“You cling to culture like an orphan drags her rag doll from foster home to foster home. It is your last soiled reminder of what you think you were. You'd rather die at the stake than adapt or evolve because change is scary. So you guard the same tired shit as if it's a precious, sacrosanct relic from the holy crusades of your ancestors when, in fact, it is a withered turn wrapped in butcher paper.” AmericaAmerican DreamAmerican CultureAmerica Quotes Book:Catawampusland Source: Catawampusland
“If you want to do something today to radically improve the United States of America, walk on the right.” LifePhilosophyAmericaPhilosophy Of LifeAmerican DreamAmerican Culture Author:Dan Johnson
“Mostly, we swaddle ourselves in the sacrilege of self-justification and kowtow to a God we have silently rechristened ego. All things are acceptable in the all-seeing eyes of self-interest. Within the walls of our flimsy Jericho, we court ruin.” AmericaChristianityChristian LifeAmerican DreamChristian QuotesAmerican Culture Book:Catawampusland Source: Catawampusland
“Now personally I stand for the National Anthem. But that a man refusing to stand for the Star-Spangled Banner is a greater affront to your sense of American honor than a stacked roster of flag-waving hypocrites using Old Glory as a symbolic excuse to commit untold atrocities at home and abroad is probably a good sign that you've lost all reference.” AmericaAmerican DreamAmerican CultureAmerican Quotes Book:Catawampusland Source: Catawampusland
“We can't fix society until we fix the schools. We can't fix the schools until we fix the neighborhoods. We can't fix the neighborhoods until we fix the economy. We can't fix the economy until we fix politics. We can't fix politics until we fix the pernicious effect of basic human insecurities. We can't fix the pernicious effect of basic human insecurities until we fix society. We can't fix society until we fix the schools.” AmericaEducationAmerican DreamAmerican CultureAmerica Quotes Book:Catawampusland Source: Catawampusland