"If you owe fifty dollars you're a piker; if you owe fifty thousand dollars you're a businessman; if you owe fifty million dollars you're a tycoon; if you owe fifty billion dollars you're the government."

-- Sam Levenson

#Government Quotes #Tycoons Quotes #Fifty Quotes

“ACCOUNTABILITY, n. The mother of caution.”
“My teaching influences who you are and who you become, I said, because insofar as I persuade you to change what you know, I can't help but persuade you to change who you are. A vast portion of who you are just is a matter of what you know.”
“A day without an argument is like an egg without salt.”

Source : Angela Carter (1997). “Shaking a Leg: Journalism and Writings”, Vintage
“Government that's not particularly caring and is hands off is not particularly inspiring.”
“The coolest thing is when you don't care about being cool.”
“We are as indestructible as we believe ourselves to be.”
“No one has ever found an organism that is known not to have parents, or a parent. This is the strongest evidence on behalf of evolution.”
“I watch too much cable, I admit. Day after day it gets frustrating. Yesterday I watched as someone called legislation to prevent teacher layoffs a bailout - but I know thats not a view held by many, nor were the views I was frustrated about.”

Source : "Robert Gibbs Clarifies “Professional Left” Criticism, Calls Initial Comments Inartful" by Sam Stein, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 10, 2010.

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