A postsecondary education is the ticket to economic success in America. Arne Duncan americaeconomiceducation Change image and share on social
A potato can grow quite easily on a very small plot of land. With molecular manufacturing, we'll be able to have distributed manufacturing, which will permit manufacturing at the site using technologies that are low-cost and easily available. Ralph Merkle costdistributeeasily share on social
A potential person is not a person, any more than an acorn is an oak tree. I don't think women should have to give birth just because a sperm met an egg. Katha Pollitt acornbirthegg Change image and share on social
A potentially useful property of forecasts based on cointegration is that when extended some way ahead, the forecasts of the two series will form a constant ratio, as is expected by some asymptotic economic theory. Clive Granger aheadasymptoticbase share on social
A potlatch is similar to a court case in that both are prohibitively expensive; both involve lengthy speeches and the vigorous examination and debate of the actions, rights and legal responsibilities of the participants. One has food, singing and spiritual rites; the other, not so much. Eden Robinson actioncasecourt share on social
A pound invested in energy efficiency buys seven times more energy solution than a pound invested in nuclear power. Zac Goldsmith buyefficiencyenergy Change image and share on social
A pound of Alaskan king crab legs and buffalo shrimp = happy Travie. Travie McCoy alaskanbuffalocrab Change image and share on social
A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck. James A. Garfield luckpluckpound Change image and share on social
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 bankcohesivecombine share on social
A powerful attraction exists, therefore, to the promotion of a study and of duties of all others engrossing the time most completely, and which is less benefited than most others by any acquaintance with science. Charles Babbage acquaintanceattractionbenefit share on social