Steven Levitt
Related DONNA BRAZILE I see the root of the education crisis in the primary and secondary schools. Academia is doing a fai... DAN SHECHTMAN Our newer schools have thermostats in classrooms that teachers can control, but they don't go lower ... JEANANN PADDYFOTE I think we're on the right track. We can now finally have classrooms at the schools, where we can co... CAROL HUFFMAN I think we're on the right track. We can now finally have classrooms at the schools, where we can co... CAROL LEE HUFFMAN While I agree completely that attracting good teachers is difficult, and we need to spend more time ... DAVID BOIES There aren't too many people out there who can start one of my books and not finish it. I don... JOY FIELDING I think they should leave the schools in the community. They can really bond with teachers and each ... DEBBIE ARMSTRONG CHUCK NORRIS ADAM HAMILTON MITT ROMNEY FRANK MCCOURT Why can't teachers end up owning schools, the way waiters can open their own restaurants? PETER BRIMELOW I think the classrooms suffer with half-time teachers. DOYLENE FUQUA JASON ALEXANDER SANJEEV BHASKAR ERIC STOLTZ SUGATA MITRA There are absolutely lots of teachers who are trying to come into the profession, but they are not a... MELINDA GATES The problem is that too many adults think their kids' lives are simple, or they try to make thei... SHERMAN ALEXIE CHUCK SCHUMER Grades don't measure tenacity, courage, leadership, guts or whatever you want to call it. Teache... THOMAS J. STANLEY RAY BRADBURY I think it does work. The fact that the law is there and injustices can be rectified, I think has a ... HAROLD H. GREENE Everybody's scared for their ass. There aren't too many people ready to die for racism. They... FLORYNCE KENNEDY They know what they want, but aren't sure how to find it. JAMES C. DOBSON ANDY ROONEY I think sometimes parents and teachers can push children away from reading by telling them it's ... DARREN SHAN I think the more mediocre you are the better you do because people need to think you're their fr... KELLY BROOK COLIN POWELL MITCHEL RESNICK In manufacturing, too much work is beyond repetitive - it is inhumane. The people doing this work ar... STEVE JURVETSON TERRY CREWS BOBBY FISCHER RHYS IFANS Very few people do bad things because they're bad. They generally do bad things because they thi... PAUL GREENGRASS I think the teachers are just as excited as the kids. Many teachers told me they had difficulty slee... ELIZABETH ENGLISH It's important for the schools to make sure they new hires are of the quality they want. It's one mo... DANIEL WALLACE I think that 'Family Guy' is hysterical. It's edgy and hip - and they can do whatever th... ZACHARY LEVI CHRIS CHRISTIE I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don't know too many ruggedly handsome people who ar... BARBARA MERTZ JEANNETTE WALLS PARK CHAN-WOOK JONATHAN KOZOL There is that pressure from the administrators who ask the teachers 'Why is [only] 40 percent of you... CAROL CLARKE SACHIN TENDULKAR People in distress behave in a stressful way. They aren't all sweetness and light. They don'... PENELOPE WILTON JASON MRAZ KESHA I get the sense when I go out to the schools [that] the teachers will tell you how they feel. And th... KARL KILDOW MARIA BARTIROMO RUBEN STUDDARD I think the Republicans are subverted by the fact that so many of their leaders send their kids to p... PETER BRIMELOW I've focused on making sure we have talented teachers and principals in our schools through prop... MICHAEL BENNET LINDSAY WAGNER The quality of the relationships that students have in class with their peers and teachers is import... BOB PLETKA We can't treat teachers like glorified test monitors and pay them accordingly if we want to have any... CHRIS BELL WALLY SCHIRRA SUGATA MITRA I'm not sure what the UFC's agenda is when it comes to me. It's their show, their press.... NATE DIAZ RAM SHRIRAM Many people think that since they are riding all these miles, they can eat whatever they want, but t... CATHERINE KRUPPA ORSON WELLES ERICA JONG ARNE DUNCAN Oh, there's so much ego with men; in their head, they can't possibly think about Tesco's... LESLEY MANVILLE POST MALONE JENNIFER CARPENTER KARIN SLAUGHTER We never see the fancy schools with the blazers and ties in films about Africa! But, in fact, we too... MIRA NAIR So, I think that Marilyn, what she gave the world, and in many ways Kennedy too, was that they had d... SALLY KIRKLAND WENDY KOPP I've stopped going to see art films because every critic gives them four stars and say things li... TERRY ZWIGOFF JEFF MERKLEY MILO YIANNOPOULOS BO JACKSON I worry that when educational counselors and teachers call in families with concerns about a child h... MADCHEN AMICK ROBERT REICH JACK MCBRAYER A lot of comics aren't their on-screen personas; Chris Rock isn't always ranting and raving.... BILLY EICHNER There really aren't too many sock companies. ROB KARDASHIAN RICHARD DAWKINS SUGATA MITRA When teachers get together they can trade ideas, blow off steam and generally get better connected w... DEAN TURNER SARAH CHURCHWELL Texas Republican political leaders take perverse pride in how deeply they have cut our state's e... WENDY DAVIS When teachers participate in a literary experience with a professionally presented children's play, ... JAMES HUGH COMEY I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for child... BEVERLY CLEARY RICHARD ROGERS I'm an advocate of music in schools. It's important to me that music is in as many schools a... CHRISETTE MICHELE There are certain people who aren't with me any more, but they're with me in spirit. I just ... HENRY SPEIGHT I think most writers, if they will admit it, have stories in their head all the time ... . The probl... BARBARA HODGES Too many children today are trapped in schools that don't work for them. BETSY DEVOS You can't just pillory the teachers unions and sound the free market trumpet. We must visit the ... FRANK WOLF It has noting to do with the work of these fine teachers, but we have too many unknowns for next yea... DEAN JUNTUNEN PHIL MCGRAW TAMRON HALL Some people don't like my songs because they think they're too simple or easy or not that th... LANGHORNE SLIM Anytime that we can help the teachers in any way monetarily we should. Not only are we helping our t... BETTY COVINGTON By resisting almost any change aimed at improving our public schools, teachers' unions have beco... CAMPBELL BROWN
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The major challenge facing most foundations is that they are risk averse. This inhibits their abilit... STEVEN LEVITT You'd be a fool or a deluded idealist to think ethics would be prominent on Wall Street. That is... STEVEN LEVITT Race is not in any way central to our arguments about abortion and crime. STEVEN LEVITT Data, I think, is one of the most powerful mechanisms for telling stories. I take a huge pile of dat... STEVEN LEVITT No one would disagree that restraining your child is about the single best thing you can do for prot... STEVEN LEVITT Betting on sports is actually a lot more like playing the stock market than it is the other games at... STEVEN LEVITT There aren't many people who succeed in doing it, but at least it's possible. STEVEN LEVITT Some of these deceased personalities have Q scores equal to or greater than some of the live persona... STEVEN LEVITT He's gone from someone who has never gotten a lot of endorsements to someone who's likely not to get... 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LEVITT But as history clearly shows, most people, whether because of nature or nurture, generally put their... STEVEN D. LEVITT When failure is demonized, people will try to avoid it at all costs—even when it represents nothin... STEVEN D. LEVITT Another misconception is that an order is canceled when you hit 'cancel' on your computer. B... ARTHUR LEVITT CREATIVITY is thinking up new things. INNOVATION is doing new things. THEODORE LEVITT The motivation to satisfy Wall Street earnings expectations may be overriding common sense business ... ARTHUR LEVITT Richard is a multifaceted kind of guy, ARTHUR LEVITT It has been almost 30 years since significant steps were taken to improve the mutual fund governance... ARTHUR LEVITT We have an opportunity today that we may not have again in our lifetime, to realize the vision for a... ARTHUR LEVITT These issues are not academic or peripheral -- they directly affect every mutual fund investor. ... ... 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ARTHUR LEVITT The future belongs to people who see possibilities before they become obvious. TED LEVITT What must occur is a greater recognition by investors of their individual responsibility. ARTHUR LEVITT Any operating system is impervious to viruses. It's just harder to do (to a Mac), it doesn't mean it... RICK LEVITT This effort will be an important addition ? to encourage the education of fund directors, ARTHUR LEVITT How many times have we seen an analyst on television being asked to list his top five picks? And how... ARTHUR LEVITT A careful balance of 'bright-line' rules establishing clear limits, coupled with greater disclosure,... ARTHUR LEVITT It is time for the U.S. securities market to make this change, ARTHUR LEVITT a way to gain and maintain favor with particular analysts. ARTHUR LEVITT High-quality and timely information is the lifeblood of strong, vibrant markets. It is at the very c... ARTHUR LEVITT I've had my dream job. I have been able to work on issues that I have been deeply passionate about s... ARTHUR LEVITT But when that information travels only to a privileged few, when it is used to profit at the expense... ARTHUR LEVITT That also has put pressure on analysts to report favorably on a company in order to maintain access ... ARTHUR LEVITT Sandy reacted to his times, and Chuck Prince is going to have to determine what his times are and ho... ARTHUR LEVITT His positives outweigh negatives (in different groups surveyed) by multiples of two, three, four, ev... STEVE LEVITT It turns out there's only one thing that capuchins really, really love - and that's sweet stuff. If ... STEVE LEVITT All three of these are factors that put children at risk for crime when they grow up. Unwanted child... STEVE LEVITT Sacred Heart is about being able to teach the faith day in and day out to whoever wants it. And when... 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Always attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses the
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