Owuor Prophecies Quotes & Sayings

In the 1992 presidential debate, third-party candidate Ross Perot famously warned about a 'giant sucking sound' of American jobs going south of the border to low-wage nations once trade protections were dropped.

Perot was right, but no one in our government listened to him.

Tariffs were ditched, and then Bill Clinton moved into the White House...He continued Reagan's trade policies and committed the United States to so-called free-trade agreements such as GATT, NAFTA, and the WTO, thus removing all the protections that had kept our domestic manufacturing industries safe from foreign corporate predators for two centuries. — Thom Hartmann

Fazulr Khan, a Bengali Muslim, designed the Sears Tower in Chicago. It was the world's tallest building when it opened in 1973. — Firas Alkhateeb

The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control. — Ogden Nash

A highbrow is the kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso. — A.P. Herbert

Critics at their best are independent voices; people take seriously their responsibility to see as many things as they can see, put them in the widest possible perspective, educate their readers. I really do think of myself as a teacher. — Terry Teachout

She had grasped the inner meaning of the Party's sexual puritanism. It was not merely that the sex instinct created a world of its own which was outside the Party's control and which therefore had to be destroyed if possible. What was most important was that sexual privation induced hysteria, which was desirable because it could be transformed into war fever and leader worship. — George Orwell

Obviously, the more you tour, the more comfortable you get. — Courtney Barnett

A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika. — Dorothy Parker

I don't look for bliss, just contentment. — Alison Krauss

As far as I know, scientists have yet to discover the proper reaction to I'm sorry. — Robyn Schneider

I think denial's fascinating. It's a jokey word, but it really happens, and sometimes in enormous ways. — Marian Keyes

People often ask me about my upbringing, and if there was anything particular about it that made me become a cartoonist. — Robert Mankoff

Jesus Christ tells us that a man cannot be wrong if he argues towards God from what he finds best in himself. — George A. Smith

The best thing you can give yourselves ... is the gift of possibility. And the best thing you can give each other is the pledge to go on protecting that gift in each other as long as you live. — Paul Newman