#gains

The Olympic Games are highly commercialised. They purport to follow the traditions of an ancient athletics competition, but today it is the commercial aspect that is most apparent. I have seen how, through sport, cities and corporations compete against each other for financial gain. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#ancient #apparent #aspect #athletics #cities

Historically, the minority party in Congress votes against raising the debt limit, forcing the majority party to whip its members into casting politically painful votes in favor. ↗

— Peter Welch

#casting #congress #debt #debt limit #favor

Swipe fees have increased steadily since the introduction of debit cards 20 years ago, when there were no swipe fees at all. Merchants can't negotiate or control them. They've tried, but they have no leverage against the big banks and issuers. So they get ignored. ↗

— Peter Welch

#ago #banks #big #cards #control

I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them. ↗

— Orson Welles

#careful #feel #i #i feel #lose

I think that Governor Romney operates on the capital gains tax, his investments, what he lives off of instead of doing it off of his income. ↗

— Allen West

#capital gains #doing #gains #governor #governor romney

It was a strike against me that I didn't wear baggy jeans and jerseys and that I never hustled, never sold drugs. ↗

— Kanye West

#baggy #hustled #i #jeans #me

'Press Your Luck' was probably the most exciting because of the unpredictability of the game and how I won on one of the three days on the very last spin against all odds. It was one of those great unpredictable game show moments. ↗

— Randy West

#because #days #exciting #game #game show

I've said before that the Ryder Cup is not the European Tour versus the American Tour. It's Europe's best golfers against the US. ↗

— Lee Westwood

#american #before #best #cup #europe

Every Arab nation votes against us at least two thirds of the time. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#arab #every #least #nation #thirds

How it is that within 60 days of a general election issue, groups can no longer tell voters that a Member of Congress votes pro-abortion, against guns, against the environment or whatever else is beyond me. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#beyond #congress #days #election #else