Quotes about Accounts

How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case. Votes: 4

After all, sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital. Votes: 4

Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years! Votes: 4

Ability is of little account without opportunity. Votes: 3

'F.A.S.B' ... 'Financial Accounts Still Bogus'. Votes: 3

I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name. Votes: 3

Influence is like a savings account, the less you use it, the more you've got Votes: 3

With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts. Votes: 3

Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest. Votes: 3

I salute the poor of our country who have deposited more than Rs 20,000 crore in Jan Dhan Bank Accounts. Votes: 3

There is no business in America that would be prevented from taking results into account when making personnel decisions. Votes: 3

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion. Votes: 3

If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers. Votes: 3

It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice. Votes: 3

Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded. Votes: 3

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice. Votes: 3

History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. Votes: 3

My plan includes Dependent Care Savings Accounts to encourage savings and help families meet their needs for caring for both children and elders. Votes: 3

Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account? Votes: 3

In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts. Votes: 3

Something as curious as the monarchy won't survive unless you take account of people's attitudes. After all, if people don't want it, they won't have it. Votes: 3

The United States as usual has a sizable deficit in the current account of its balance of payments, trade account and other current accounts, current account items. Votes: 3

Aging is an inevitable process. I surely wouldn't want to grow younger. The older you become, the more you know; your bank account of knowledge is much richer. Votes: 3

No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle. Votes: 3

In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently. Votes: 3

Because of their low earnings and family obligations, Latinas would not be putting much money into private investment accounts. An average Latina could wind up losing thousands of dollars under this proposal. Votes: 3

Presumably what happened to Jesus was what happens to all of us when we die. We decompose. Accounts of Jesus's resurrection and ascension are about as well-documented as Jack and the Beanstalk. Votes: 3

We need to increase access to health insurance through Health Savings Accounts and high deductible policies, so individuals and families can purchase the insurance that's best for them and meets their specific needs. Votes: 3

Accounts of eating Christmas sweet potatoes baked in ashes and jackrabbit stewed with white flour dumplings are testaments to pioneer resilience and pleasure - and they help inspire my own best scratch cooking. Votes: 3

You are the only person alive who has sole custody of your life ... Your entire life ... Not just the life of your mind, but the life of your heart. Not just your bank account, but your soul. Votes: 3

War had always seemed to me to be a purely human behavior. Accounts of warlike behavior date back to the very first written records of human history; it seemed to be an almost universal characteristic of human groups. Votes: 3

Accounts are not quite settled between us," said she, with a passion that equaled my own. "I can love, and I can hate. You had your choice. You chose to spurn the first; now you must test the other. Votes: 3

Do you remember the things you were worrying about a year ago? How did they work out? Didn't you waste a lot of fruitless energy on account of most of them? Didn't most of them turn out all right after all? Votes: 3

We designed both our state employee health plans and the one we created for low-income Hoosiers as Health Savings Accounts, and now in the tens of thousands these citizens are proving that they are fully capable of making smart, consumerist choices about their own health care. Votes: 3

Photographs aren't accounts of scrutiny. The shutter is open for a fraction of a second. Votes: 1

When was the last time you heard news accounts of a boatload of American refugees arrive on the shores of another country? Votes: 1

Christianity teaches that this life is not the only life, and there is a final judgment in which all earthly accounts are settled. Votes: 1

In our Nation, approximately 22.5 million children ride school buses to and from school each day, which accounts for 54 percent of all students attending grade school. Votes: 1

We have the most crude accounting tools. It's tragic because our accounts and our national arithmetic doesn't tell us the things that we need to know. Votes: 1

The stock market has an insidious effect on C.E.O.s' moods, because of its impact not just on their companies but on their own bank accounts. Votes: 1

When you take an Android device out of the box, you have to sign up to nine accounts with different vendors to get the experience iOS comes with. Votes: 1

Economics is all about consumption. People either spend money now or they use financial instruments - like bonds, stocks and savings accounts - so they can spend more later. Votes: 1

It is time we had a defense budget that lives within its means, accounts for what is truly required in Iraq and provides the best possible support for all our troops. Votes: 1

In Indonesia, where I am from, the Dutch-imposed Civil Code dating back to the colonial 1870s prevailed until the 1974 Law on Marriage granted married women greater rights, including the ability to open individual bank accounts. Votes: 1

The newspapers of the twenty-first century will give a mere 'stick' in the back pages to accounts of crime or political controversies, but will headline on the front pages the proclamation of a new scientific hypothesis. Votes: 1

I firmly believe that all human beings have access to extraordinary energies and powers. Judging from accounts of mystical experience, heightened creativity, or exceptional performance by athletes and artists, we harbor a greater life than we know. Votes: 1

The estimated loss of up to six million dead is founded too much on both emotional, biased testimonies and on exaggerated data in the postwar reckonings of war crimes and on the squaring of accounts with the defeated. Votes: 1

The Mole had long wanted to make the I acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed, by all accounts, to be such an important personage and, though rarely visible, to make his unseen influence felt by everybody about the place. Votes: 1

I don't have huge bank accounts. I'd love one. But it wouldn't change much. I don't have any expensive habits. I'm not a car collector or any of that nonsense. But I'd love to be incredibly wealthy for no reason at all. Votes: 1

Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down, one-size-fits-all plan will not improve the workings of a nationwide health-care system that accounts for one-sixth of our economy. Votes: 1

If you are an Arabic-speaking, Greek-Orthodox going to a French school it makes you deeply sceptical if you have to listen to three different accounts of the Crusades - one from the Muslim side, one from the Greek side and one from the Catholic side. Votes: 1

Cash - in savings accounts, short-term CDs or money market deposits - is great for an emergency fund. But to fulfill a long-term investment goal like funding your retirement, consider buying stocks. The more distant your financial target, the longer inflation will gnaw at the purchasing power of your money. Votes: 1

The essence of procrastination lies in not doing what you think you should be doing, a mental contortion that surely accounts for the great psychic toll the habit takes on people. This is the perplexing thing about procrastination: although it seems to involve avoiding unpleasant tasks, indulging in it generally doesn't make people happy. Votes: 1

Technology has a shadow side. It accounts for real progress in medicine, but has also hurt it in many ways, making it more impersonal, expensive and dangerous. The false belief that a safety net of sophisticated drugs and machines stretches below us, permitting risky or lazy lifestyle choices, has undermined our spirit of self-reliance. Votes: 1

In January we start saving money, getting out of credit card debt, funding our retirement accounts, and we're doing wonderful. Then, every single year like clockwork, starting in November, all of you fall into this trap that says, 'I have to buy this gift... I can't show up at this party and not have something for everybody.' Votes: 1

Atemi accounts for 99% of Aikido. Votes: 0

Short accounts make long friends. Votes: 0

Truth isn't in accounts but in account-books. Votes: 0

That Book (the BIBLE) accounts for the supremacy of England Votes: 0

He who accounts all things easy will have many difficulties. Votes: 0

Industrial agriculture now accounts for over half of America's water pollution. Votes: 0

By most accounts, Aristide is the most popular figure in Haiti. Votes: 0

The real rich people doesn't have bank accounts, they have treasures. Votes: 0

Bakers bake bread, accountants manage accounts and entrepreneurs turn ideas into reality. Votes: 0

Artistic accounts involve severe abbreviations of what reality will force upon us. Votes: 0

Americans are all inquisitive, which accounts for their go-aheadativeness, I dare say. Votes: 0

We really think health savings accounts were kind of invented in Indiana. Votes: 0

It was shocking to realize how many low-income Americans don't have savings accounts. Votes: 0

I'm sure that being sober all these years accounts for my ill humor. Votes: 0

[The economic crisis ] gave people the option to put money into private accounts. Votes: 0

Men are like bank accounts. The more money, the more interest they generate. Votes: 0

Americans' right to free speech should not be proportionate to their bank accounts. Votes: 0

Inertia accounts for two-thirds of marriages. But love accounts for the other third. Votes: 0

Typical news accounts and commentaries about school shootings and rampage killings rarely mention gender. Votes: 0

Sex accounts for about 40 percent of your relationship, but if it's bad, then it's 60. Votes: 0

Feminism is built on believing women's accounts of sexual use and abuse by men. Votes: 0

I am a graduate in business management with specialisation in finance, and I love accounts! Votes: 0

Fully repeal Obamacare and replace it with health savings accounts. And we can do that. Votes: 0

Foolish people are never harmless. Stupidity accounts for as many crimes as anger and greed. Votes: 0

I support voluntary personal retirement accounts for Social Security. It should be people's free choice. Votes: 0

When banks extend loans to their customers, they create money by crediting their customers' accounts. Votes: 0

My grandfather would live to see his children become doctors and ministers, accounts and professors. Votes: 0

Good and evil keep very exact accounts... and the face of every man is their ledger. Votes: 0

We know what's in our Cheerios and in our retirement accounts because the law requires disclosure. Votes: 0

The taste of people with large bank accounts tends not to be on the cutting edge. Votes: 0

There is much more to life than what gets measured in accounts. Even economists know that. Votes: 0

There are accounts that, if we open our hearts to them, will cut us too deeply. Votes: 0

I like the idea of giving workers control and putting their money into their personal accounts. Votes: 0

Nearly 7 in 10 Fortune 500 companies have a corporate Facebook page, and more than that have active Twitter accounts. Votes: 0

It is difficult for me to understand the tragic accounts of troubled marriages that come to me. Votes: 0

Did you hear about the accountant who became am embezzler? He ran away with the accounts payable! Votes: 0

By all accounts, the senate race I ran in was a quality race in the wrong year. Votes: 0

Men are like bank accounts. Without a lot of money they don't generate a lot of interest. Votes: 0

When parents have college savings accounts for their kids, their kids show higher social and cognitive performance. Votes: 0

Achievement is by all accounts to a great extent a matter of clinging after others have given up. Votes: 0

For sheer drama, few accounts of slavery match Solomon Northup's tale of abduction from freedom and forcible enslavement. Votes: 0

Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own. Votes: 0

A thoroughbred business man cannot enter heartily upon the business of life without first looking into his accounts. Votes: 0

My father must have had some elementary education for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately Votes: 0

Aristocrats: n. fellows that wear downy hats and clean shirts - guilty of education and suspected of bank accounts. Votes: 0

In war, moral factors acount for three quarters of the whole; relative material strength accounts for only one quarter. Votes: 0

Typically, your corporate e-mail account is not, today, that spam-targeted. It's more the free e-mail accounts that are spam-targeted. Votes: 0

The Hindus have a peculiar slovenliness in business matters, not being sufficiently methodical and strict in keeping accounts etc. Votes: 0

Genius lasts longer than Beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves. Votes: 0

We also call for a freeze on the bank accounts of those countries, including our allies, with due warning. Votes: 0

It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy Votes: 0

The banks have accounts with the Fed, much the same way that you have an account in a commercial bank. Votes: 0

Reddit names are unconnected to real-world identities and it's commonplace for users to create 'throwaway' accounts to reveal sensitive information. Votes: 0

A man who has work that suits him and a wife, whom he loves, has squared his accounts with life. Votes: 0

Agriculture is the #1 source of deforestation. By some estimates it accounts for 80% of the forests chopped down in the tropics. Votes: 0

Those who brush off the Biblical accounts as "ancient fiction" and "legends" only reveal their ignorance of these archaeological discoveries. Votes: 0

Voluntary personal savings accounts would enable future retirees to harness the power of the marketplace when saving for their retirements. Votes: 0

Wills are trumped by legal titles to real estate or beneficiary designations on financial accounts, retirement plans and insurance policies. Votes: 0

In a way, all sociologists are akin to Marxists because of their inclination to settle everyone's accounts but their own. Votes: 0

An aircraft which is used by wealthy people on their expense accounts, whose fares are subsidized by much poorer taxpayers. Votes: 0

Who's going to manage (health savings accounts)?. It's not going to be your local accountant, it's going to be Fidelity. Votes: 0

Take a moment think who would actually miss you if you deactivate all your social networking accounts, whatsapp, BBM etc Votes: 0

One can say that the nagual accounts for creativity. The nagual is the only part of us that can create. Votes: 0

You, dear reader, have now two accounts to choose between and there can be no doubt which is most probable. Votes: 0

A man without a sense of purpose, even one whose bank accounts are stuffed with money, is always a small man. Votes: 0

These numbers are staggering, in fact incomprehensible. By all accounts, we are dealing with the greatest health crisis in human history. Votes: 0

In the commercial real estate business, brokers spearhead major accounts. But they wouldn't have customers without the people who oversee construction. Votes: 0

Occasionally the impossible happens; this is a truism that accounts for much of what we call good luck; and also, bad. Votes: 0

Put them in position to make their wishes come true, so they can have multiple accounts that gain interest over night. Votes: 0

If a trip is worth taking, members of Congress should be prepared to justify paying for it out of their office accounts. Votes: 0

Change, not habit, is what gets most of us down; habit is the stabilizer of human society, change accounts for its progress. Votes: 0

The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events. Votes: 0

There are plenty of eyewitness accounts, just because you're so narrow-minded you need to have everything shoved under your nose before you- Votes: 0

Bank accounts for each household is a national priority for us. We need to rise to the occasion & successfully overcome this challenge. Votes: 0

Emerson was the chief figure in the American transcendental movement, a fact that complicates all accounts of him in literary or cultural history. Votes: 0

I do remain confident in Linda. She'll make a fine labor secretary. From what I've read in the press accounts, she's perfectly qualified. Votes: 0

Greece is a medium-sized country in Europe. Our debt accounts for only 2.5 percent of the total of all members of the euro zone. Votes: 0

The so-called "remake" is simply a commercial formulation of a much deeper exchange which accounts for the way cinema is what it is. Votes: 0

Every CEO of a social network should be required to use the default privacy settings for all of their accounts on the service. Votes: 0

The struggle to make an absolute statement in an individually conceived vocabulary accounts for the profound tensions inherent in the best modern work. Votes: 0

In my early teens, I was a janitor. In high school, I got up early to deliver to accounts that required early service. Votes: 0

When the Supreme Court moved to Washington in 1800, it was provided with no books, which probably accounts for the high quality of early opinions. Votes: 0

We know dates and times and locations and participants but accounts of what happened depend upon the perspective from which the event is viewed. Votes: 0

And there I am, blushing and confused, made beautiful by Cinna's hands, desirable by Peeta's confession, tragic by circumstance, and by all accounts, unforgettable. Votes: 0

Clashes of values and the struggle for primacy constitute a constant in human history that accounts for that other constant - conflict and war. Votes: 0

The female population exceeds the male, you know, especially in New England, which accounts for the high state of culture we are in, perhaps. Votes: 0

When the Supreme Court moved to Washington in 1800, it was provided with no books, which probably accounts for the high quality of early opinions. Votes: 0

I just love the days when you come out of the archives with half a dozen excellent descriptions or poignant accounts of personal experiences. Votes: 0

There's two lanes running down this road which ever side your on, accounts for where you want to go or what you're running from. Votes: 0

I'm not jealous in traditional ways - of boyfriends or babies or bank accounts - but I do covet other women's styles of being. Votes: 0

The battle for the airwaves cannot be limited to only those who have the bank accounts to pay for the battle and win it. Votes: 0

Track accountability is the best way to describe it. You're looking to see which dog accounts for the most tracks in the smoothest manner. Votes: 0

I made a mistake. I should've had two accounts, one for personal and one for office. And I didn't, and I take responsibility for that. Votes: 0

As part of Social Security reform, I believe that private savings accounts are a part of it -- along the lines that President Bush proposed. Votes: 0

Scientists have a tendency to believe in absolutes, in studies and the repeating of them. Psychoanalysis is firmly based in subjective accounts. We need both. Votes: 0

We promote domestic savings by also things like the personal accounts associated with the president's Social Security initiative, which over time would generate more savings. Votes: 0

That Book, the Bible, accounts for the supremacy of England. England has become great & happy by the knowledge of the true God through Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

A biography is considered complete if it merely accounts for six or seven selves, whereas a person may well have as many as a thousand. Votes: 0

State courts usually rule that correspondence between government officials, about government business, are public records, whether they use their government e-mail accounts or private ones. Votes: 0

I think that time moves slower in painting. And maybe that accounts for a lot of the anxiety around painting in the last 40 or 50 years. Votes: 0

Christianity affirms that Jesus severed the link between suffering and deserving once for all on Calvary. God put the ledgers away and settled the accounts. Votes: 0

We don't have to go that far to sell our beer because our immediate accounts sell so much. Places that sold 10 cases before, now they're selling 30. Votes: 0

[The 'corporate takeover of people's lives'] also accounts for a lot of homogenization of culture. There are fast food restaurants everywhere. Every place tastes the same. Votes: 0

I have never seen it (Jaws 4) but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific. Votes: 0

It's time to stop the raid on the Social Security trust fund and start allowing Americans to invest their Social Security taxes in personal savings accounts. Votes: 0

What we should be trying to do is to encourage people to establish private retirement accounts and help them take pressure off the Social Security system. Votes: 0

It's time to stop the raid on the Social Security trust fund and start allowing Americans to invest their Social Security taxes in personal savings accounts Votes: 0

Don't hold against me that I don't own - that I don't own a single stock or bond. Don't hold it - I have no savings accounts. Votes: 0

In post-Vietnam, post-Watergate America, skeptical voters demand full disclosure of everything from candidates' finances to their medical records, and spin-savvy accounts of backstage machinations dominate political coverage. Votes: 0

It [1991 Federal budget] contains almost 190,000 accounts. At a rate of one per minute, eight hours a day, it would take over a year to reflect upon these! Votes: 0

The retinue of a grandee in China or Indostan accordingly is, by all accounts, much more numerous and splendid than that of the richest subjects of Europe. Votes: 0

No matter how you cut it, this real debate on personal accounts is about the legitimacy of Social Security; it's not about the solvency of Social Security. Votes: 0

The writer has a grudge against society, which he documents with accounts of unsatisfying sex, unrealized ambition, unmitigated loneliness, and a sense of local and global distress. Votes: 0

The act the act must not be a revenge. It must be a calm, weary renunciation, a closing of accounts, a private, rhythmic deed. The last remark. Votes: 0

Something wild can happen to anybody and I caution anybody that walks out on the street, just settle your accounts before you leave the house every day. Votes: 0

When we're awake, cortisol can fragment memories - one reason eyewitness crime scene accounts are so unreliable. But at night that very fragmentation allows creative recombinations of ideas. Votes: 0

Even people who feel perfectly comfortable investing in the stock market and owning their own homes often have qualms about individual medical accounts or Social Security private accounts. Votes: 0

Your life and everything about your world should be represented on your social media accounts, and everybody feels that way from family to friends to boyfriends and girlfriends. Votes: 0

The substitution of meaning accounts for the grasping of misers as well as the extravagance of spendthrifts. Karl Marx well understood this peculiar transformation of flesh into coin. Votes: 0

What we have been raised to think of as inevitable - division and hierarchy, monotheism and nation states - actually accounts for less than 10 percent of human history. Votes: 0

In economic panics throughout history, the wiping out of the savings accounts of lower earners and the middle class has often led to social revolution, sometimes violent upheavals. Votes: 0

In any series of elements to be controlled, a selected small fraction, in terms of numbers of elements, always accounts for a large fraction in terms of effect. Votes: 0

Old men, for the most part, are like old chronicles that give you dull but true accounts of times past, and are worth knowing only on that score. Votes: 0

What causes autism? As far as we know in 2013, there is no single gene or single environmental factor that accounts for the more than 1 million Americans with ASDs. Votes: 0

Never listen to accounts of the frailty of others; and if anyone should complain to you of another, humbly ask him not to speak about him at all. Votes: 0

A spoken story is larger than one unheard, unsaid. In nearly all creation accounts, words or songs are how the world was created, the animals sung into existence. Votes: 0

There is a 'patrician arrogance' to James Taylor that accounts in part for his popularity while it at the same time explains the critical resistance to his work. Votes: 0

I deposit in many banks including the bank of wisdom. The more I draw on my accounts, no matter how big the sum, the bigger my balance becomes Votes: 0

Wall Street is at best ambivalent. The size of the accounts is nothing big. How many Wall Street firms do you know that are running after people with $5,000 accounts? Votes: 0

MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people's beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later. Votes: 0

To allow all U.S. workers to put part of their earnings into private investment accounts would definitely erode the Social Security system and cause uncertainty for new investors. Votes: 0

We do assess that hostile actors gained access to the private commercial email accounts of people with whom Secretary Hillary Clinton was in regular contact from her personal account. Votes: 0

The people have an incentive to spend wisely. So the health care savings accounts are such a good thing. It's such a good idea. And it's time for it. Votes: 0

My own reasons for favouring talk of natural kinds is just that I believe the best accounts of the success of scientific theories presupposes the existence of natural kinds. Votes: 0

My legislation, the Simple Savings Tax Relief Act of 2005, simply eliminates the taxation of interest earned in savings accounts, such as passbook savings accounts or bank certificates of deposit. Votes: 0

Free children are not easily influenced; the absence of fear accounts for this phenomenon. Indeed, the absence of fear is the finest thing that can happen to a child. Votes: 0

We lived above my father's launderette. Both my parents ran the launderette, but my father was also a factory supervisor, and my mum worked part-time in an accounts office. Votes: 0

All history shows that, in exact proportion as nations advance in civilisation, the accounts of miracles taking place among them become rarer and rarer, until at last they entirely cease. Votes: 0

Microsoft, by some accounts, the second most capitalized company on the planet, is the only corporate colossus in history whose entire product line could be eliminated with a giant magnet. Votes: 0

For my children, it makes sense to talk about modernizing Social Security, letting them create stronger personal accounts, letting them get a higher rate of return over the long run. Votes: 0

When I am about to embark on a difficult journey, I comfort myself by reading the accounts of the great nineteenth-century travellers, men like Stanley, Burton, Speke, Burckhardt and Barth. Votes: 0

Yellow is the brightest and lightest of all colors, and this brilliance is its most noticeable characteristic, which accounts for the way it is used practically and thought of symbolically. Votes: 0

The president (George W. Bush) says let's have private accounts, and take the surplus money that's being gathered now in Social Security and put it into private accounts. That works. Votes: 0

Do I want to see people take their Social Security payments and put them into private accounts, open up an eTrade account and go into the stock market? Absolutely not. Votes: 0

I like to let my skin breathe when I'm not shooting or working, so that's why you'll find me on most of my social media accounts barefaced with face masks! Votes: 0

When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I look at is the checking account report from the day before. I love checking accounts. I dream about them. Votes: 0

Maine's long and cold winters may help keep our State's population low, but our harsh climate also accounts for what is unique and valuable about our land and our people Votes: 0

Maine's long and cold winters may help keep our State's population low, but our harsh climate also accounts for what is unique and valuable about our land and our people. Votes: 0

Something often neglected in popular accounts of the Wild West is the extent to which its dramas were colored by the politics and personal resentments left by the Civil War. Votes: 0

I think it's hard for an outsider to capture the flavor of a community and all its nuances, so ultimately Haitian-Americans need to start sharing intimate accounts of their stories. Votes: 0

He thought about his people without sentimentalily, with a strick closing of his accounts with life, beginning to understand how much he really loved the people he hated the most. Votes: 0

The public treasure has been duly applied to the uses to which it was appropriated by Parliament, and regular accounts have been annually laid before Parliament, of every article of expense. Votes: 0

As far as income tax payments go, sources vary in their accounts, but a range of studies find that immigrants pay between $90 billion and $140 billion in Federal, State, and local taxes. Votes: 0

All suggested accounts of the origin of the solar system are subject to serious objections. The conclusion in the present state of the subject would be that the system cannot exist. Votes: 0

Children drown, beautiful women are mangled in automobile accidents, cruise ships founder, and men die lingering deaths in mines and submarines, but you will find none of this in my accounts. Votes: 0

The thing about praising beauty is that good looks are an unforgiving task- master, a Forth Bridge of a maintenance job. The passing years present their accounts. Younger models become available. Votes: 0

Funding privatized accounts with Social Security dollars would not only make the program's long term problems worse, but many believe it represents a first step toward undermining the program's fundamental goals. Votes: 0

Secret bank accounts are for laundering dirty money. Heads of state at the UN should put an end them. That would be the best way of tracking down the drug traffickers. Votes: 0

What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind. Votes: 0

Here in Indiana, we run a nationally-recognized program called the Healthy Indiana Plan. The Healthy Indiana Plan offers the uninsured an affordable health care plan with savings accounts that they control. Votes: 0

The economic dynamic in Zimbabwe is perversely robust: while ordinary people suffer, black-market dealers and people with foreign bank accounts prosper, making them powerful stakeholders in the perpetuation of devastating economic policies. Votes: 0

Apart from their work and production, households perform other important economic functions. Most CONSUMPTION occurs within the household. ... In developed capitalist economies, private consumption spending accounts for half or more of GDP. Votes: 0

By requiring that any surplus in Social Security taxes be returned to the American people in personal savings accounts, the plan ensures that Social Security taxes will be used for Social Security. Votes: 0

I don't have Facebook or Twitter accounts yet. Being a compulsive storyteller, I always make up for myself discouraging stories about how such accounts will get me into embarrassing and time-consuming situations. Votes: 0

This isn’t lust. Lust wants, does the obvious Love is greedier. Love wants round-the-clock care; protection; rings, vows, joint accounts; scented candles on birthdays; life insurance. Babies. Love’s a dictator. Votes: 0

The resemblance of ... the alien abduction of 'experiencers' to the contracts described by our own volunteers is undeniable. How can anyone doubt, after reading our accounts... that DMT elicits 'typical' alien encounters? Votes: 0

Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness. Votes: 0

Unless you have multiple accounts that you need to negotiate and you think the project is just too big to tackle on your own, you're better off just calling your creditors directly. Votes: 0

Even wondered about the difference?Autobiography: The usually self-serving accounts of personal accomplishments by a public figure.Memoir: The usually self-serving accounts of someone whose only accomplishments are often self-pity and vindictiveness. Votes: 0

It's kind of like...with our own checking accounts, just because it's in there doesn't mean you should spend it or can spend it. You know that you have the rent coming. Votes: 0

People who criticize The Selfish Gene like that often haven't read it. The selfish gene accounts for altruism toward kin and individuals who might be in a position to reciprocate your altruism. Votes: 0

A cynic had defined aid as simply the system by which poor white people in rich countries gave money to rich black people in poor countries to put into Swiss bank accounts. Votes: 0

Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojana is a reflection of how rich India's poor are at heart. Without any obligation to put any money in the 0 balance accounts, they didn't open an empty account. Votes: 0

Drawing on President Bush's reform plan, which would allow citizens to transfer part of their Social Security contributions into personal accounts, an alteration of the current system is needed to make necessary change. Votes: 0

Drawing on President Bush's reform plan, which would allow citizens to transfer part of their Social Security contributions into personal accounts, an alteration of the current system is needed to make necessary change. Votes: 0

... in this impersonal world of the nine-digit zip code, credit cards, and numbered bank accounts, in this world of no marriage, late marriage, and remarriage, the operative word in office relationships is 'family. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

[The] subjective [historical] element in geologic studies accounts for two characteristic types that can be distinguished among geologists: one considering geology as a creative art, the other regarding geology as an exact science. Votes: 0

And now, without having wearied my friends, I hope, with detailed scientific accounts, theories, or deductions, I will only say that I have endeavoured to tell just the story of the adventure itself. Votes: 0

Make the most of online banking to make your life easier and keep your finances organized. Online banking is great because it offers quick, easy, 24-hour access to your checking and savings accounts. Votes: 0

What we have now - a world without [marine] reserves - is like a debit account where we withdraw all the time and we never make any deposit. Reserves are like savings accounts. Votes: 0

The scriptures record remarkable accounts of men whose lives changed dramatically, in an instant, as it were: Alma the Younger, Paul on the road to Damascus, Enos praying far into the night, King Lamoni. Votes: 0

One way to make sure you don't lose assets in the future is to streamline your accounts. Consider using one bank for all your banking needs and one brokerage firm for all your investments. Votes: 0

Companies like Google and Facebook may offer jobs allowing or requiring imagination and creativity, but the whole of Silicon Valley accounts for only 3 percent of national income and a smaller percentage of national employment. Votes: 0

But at sixteen the conscience rarely gnaws So much, as when we call our old debts in At sixty years, and draw the accounts of evil, And find a deuced balance with the devil. Votes: 0

Cultural stupidity accounts for virtually every aspect of Sarah Palin, both as a person and a political icon. Which, come to think of it, may be a pretty good reason not to misunderstimate her. Votes: 0

Union leaders argue that pension shortfalls account for a proportionally tiny portion of governments' financial problems, and by all accounts, there are plenty of parties to blame for the growth in payrolls and obligations. Votes: 0

It's important that all my friends have verified Twitter accounts. The blue checkmark makes me feel comfortable and like I'm friends with a legit, high-quality person. I also prefer friends with ridiculously long usernames. Votes: 0

Dangerous because your present Administration and its specialized agencies by all accounts know no restraint in hitting out at any perceived enemy of America, and nobody or nothing can protect one from their vindictiveness. Votes: 0

Our problem with President Obama isn't that he's a bad person. By all accounts, he too is a good husband, and a good father - and thanks to lots of practice, a pretty good golfer. Votes: 0

Would you think it strange if I said I was having a good time? We're lost and confused and carrying around a cat. By all accounts, I should be feeling completely at a loss. Irritated. Votes: 0

What suggests to non-Evangelical scholars that the resurrection narratives contain legendary accounts? First there is a variety of apparent contradictions in the stories which in any ancient narrative would have to arouse the historian's suspicion. Votes: 0

I think it's crazy that Bill Cosby has a mugshot for alleged assaults 11 years ago with no physical evidence or proof besides these womens accounts of what he did to them an entire decade later. Votes: 0

Time, for example, is intimately connected with the goddess Kali, which partly accounts for her destructive nature. Energy - in Einstein's equation, E=MC2 - is personified in India as Shakti in her various guises. Votes: 0

I sometimes think that courage is the thing that you need more than any other thing. It's fear that cripples us. It's fear that accounts for racism, it's fear that accounts for sexism, for xenophobia. Votes: 0

[Jack] Kerouac was writing fiction. What he did when he wrote about me...he made me out with Russian Countesses and Swiss accounts and other things I didn't have or didn't happen and so on. Votes: 0

Because Mint has access to all of your bank accounts and credit cards, we can detect fraud or unusual spending patterns faster than your bank, then send an email or text message alert to users. Votes: 0

The reason that I proposed health savings accounts for everybody starting at birth, is because you very quickly accumulate an amount of money that you can use for your interactions with those health care providers. Votes: 0