Famous quotes containing the words net, bit and/or rate:
“Hard times accounted in large part for the fact that the exposition was a financial disappointment in its first year, but Sally Rand and her fan dancers accomplished what applied science had failed to do, and the exposition closed in 1934 with a net profit, which was donated to participating cultural institutions, excluding Sally Rand.”
—For the State of Illinois, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Scarlett OHara: Oh, oh, Rhett. For the first time Im finding out what it is to be sorry for something Ive done.
Rhett Butler: Dry your eyes. If you had it all to do over again, youd do no differently. Youre like the thief who isnt the least bit sorry he stole, but hes terribly, terribly sorry hes going to jail.”
—Sidney Howard (18911939)
“You are more than entitled not to know what the word performative means. It is a new word and an ugly word, and perhaps it does not mean anything very much. But at any rate there is one thing in its favor, it is not a profound word.”
—J.L. (John Langshaw)