The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads.
If in the last few years you haven't discarded a major opinion or acquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead.
A major difficulty is that the answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx is partly a product of the answers that we already have given to the riddle in its various forms.
I'm on record as being understood to be a supporter of a reformed establishment, in which other Christian denominations, and other faiths, play a major part.
I don't think you can be a credible, modern candidate for president without making the environment a major part of your platform.
I prefer clothes that are simple, well-cut, but with one major extravagance. Something with the sleeves, with the skirt, but nothing too fussy, too flashy.
It's crazy that the Constitution has to be amended to clarify what for the majority of Americans is a clear and true statement: corporations are not people.
I've known and continue to know every one of these major world leaders by their first names, and I have access to them.
I think there's no reason the Davis Cup couldn't be as powerful and popular and profitable as any of the four majors are today, given some changes.
It has always been inevitable that, living as a small minority among a Christian majority, some Jews would convert to Christianity.
Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose... the vast majority of editors are incorruptible.
What does it mean to have a Republican majority in the House? A lot of people think 'So what?' They should think again.
We had this budding baby band going and we hadn't reached that development we wanted to reach before we got signed to a major label.
Historically, the judicial branch has often been the sole protector of the rights of minority groups against the will of the popular majority.
The major studios don't differ very much from one another as they all operate under essentially the same principles and pressure.
The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts.
The vast majority of Americans, at all coordinates of the economic spectrum, consider themselves middle class; this is a deeply ingrained, distinctly American cognitive dissonance.
From my undergraduate days, I've always been interested in the major philosophical questions that don't seem to have an answer that everyone agrees on.
I was an English major in college, and then I went to graduate school in English at the University of North Carolina for three years.
I think there's been a major shift in grass roots media because of the Internet and because the geeks and nerds rule the world. They are in control in so many ways.
The stainless-steel frets were a major breakthrough, because of the amount of playing and bending that I do. I have to get my guitars refretted every couple of months.