Mark Steyn Quotes
If the IMF is correct (a big if), China will be the planet's No.1 economy by 2016. That means whoever's elected in November next year will be the last president of the United States to preside over the world's dominant economic power.
Quotes to Explore
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story – I don't think they exist.
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I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.
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Air power will not defeat ISIS. It has not been able to deny ISIS freedom of maneuver and the ability to attack at will.
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Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'.
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My favourite job hands down - and I think I can speak for everyone involved - was 'Breaking Bad.'
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You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.
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Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence.
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This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.
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Mint is designed to put your finances on auto-pilot. Whether you log in or not, it will send you a weekly summary of your balances and biggest purchases, and how your investments and budgets are doing, along with sending you alerts on unusual spending and low balances.
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I'll always be tough on myself.
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What happens if you're the guy who's been on the show ten years and is highly paid but they have nothing for you to do is that they bring in other people, and you become a supporting character to those people.
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In sub-Saharan Africa, fewer than 1 in 5 girls make it to secondary school.
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Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.
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I think we should all be more concerned about the environment and the effects of global warming. It will be pointless to talk about all the issues that divide us when it's 300 degrees outside.
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I have two ideas for novels at the moment, neither of them all that conventional, but I'm not ready to choose between them yet, let alone settle down to the process of writing.
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The trouble with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is that he likes everything he sees and he sees everything.
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I ride my bike for transportation a great deal - occasionally I ride it for fun. But I also have a generator bike that's hooked up to my solar battery pack, so if I ride 15 minutes hard on my bike, that's enough energy to toast toast, or power my computer.
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If the IMF is correct (a big if), China will be the planet's No.1 economy by 2016. That means whoever's elected in November next year will be the last president of the United States to preside over the world's dominant economic power.
