Quotes #33: BK, Zen, Corinthians, Kahlenburg, Capestany, Karl, Oppenheimer, Coughlin, Francese, Schmock, Boudreau, Ahluwalia, Lloyd
Have it your way. --Burger King
You smile the world changes. --Zen Koan
Bad company corrupts. I Corinthians 15:33
There is a wide body of evidence going back several decades to suggest that low income students perform better in middle class schools. But, in practice, Moving to Opportunity was more like moving to mediocrity. --Richard Kahlenberg
For us, it's been amazing to see how people who owe back child care support seem to be able to come up with good chunks of money when it involves needing their passport. --Adolfo Capestany
In aggregate terms, India remains a very poor country. With hundreds of millions of people mired in grinding poverty, it has the world's largest concentration of economic misery. --David J. Karl
Much like Spain, Latin American countries may dramatically improve their standards of living by becoming hosts to rich countries' retirees. --Andres Oppenheimer
Once you have the testimony of the other two, it's hard to imagine how Michael Vick can stand alone and emerge successfully. It's one of the most frightening positions you can be in. --Anne Coughlin
Say all you want about soccer parents, PTA meetings, etc. and how those parents run their lives by their kids' needs. But many parents don't have their children at the top of the list of worries. --Sue Hutchison
We seem to be reverting to a much older pattern, when elites marry and a great many others live together and have kids. --Peter Francese
Arguments that marriage can mean stability do not seem to change the attitudes of poor people. --Pamela Schmock
When you provide information about yourself, you are giving a bad person the opportunity to exploit your identity. --John Boudreau
In much of the country, the growth in big houses is fueled by suburban homebuyers seeing luxury, rather than big families needing space. --Gopal Ahluwalia
The TV show from the 1960's, the Ozzie and Harriet Show, shows even though they were not proficient actors, their scenes rarely seem scripted. There never is the sense the players know how things will turn out, but rather that they are discovering life as it goes along. --Robert Lloyd
