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billions businesses pay state taxes
There are businesses in our state that make billions and pay no taxes at all. Bob Gammage
billions broke digital mid millions orders pages society spread web
When it broke out in the mid 1990s, the web was society's first at-scale digital artifact. It spread in orders of ten, first thousands, then millions, then hundreds of millions of pages - and on it went, to the billions it now encompasses. John Battelle
billions country dollars spending
We're spending billions of dollars on a country that doesn't want us there. Sandra Taylor
billions china developing dollars lose unless
Unless something is done about China in the Doha round, the developing world will lose tens of billions of dollars in exports.
billions inside joined minute particles womb
The minute those two little particles inside a woman's womb have joined together, billions of decisions have been made. A thing like that has to come from entropy. Rex Stout
billions capital dollars former investors mitt pension private trust
Pension funds, endowments, and private investors trust Mitt Romney's former company Bain Capital enough to hand it billions of dollars in assets.
billions books books-and-reading cooked direct dollars employees enron executives investors lay lost millions thousands top victimized
Let's be direct here. These books were cooked by Lay and the other top executives who put hundreds of millions of dollars in their pockets, while the employees of Enron were victimized and hundreds of thousands of other investors lost billions of dollars.
billions dollars enterprise magnitude orders stop time worth
Enterprise Systems, I mean. And not just a little bit, either. Orders of magnitude wrong. Billions and billions of dollars worth of wrong. Hang-our-heads-in-shame wrong. It's time to stop the madness. Tim Bray
billions except familiar happening
We can no better imagine what will be happening on the moon 500 years from now than Columbus could imagine contemporary Manhattan. Except to say that it will be a place familiar to billions of people. Seth Shostak
carbon-cycle water upset
Just as human activity is upsetting Earth's carbon cycle, our actions are altering the water cycle. David Suzuki
carbon-emissions black lines
The black line is carbon emissions to date. The red line is the status quo - a projection of where emissions will go if no new substantial policy is passed to restrain greenhouse gas emissions. David Roberts
carbon-footprint goal planets
My goal is to leave this planet with the biggest carbon footprint I can possibly leave. Denis Leary
carbon hoping
We're hoping that the carbon monoxide was just a byproduct of the explosion.
carbon copy creeping last thinking time toward
We're not approaching it to make a carbon copy of what we did last time but we've tended to come back to the way we were thinking then. More to the point, I'm creeping up toward being old enough for it now. John Hurt
carbon circling general irrelevant life man mere pinpoint planet seems special star
Man - life in general - seems irrelevant to the workings of the universe: a mere smudge of water, grease, and carbon on a pinpoint planet circling a star of no special consequence. Leonard Susskind
carbon foot less people public
If you had a carbon tax, you'd have less cars and more bicycles, more people getting around on foot and by public transport. Richard Rogers
carbon-footprint trying green
I'm trying to be as green as I can. As an airline pilot, I have a carbon footprint that's a size 10, so it's pretty hard. Bruce Dickinson
carbon harder bits
Carbon is probably a bit harder to wrap since it's procedural. Bill Hayden
change begets
Change begets change. Charles Dickens
change integrity roots
He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place. Charles Caleb Colton
change begets
Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast.
change men rocks
Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast. If a man habituated to a narrow circle of cares and pleasures, out of which he seldom travels, step beyond it, though for never so brief a space, his departure from the monotonous scene on which he has been an actor of importance would seem to be the signal for instant confusion. The mine which Time has slowly dug beneath familiar objects is sprung in an instant; and what was rock before, becomes but sand and dust.
change country littles
If we strike a line to the N.W. from Sydney to Wellington Valley, we shall find that little change takes place in the geological features of the country. Charles Sturt
change age wells
It is not well to make great changes in old age. Charles Spurgeon
change becoming becoming-new
Everything is perpetually becoming new. Alan Watts
change way world
When you get free from certain fixed concepts of the way the world is, you find it is far more subtle, and far more miraculous, than you thought it was.
change vices computer
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa. Alan Perlis
climate cost benefits
Doing all we can to combat climate change comes with numerous benefits, from reducing pollution and associated health care costs to strengthening and diversifying the economy by shifting to renewable energy, among other measures.
climate enough combat
You can't just do one of the things, because it won't be enough to combat the climate change that we're already starting to experience. It will only get worse. Ed Begley, Jr.
climate action debate
Climate change: I say the debate is over. We know the science, we see the threat and we know that the time for action is now Arnold Schwarzenegger
climate world want
I hope climate science becomes the big thing. And then what I want is electrical engineers to solve the world's energy problems, energy distribution problems. I want mechanical engineers to make better transportation systems. I want chemical engineers to develop better solar panels, and so on. Bill Nye
climate aids accomplished
It is even possible that desirable redistribution is more likely to occur through climate change policy than otherwise, or to be accomplished more effectively through climate policy than through direct foreign aid. Cass Sunstein
climate aspect existence
Human-caused climate change threatens almost every aspect of human existence. Alan Lowenthal
climate drive nation
We're going to drive the nation into doing what it has to do about climate change. Times have changed, and we have to get the hint. Gina McCarthy
climate doe may
What no one shows the ability to defend is quickly abandoned. Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish. Austin Farrer
climate economics climate-change
Climate change: Don't undermine the science just because you don't like the economics Brian Cox
cost knows programmers
LISP programmers know the value of everything and the cost of nothing.
cost followers may
The true follower of Christ will not ask, "If I embrace this truth, what will it cost me?" Rather he will say, "This is truth. God help me to walk in it, let come what may!" Aiden Wilson Tozer
cost-of-living people political
We're telling small-business owners that not only are we going to raise their costs by a buck and a quarter, but we're also going to raise it with these cost-of-living adjustments. Here's what's going to happen: They're going to have to lay people off. Chris Christie
cost depressed employees environment historical led news painful positive progress revenue tougher
The positive news is we're making progress on the cost front, led by painful concessions by our employees and suppliers, ... The tougher news is while the revenue environment has improved, it's still depressed by historical standards.
costs decides
The person who decides is dictating why the costs are what they are.
cost proud work worth
We are proud of it. We put a lot of work into it. It did cost a little more, but it was worth it.
cost early establish looking quantify quick savings though
We are looking to establish quick gains, though it is too early to quantify what the cost savings will be.
cost effort energy felt few games good last level looked second spent talking time tonight weeks year
We spent the last few weeks talking about how good the team's effort was and tonight was the first time that we didn't play with the effort that I felt we should have. We did some of the same things that have cost us games this year but it just looked like the energy level disappeared in the second half.
cost lower medium ultimate
The Internet is the ultimate vanity-publishing medium, and therefore, the ultimate place for those of us who like to watch. The Internet can reach an audience at lower cost than any medium before it. Nathan Myhrvold
energy film glances
On film you put all your energies into a single glance. Alan Rickman
energy capacity plans
My plans have always exceeded my capacities and energies C. Wright Mills
energy favorite leadership looking market odds sector sleeping
We are looking for the energy sector to be the odds on favorite for market leadership that could reawaken the sleeping IPO giant.
energy extending game happy lead locker room stressed
We stressed in the locker room before the game that we wanted to come out with energy and intensity, and we didn't do that right at the start. But I was happy with us extending our lead and making that run.
energy lack maybe quick rest spots watch
When you watch film, you see we're maybe not getting to spots quick enough. Or there are some things where we lack the energy that I know when we get rest that we have. So we'll see. Flip Saunders
energy gives might novel people resolve running sentence series wants
A series of small but real accomplishments gives people the energy and confidence to continue. For instance, a person who wants to write a novel might resolve to write one sentence each day. Or a person who wants to start running might resolve to run for one minute. Gretchen Rubin
energy done county
If I had the energy, I would have done it all over the county. Edward Hopper
energy plant feels
For my own health, I thought it was better to eat a plant based diet. I'm going to be 60 soon and I have boundless energy and I feel really good, so I'm all for it.
energy feminine grew
I grew up around a lot of feminine energy. David Walton
fuels fusion grail holy nuclear
My holy grail is fusion energy. Nuclear fusion has little to no radioactive waste. It's clean. It's very abundant. The fuels are everywhere. There are problems with fusion. Taylor Wilson
fuels interest tv wanting work
My interest in community is what fuels my work as a writer, more than just wanting to write or just wanting to have a TV show. Jill Soloway
fuels level opportunity renewable
We have a real opportunity on renewable fuels to take this to a whole new level in Iowa.
fuels normally offensive shots silly
Just making shots slows (Michigan State) down a little bit. And then we had some silly turnovers that we don't normally have. That just better fuels their offensive aggression.
fuels investing says
If it's down a lot (people are investing in it). Everyone says this can't be sustained, but that's what fuels the markets.
fuels informs watch work
I watch the news. It fuels my rage; it informs my work. Lydia Lunch
fuels good luck time
Any time something like that happens, it just fuels our fire. Good luck other team. Chauncey Billups
fuels growth secular sets
This all fuels growth on SETS ... it's a secular story.
government people should
People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people. Alan Moore
government giving enemy
In the time of Mrs Thatcher the church, to give it its due, spoke out and was an enemy of the Conservative government. Alan Green
government favors corruption
In general, corruption tends to exist whenever governments have favors to extend, or something to sell. Alan Greenspan
government purpose regulators
The guiding purpose of the government regulator is to prevent rather than to create something.
government support political
Stripped of its academic jargon, the welfare state is nothing more than a mechanism by which governments confiscate the wealth of the productive members of a society to support a wide variety of welfare schemes. A substantial part of the confiscation is effected by taxation. But the welfare statists were quick to recognize that if they wished to retain political power, the amount of taxation had to be limited and they had to resort to programs of massive deficit spending, i.e., they had to borrow money,by issuing government bonds, to finance welfare expenditures on a large scale.
government self credit
We are in the midst of a once-in-a-century credit tsunami. Central banks and governments are being required to take unprecedented measures. Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders' equity are in a state of shocked disbelief.
government giving needs
We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution. Al Sharpton
government america united-states
If we have any problems, it's always with the government of the United States. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
government opportunity work
We want the opportunity to work with the government on this.
halt life regain
she would like to see this come to a halt so her life can regain its normalcy.
halt israelis lasting process towards viable violence work
The only way to halt an escalation of violence is for Israelis and Palestinians to work towards a viable negotiating process aimed at a just, lasting and comprehensive settlement, Kofi Annan
halt ongoing projects
There are ongoing projects - we're not going to halt them.
halt information time
If we come up with information that this is not the right time, there is time to halt the process. Tim Smith
halt
Co-opting the conservative line on anti-poverty programs did nothing to halt conservative attacks on anti-poverty programs.
halt opportunity save trees
They're going to temporarily put a halt to removing those trees so we can have an opportunity to look at it and see if we can save the trees and the hawks, Janice Hahn
halt said
Halt Halt," said Gilan stepping out into the open. John Flanagan
halt less named needs order people society spread turns
The idea of some people being less than people is poison to any society and needs to be named as such in order to halt its spread before it turns the soul of a society septic. Richard Flanagan
halt
They aimless halt, who halt for others. Swami Vivekananda
happens things-happen
Everything happens for me, not to me. Byron Katie
happens ferry i-can
I can never predict what's going to happen. Bryan Ferry
happens
That’s what happens to friends, eventually. They leave you. It’s practically what they’re for. Catherynne M. Valente
happening obsessed starts
Where story comes from, I don't know. I know that I become obsessed with something. An idea, an image, a person, the way a person talks. And then something starts happening that I can't explain, and it has a lot to do with language. Dorothy Allison
happen youths
When youths take to the street, you don't know what can happen ....
happened known supposed until
I've known for years that you're supposed to be present. I know that thinking about what's happened or thinking about what I want is not going to get me anywhere, but until I quit doing it I'm not present. Mariel Hemingway
happened last moderate shows steady
When you take a look at what's happened in the last month, you see the same kind of pace?right on down the line. It shows a nice, steady moderate pace, which is what you want.
happened happens paper
It doesn't matter what odds are on paper or what's happened before. It matters what happens that moment. Holly Holm
happened justify last sit three
We're not going to sit here and try to justify what happened two or three years ago and what happened last year, Jon Gruden
huge portions seeing systems
We started seeing huge vulnerabilities. And portions of those systems were extraordinarily secure. But they were Maginot Lines.
huge three win
We still need to win three games. I feel like if we win those three games, there's going to be a huge celebration.
huge opens player space
When you take a player off the ice, even if it is your own team, that opens space and can be a huge advantage, especially when you have a player like Allie. She is just so dynamic... one of those worth-the-price-of-admission kind of players.
huge job realized written
I was a huge rereader, so I've read all the Chronicles of Narnia, at minimum, 13 times each. In reading that series, I realized that someone had written those books, and that was that person's job. And I thought, 'That is the job for me. That is the job I'm going to have when I grow up.'
hugely land sale weighs whether
Whether or not a land is for sale weighs in hugely for criteria. Paul Campbell
huge next weeks
We're so young in so many areas. These next two weeks will be huge for our development. Pete Carroll
huge
There's a huge latent market for software development that's just flat-out honest. Kent Beck
huge limited
With the limited monies we've got, we know it's going to show the need for a huge appropriation by the state.
huge musical people
I'm not a huge musical fan. It's like when people just jump out singing; it's not real. Keke Palmer
majority please
You can't please everybody all the time, but you can please a majority. Chick Hearn
major musical players
When the Domaine Musical started up, I wasn't part of it. They were the major players in contemporary music at that time, braodcasting old and new composers' work. And I wasn't one of them. Luc Ferrari
majority purpose shoulders
With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose. Bertolt Brecht
major plans
We have no plans for any major shakeup at this point,
major whether
We were at a crossroads, whether we were going to have to doze it in or do some major repairs.
major
The Cosby years were a major part of my life, but it is the past; I don't really concentrate on it. Lisa Bonet
majority notebooks robert time
Was there ever a time when the majority was right? Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Robert A Robert A. Heinlein
major resource
With the major resource stocks, the fundamentals still look very attractive.
majority played round train year
Yeah, I played the majority of the year, but that's just like training. You train all year round anyway, so it's the same thing.
ready scout shares stand support
We stand ready to support any organization that shares Scout values.
ready road run
I want to be an actor, and I am being an actor. I'm not ready to run off on a road trip. Yet. Liane Balaban
ready tough
We have to get ready now for Plainfield South. They are another scrappy, tough team. We'll have to be ready.
ready reasons
We have so many reasons to be here tonight. I'm also ready to do some shopping!
ready-to-die not-ready ifs
If you're not ready to die, then how can you live? Charles de Lint
ready
I was embarrased, horrified and absolutely ready to jump him! Charlaine Harris
ready worry
Tomorrow? We have to go there and do it, ... Don't worry, I'll be ready for tomorrow. Mariano Rivera
ready respond sitting
We're sitting there on go, ready to respond if we have to.
ready sitting ticking time town
We're sitting on a ticking time bomb. This town is ready to ignite.
slap
I don't think I'll have to kill her. Just slap that pretty face into hamburger meat, that's all. Sterling Hayden
slap
I was going to slap the (expletive) out of him. Kwame Brown
slap
You don't give the perpetrators a slap on the wrist. Jack Levin
slap start took
We kind of took it as a slap in the face, so we said we're going to start doing something about it.
slap
I do think they have to have more than a slap on the wrist.
slapping wait
I'll be like slapping all over and I can't wait to get back into the house.
slapping start wants
If Mr. Harper wants to play sheriff, he can start by slapping handcuffs on himself, Paul Martin
taxes cents
I don't like paying 50 per cent of tax. Alan Sugar
taxes
In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.
taxes raises uncertainty
You dont raise taxes in times of such uncertainty. Jason Chaffetz
taxes
We can't live without taxes, but we sure would like to have good ones. Charles Adams
taxes knows
You're not getting this back you know. Consider it an asshole tax. Chuck Palahniuk
taxes goods household
Houseless: Having paid all taxes on household goods. Ambrose Bierce
taxes wealthy great-things
If you really look, it's not a tax - it's really not a great thing for the wealthy. It's a great thing for the middle class. It's a great thing for companies to expand. Donald Trump
taxes
As far as my tax returns, you don't learn that much from tax returns.
taxes wealthy mess
Trickle-down did not work. It got us into the mess we were in, in 2008 and 2009. Slashing taxes on the wealthy hasn't worked.
time son boys
A boy's story is the best that is ever told.
time fool calendars
Tomorrow! It is a period nowhere to be found in all the registers of time, unless, perchance, in the fool's calendar.
time all-things
Time is the measurer of all things, but is itself immeasurable, and the grand discloser of all things, but is itself undisclosed.
time retreat tides
Time ... advances like the slowest tide, but retreats like the swiftest torrent.
time two black
Time,- that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities.
time looks one-thing
To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.
time world overcoming
Time is the most subtle yet the most insatiable of depredators, and by appearing to take nothing is permitted to take all; nor can it be satisfied until it has stolen the world from us, and us from the world. It constantly flies, yet overcomes all things by flight; and although it is the present ally, it will be the future conqueror of death.
time journey men
Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.
time opportunity enemy
Time, the cradle of hope.... Wisdom walks before it, opportunity with it, and repentance behind it: he that has made it his friend will have little to fear from his enemies, but he that has made it his enemy will have little to hope from his friends.