Quotes of: George-w Keyword

The role of religions in the domination and destruction of African civilizations was ruthless... Islam was as guilty as all the rest.

John Henrik Clarke

If I lead the field in any way, it is in the area of curricula development, study guides and other teaching materials.

John Henrik Clarke

Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady.

Eric Alterman

Certainly there are worse sins than doing everything possible to make your presidency matter.

Eric Alterman

Obama, like Carter, is reacting to warning signs by seeking to split the difference between dispirited Democrats and increasingly radicalized Republicans.

Eric Alterman

Love is an expression of power. We can use it to transform our world.

Ericka Huggins

Favouring employment versus the financial markets is a decent policy; certainly not beneficial for the currency or the gilt market, but beneficial for the people.

Bill Gross

Professionalism in medicine has given us medial miracles for the affluent but hospitals that will charge $35 for aspirin.

Bill James

In a crime story, the details become tremendously important - where the staircase was in relation to the bed, for example.

Bill James

When people disagree with you, what you ultimately have to do is persuade people to agree with you - period.

Bill James

I have always been much better at asking questions than knowing what the answers were.

Bill James

We don't genuinely need more literary geniuses. One can only read so many books in a lifetime.

Bill James

Serial murders are just the worst stories. It can take an emotional toll on you.

Bill James

The human race has been in a long struggle to eliminate murder. And we will succeed.

Bill James

I always lived in old buildings, and I thought about who lived here before. You'd have to be oblivious not to.

Ben Katchor

I never wore a watch. I always depend on public clocks, and stores have clocks, but that is strange.

Ben Katchor

The publishing industry has always wanted to make books as cheaply and as ephemerally as they could; it's nothing new.

Ben Katchor

Just as actors are afraid of child audiences because they're so honest, I would be scared stiff of going before the big folks.

Bob Keeshan

I can talk openly about my support for the artists on Communion because I'm not promoting myself.

Ben Lovett

In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods must steadily decrease.

Garrett Hardin

But as population became denser, the natural chemical and biological recycling processes became overloaded, calling for a redefinition of property rights.

Garrett Hardin