you can't pay your child's way.” WayWantChildrenSometimesPainGivenPayGraceTruth IsProtectNosesYour ChildrenTheologian Author:Anne Lamott