“The landscape of this city would have been miserably different and decidedly poorer had Ed Bacon not chosen to be a Philadelphian,”
Ed Rendell
“The landscape of this city would have been measurably different and decidedly poorer had Ed Bacon not chosen to be a Philadelphian,”
“Nothing is poorer than a truth expressed as it was thought. Committed to writing in such cases, it is not even a bad photograph. Truth wants to be startled abruptly, at one stroke, from her self-immersion, whether by uproar, music or cries for help.”
Walter Benjamin
“Economically, unfair trade will benefit nobody in the long run, as poorer countries will be bled totally dry and will become unable to produce anything.”
Chris Martin
“We can get mighty rich, but if we haven't got any friends, we will find we are poorer than anybody.”
Will Rogers
“It may help them go to sleep but the quality is much poorer than it would have been. As the alcohol breaks down in the system it causes arousals - they may not wake up but the depth is not the same.”
Charles Smith
“We kind of felt at halftime it was one of our poorer halves in quite a while. But it was a great second half for us. We were much more aggressive defensively and had at least 25 points off turnovers. It was a quality win against a team playing as well as anyone in the league right now.”
Scott Skiles
