Quotes for All
I don’t believe rape is inevitable or natural. If I did, I would have no reason to be here. If I did, my political practice would be different than it is. Have you ever wondered why we [women] are not just in armed combat against you? It’s not because there’s a shortage of kitchen knives … Read more
Skilled shortages in America exist because we are shielding our skilled labor force from world competition. [Visa quotas] have been substituted for the wage pricing mechanism. In the process we have created [a] privileged elite whose incomes are being supported at non-competitively high levels by immigration quotas on skilled professionals. Eliminating such restrictions would reduce … Read more
I think the fans, if you want to actually learn about us, I think you have to go way more intricate than just what you see on TV, because that’s whatever they want to report. But it’s just so much going on, and when you talk about being in our world you have to understand … Read more
A shortage of airports runways and gates along outmoded air traffic control systems have made U.S. air travel the most congested in the world. Ray LaHood
The problem isn’t so much finding good ideas (there is no shortage) as embedding the ones we have into everyday practice. Alain de Botton
The Himalayan Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau have been among the most affected by global warming. The Himalayas…provide more than half of the drinking water for 40% of the world’s population…Within the next half-century, that 40% of the world’s people may well face a very serious drinking water shortage, unless the world acts boldly and … Read more