Lose the group shot in front of the Eiffel Tower, where it’s impossible to tell you from your friends. He’s not going on a date with Paris or your entourage, he’s going on a date with you and he wants to know what you look like. Matthew Hussey Read Quote
A man who reads effeminate may well be consistently heterosexual, and another one might be gay. We can’t read sexuality off of gender. Judith Butler Read Quote
One of the immutable patterns of history is the rise and fall of great powers. Those that survive are the ones that adapt as the world changes. Stephen Kinzer Read Quote
Arthur Laffer’s idea, that lowering taxes could increase revenues, was logically correct. If tax rates are high enough, then people will go to such lengths to avoid them that cutting taxes can increase revenues. What he was wrong about was in thinking that income tax rates were already so high in the 1970s that cutting them would raise revenues. Richard Thaler Read Quote
Sitting in my favorite coffeehouse with a new notebook and a hot cup of java is my idea of Heaven. Libba Bray Read Quote
Some spider silks are really strong, but not all of them are. The ones that are really strong can actually rival steel and approach the tensile strength of Kevlar. Thus far, the dragline silk seems to be the strongest. Cheryl Hayashi Read Quote
We at the Department of Education are going to provide technical assistance; I’ve committed $14 million to show states how they might meet this more sophisticated approach. Margaret Spellings Read Quote
