Under the all-encompassing aid system, too many places in Africa continue to flounder under inept, corrupt and despotic regimes who spend their time courting and catering to the demands of the army of aid organizations. Dambisa Moyo Read Quote
More than any other in Western Europe, Britain remains a country where a traveler has to think twice before indulging in the ordinary food of ordinary people. Joseph Lelyveld Read Quote
We have to keep our eye on inflation, but so far inflation remains reasonably in check on the global stage. John W. Snow Read Quote
If I hadn’t have been good enough at football, I’d have been a sports journalist – which is what I do now anyway. Or a cricketer. I might have been a cricketer. Gary Lineker Read Quote
If the cosmos isn’t finite, then far, far away, floating duplicates of your brain – with all its experiences, thoughts, and emotions – are occasionally (and temporarily) thrown together by the random combining of atoms. Such ‘Boltzmann brains,’ as they’re called, are a disturbing consequence of an unlimited universe. Seth Shostak Read Quote
What surprises me is when people give me their mobile number. The other day, someone on a bus asked if I swear. I said I try not to, but of course I’m just a normal person. Christopher Parker Read Quote
The difference between comedians and the general public is that we are meant to be funnier. And when you’ve got politicians giving material so easy that the general public is doing it, what is the necessity of us anymore? Jim Jefferies Read Quote
Coming from the Midwest, I didn’t know about stand-up as an art. I just thought stand-up comedians were old men in suits talking about their wives. Natasha Leggero Read Quote
