#today

Thirty years ago, many economists argued that inflation was a kind of minor inconvenience and that the cost of reducing inflation was too high a price to pay. No one would make those arguments today. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

#argued #cost #economists #high #inconvenience

Again, the American people expect us to do what they are doing. It's tightening the belt, it's learning how to do more with less. That's a reality today, and we've got to do that in order to get the private sector growing. ↗

— Eric Cantor

#american #american people #belt #doing #expect

So imagine a world 6 degrees warmer. It's not going to recognize geographical boundaries. It's not going to recognize anything. So agriculture regions today will be wiped out. ↗

— Steven Chu

#anything #boundaries #degrees #geographical #going

Arnold Schwarzenegger's publicist told USA Today that the actor has not ruled out running for governor of California, saying that he will make a decision soon. Reportedly Arnold needs that time to learn how to pronounce "gubernatorial." ↗

— Jimmy Fallon

#arnold #california #decision #governor #how

I don't even read the papers. I read 'USA Today' because it has color photos. ↗

— Jimmy Fallon

#color #even #i #papers #photos

Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred years ago, when books of poems were best-sellers. ↗

— James Broughton

#being #books #farther #hundred #nourished

Unfortunately, the client that exists today is still pretty much the prototype design. ↗

— Shawn Fanning

#design #exists #much #pretty #prototype

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#either #evidence #figures #longer #own

I have been in Congress for more than a half century. I have lived through times of fear and times of hope. Of despair and of achievement. I have seen our government at its best, but today I fear that we see our government at its worst. ↗

— Robert Byrd

#been #best #century #congress #despair

I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my friends came and watched. Today it's not a problem anymore actually, because now I enjoy it. I see that they, you know, respect me immensely, and I try to put on a good show and show that I can still play very good tennis. ↗

— Roger Federer

#anymore #because #came #come #enjoy