#present

The expansion and sophistication of transnational crime represents one of the most dangerous threats we confront in the next millennium. ↗

— Rand Beers

#crime #dangerous #expansion #millennium #most

The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present. ↗

— Ernest Dimnet

#history #illuminates #interests #only #past

Put simply, behavioural economics argues that human beings' decision-taking is guided by the evolutionary baggage which we bring with us to the present day. Evolution has made us rational to a point, but not perfectly so. It has given us emotions, for example, which programme us to override our rational brain and act more instinctively. ↗

— Evan Davis

#baggage #behavioural #beings #brain #bring

Well they're very, very genuine concerns at present as to the status of the 800 people who are to be sent by Australia to Malaysia. There's concern about the status of asylum seekers in Malaysia generally, but there's concern about the status of the 800 to be sent. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#asylum #australia #concern #concerns #generally

When the Australian Government looked at how to meet the challenges, and the opportunities, presented by our ageing population, it saw that an all-encompassing approach was a prerequisite. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#approach #australian #challenges #government #how

As a personal beneficiary of the service that Amtrak provides and as someone who represents a congressional district that counts on safe, reliable rail service, I am a strong supporter of providing this vital industry the funding necessary to continue operations. ↗

— Tim Bishop

#amtrak #congressional #congressional district #continue #counts

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago. ↗

— Jim Bishop

#away #difficult #far #far away #future

Your voice is your tool and represents you. It's very important to have a good voice where you can be understood. ↗

— Jacqueline Bisset

#important #represents #tool #understood #very

In the present state of our knowledge, it would be useless to attempt to speculate on the remote cause of the electrical energy... its relation to chemical affinity is, however, sufficiently evident. May it not be identical with it, and an essential property of matter? ↗

— Humphry Davy

#attempt #cause #chemical #electrical #energy

In short, it is the position of the people of the United States, as expressed by their representatives in Congress, that Israel's fight is our fight. And so shall it be until the last terrorist on earth is in a cell or a cemetery. ↗

— Tom DeLay

#cemetery #congress #earth #expressed #fight