“It seems that politics is becoming a millionaire's club...a poor man just doesn't have a chance these days. It is true that America is becoming more and more anti-revolutionary and anti-democratic--but as long as Americans feel such awe and envy for wealth and power, men like Scranton have a tremendous glamour over any other person no matter how well qualified or intelligent. [1962]” WealthPowerPolitics Of The United States Book:I Always Knew: A Memoir Source: I Always Knew: A Memoir
“Python carries his loneliness in him as if he had eaten clay.” IfsLonelinessCarrieClayPython Author:Barbara Chase-Riboud
“A transplanted Irishman, German, Englishman is an American in one generation. A transplanted African is not one in five!” United StatesFiveGenerationsRacismEnglishmenIrishmen Author:Barbara Chase-Riboud
“I think our civilization is minimal enough without underlining it. Sculpture as a created object in space should enrich, not reflect, and should be beautiful. Beauty is its function.” ThinkingShouldEnoughBeautifulSpaceObjectsCivilizationFunctionSculpture Author:Barbara Chase-Riboud