#plus

I kept thinking, 'Somebody has to make a food show that is actually educational and entertaining at the same time... a show that got down to the 'why things happen.' Plus, I hated my job - I didn't think it was very worthwhile. ↗

— Alton Brown

#down #educational #entertaining #food #got

Soaring prices for crude oil, falling production surpluses, wild speculation in commodities, a rush into the precious metals, turmoil in the Middle East, assertive oil producers: it is 1973-74 all over again, and at dictation speed. ↗

— James Buchan

#assertive #commodities #crude #crude oil #dictation

A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various and powerful interests, combined into one mass, and held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in the banks. ↗

— John C. Calhoun

#cohesive #combined #consisting #government #greater

A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#gifted #leaves #person #point #rest

I think it's because it's so different and it takes risks. Plus, it's really smart humor. It gives the audience credit in terms of not needing to tell them when to laugh. I love that about the show. There's no laugh track. ↗

— Sarah Chalke

#audience #because #credit #different #gives

We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#alone #learn #life #minuses #plusses

Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better. ↗

— John Updike

#activity #any #becomes #better #cares

Three meals plus bedtime make four sure blessings a day. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#blessings #day #four #make #meals

President Clinton was able to achieve budget surpluses despite a divided government. ↗

— Jim Cooper

#achieve #budget #clinton #despite #divided

Well, for us, it's always better not to have too many expectations and to just go with the flow because then it's always a big plus no matter what happens. ↗

— Ville Valo

#because #better #big #expectations #flow