#higher

President Obama likes to talk about the Buffett Rule. Well, here's a Buffett Rule that all Americans should be able to support: mom and pop businesses should not pay a higher tax rate than Fortune 500 corporations like Warren Buffett's. ↗

— Rob Portman

#about #all americans #businesses #corporations #fortune

People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

#example #higher #improve #look #never

Human life is held in much higher esteem, and the taking of it, whether in private quarrel or by judicial procedure, is looked upon much more seriously than it was formerly. ↗

— Elihu Root

#formerly #held #higher #human #human life

Followers are the customers of the Higher Ground Leader, who strives to meet or exceed the outer and inner needs of followers. ↗

— Lance Secretan

#exceed #followers #ground #higher #inner

I am not the President. Instead, I hold an even higher office, that of citizen of the United States. ↗

— Martin Sheen

#citizen #even #higher #hold #i

Well, the U.S. is running a current account deficit; we are creating lots of investment opportunities in the United States that exceed our own domestic savings rates, so the issue here is to encourage higher savings rates in the United States. ↗

— John W. Snow

#creating #current #deficit #domestic #encourage

Well, there's no doubt about the fact that, that higher energy prices lead to greater conservation, greater energy efficiency, and they also, of course, play a useful role on the supply side. ↗

— John W. Snow

#also #conservation #course #doubt #efficiency

Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion. ↗

— Tony Snow

#confusion #experiences #express #fear #generally

People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs. ↗

— Abdolkarim Soroush

#any #basic #basic needs #concern #first

People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who identify themselves as liberals. They donate more money and a higher percentage of their incomes. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#conservatives #donate #higher #identify #incomes