#age

The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#ambition #american #common #effect #faults

It has now been over 7 years since Congress last raised the minimum wage to its current level of $5.15 per hour. Since that last increase, Congress's failure to adjust the wage for inflation has reduced the purchasing power of the minimum wage to record low levels. ↗

— Jon Corzine

#been #congress #current #failure #hour

The heart of marriage is memories; and if the two of you happen to have the same ones and can savor your reruns, then your marriage is a gift from the gods. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#gift #gods #happen #heart #marriage

In celebration of this Earth Day, I encourage all Members of the House to support legislation aimed at investing in the improvement of water quality in our Nation's lakes, rivers, streams and estuaries. ↗

— Jerry Costello

#celebration #day #earth #earth day #encourage

With faith and courage, generations of Armenians have overcome great suffering and proudly preserved their culture, traditions, and religion and have told the story of the genocide to an often indifferent world. ↗

— Jerry Costello

#courage #culture #different world #faith #generations

That poetry survived in its formal agencies finally, and that prose survived to get something said. ↗

— Robert Creeley

#finally #formal #get #poetry #prose

Technically, I've learned that having good legs and wind is good for being on stage. You have to be in shape and have endurance. ↗

— Louis C. K.

#endurance #good #having #i #learned

Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or "the people," constitute the great majority of those affected. ↗

— Martin Van Creveld

#also #civilians #constitute #desert #except

For simplicity one can think of the + class as having one extra base at some point or other in the genetic message and the - class as having one too few. ↗

— Francis Crick

#class #extra #few #genetic #having

Conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute have criticized Bush for his big increases in spending, which far exceed those of the Clinton era. ↗

— Jim Cooper

#bush #clinton #conservative #criticized #era