Politburo Standing Quotes

#1. The pinnacle of power in China is the nine-member Politburo Standing Committee, the tiny body that sets policy for the nation's 1.4 billion citizens.

Tom Clancy

#2. He has denied what has happened. His sworn statements have denied what has happened.

Patricia Schroeder

#3. The argument is made that naming God is never really naming God but only naming our understanding of God. To take our ideas of the divine and hold them as if they correspond to the reality of God is thus to construct a conceptual idol built from the materials of our mind.

Peter Rollins

#4. Mortimer Lindquist seemed to have finally given in to the inevitable. I'd seen him with a bad toupee, and with an even worse comb-over, but this was the first time I'd seen him sporting a full-on Charles Xavier.

Jim Butcher

#5. The Japanese look most diminutive in European dress. Each garment is a misfit and exaggerates the miserable physique and the national defects of concave chests and bow legs. The lack of 'complexion' and of hair upon the face makes it nearly impossible to judge of the ages of men.

Isabella Bird

#6. China is still a developing country with a myriad of tasks and challenges.

Li Keqiang

#7. Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and an expression of energy associated with it.

Mary Ritter Beard

#8. Enough to summon Tommy down to assist. His repertoire of life skills, augmented by the time he spent in Africa, no doubt includes the function of generators. But I'd better wait at least until

J. Mark Bertrand

#9. All the pre-made sauces in a jar, and frozen and canned vegetables, processed meats, and cheeses which are loaded with artificial ingredients and sodium can get in the way of a healthy diet. My number one advice is to eat fresh, and seasonally.

Todd English

#10. That would certainly be a better name for this planet than Earth, since it would give people who just got here a clearer idea of what they were in for: Triage. Welcome to Triage.

Kurt Vonnegut