#saving

Maybe they'd use biological or chemical weapons instead. Maybe they'd crash the world economy. Maybe they'd turn every program on television into one of those reality shows." "That's mostly done already, Harry." "Oh. Well. I've got to believe that the world is worth saving anyway. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#reality-tv #saving-the-world #economy

Social Security is not a retirement savings plan; it is a social insurance program. It's a contract that says, as a society, we will look out for you and your family when you can no longer work. ↗

— Jeff Bingaman

#family #insurance #longer #look #out

The Texas Energy Office's Loan Star Program has reduced building energy consumption and taxpayers' energy costs through the efficient operation of public buildings, saving taxpayers more than $172 million through energy efficiency projects. ↗

— Rosa DeLauro

#buildings #consumption #costs #efficiency #efficient

It was interesting to do a completely fictional piece. You know, Saving Private Ryan was not a fictional piece! So the challenge was: How do you incorporate real emotions? How do you incorporate aspects that people are going to be able to identify with? ↗

— Vin Diesel

#aspects #challenge #completely #emotions #fictional

When I got on the set of 'Saving Private Ryan,' I discovered, to my amazement, that Steven Spielberg is a gamer. ↗

— Vin Diesel

#discovered #gamer #got #i #private

President Roosevelt, the author of Social Security, was the first to suggest that, in order to provide for the country's retirement needs, Social Security would need to be supplemented by personal savings accounts. ↗

— John Doolittle

#author #country #first #need #needs

We were saving, saving, saving then going to France and blowing the money eating. She was a nurse and had never experienced fine dining but she loved it, too. Our mates thought it absurd. ↗

— Heston Blumenthal

#blowing #dining #eating #experienced #fine

I continue to be a strong believer in the life-saving importance of early detection, and I encourage everyone to be proactive about their preventive screenings. ↗

— Roy Blunt

#believer #continue #detection #early #encourage

If you think about it now, it's kind of ridiculous. All these hot girls on Baywatch in tiny little red bathing suits running around saving lives. ↗

— Carmen Electra

#around #bathing #baywatch #hot #kind

People think my work is therapeutic. I don't see it that way. It's not like I'm saving money from a weekly therapy visit by writing down my life. ↗

— Neil LaBute

#i #life #like #money #my life