Quotes by Bill Dedman

I never bought a man who wasnt for sale. -W.A. Clark, ascribed

The colleges and other institutions of learning are going too far, in my opinion. I think 50% of those attending educational institutions, having the professions in view, would be better off with a common school education that would enable them to earn a living, rather than sit around in offices and wait for clients. W.A. Clark (MT Senator, 1901-1907)

Some parents believe that competition helps prepare children to succeed. Others fear that their children will not be able to handle failure.

Federal regulations forbid delaying inspections for fracture-critical bridges like the fallen Minneapolis bridge - the kind with a lack of redundancy in design, so that a single failure in a load-bearing part can cause the entire bridge to collapse.

Companies are accustomed to dismissing employees for misuse of computers at work.

Each year, at the typical nuclear reactor in the U.S., theres a 1 in 74,176 chance of an earthquake strong enough to cause damage to the reactors core, which could expose the public to radiation. No tsunami required.

In Illinois, where legislators are paid $45,000, plus as much as $10,000 for leadership work, about half are full-time politicians.

While the House of Blues slogan has been In blues we trust, its stages are usually filled with more reliable moneymakers - Neil Diamond and A Tribe Called Quest among them.

Disclosure of private e-mails from government officials has been a legal issue in many states.