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Ignorance in this degree, concentrated in both the head and belly of a lumbering superpower, is now a problem for the entire world.

Ignorance in this degree, concentrated in both the head and belly of a lumbering superpower, is now a problem for the entire world.

Sam Harris (2005). “The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason”, p.230, W. W. Norton & Company

Younger colleagues tended to draw untested self-confidence from their bonuses and prestigious degrees.

Ron Suskind (2012). “Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President”, p.84, Harper Collins

He that contemns a shrew to the degree of not descending to words with her does worse than beat her.

Sir Roger L'Estrange (1738). “Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflections”, p.455

To a large degree, those early lean days were self-imposed.

"Rod Taylor, Star of 'The Birds' and 'The Time Machine,' Dies at 84" by Mike Barnes, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 8, 2015.

I think it's a terrible mistake to only think in terms of a degree "buying" you something.

"Ask the Author Live: Rebecca Mead". Live chat, www.newyorker.com. May 28, 2010.