“This stuff they are talking here in Congress costs the people of the United States $44 a page. That's beside what it costs to ship it to the asylums where it's read.” PeopleStatesAmericaStuffUnitedTalkingUnited StatesCostPagesCongressShipsAsylums Book:Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties Source: Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties
“Only a dreamer or a fool would pick a stock at random and expect it to take off like a space ship from its launching pad. Certainly this has happened - about as often as a dime-store clerk has become a Hollywood star or a boy born in a log cabin has been elected President of the United States - just often enough, that is, to keep alive the Great American Dream.” Has BeensStatesEnoughDreamStarsPresidentBornSpaceUnitedBoysUnited StatesAliveHappenedFoolPicksHollywoodStoresShipsDreamerAmerican DreamDimesGreat AmericanClerksPadsCabinsLaunchingHollywood StarsLog Cabins Author:Catherine Crook de Camp
“The visual impact of a United States battleship springs from its ability to put Soviet ships on the bottom of the sea and to put devastating firepower ashore - nothing else.” WarStatesPeaceAbilityUnitedUnited StatesSeaSpringImpactBottomShipsVisualsSoviet Author:John Lehman
“When arranging a tour around the United States I had decided to cross on the Titanic. It was rather a novelty to be on the largest ship yet launched. It was no exaggeration to say that it was quite easy to lose one's way on such a ship.” WayStatesEasyLosesUnitedUnited StatesCrossesDecidedShipsNoveltyExaggerationArranging Author:Lawrence Beesley
“Seven million ship cargo containers come into the United States every year. Five to seven percent only are inspected - five to seven percent.” YearsStatesUnitedMillionsUnited StatesFivePercentSevenShipsContainersCargo Author:Irwin Redlener