“The rich, like well brought up children, are meant to be seen, not heard.” WellsChildrenRichHeardMeant To Be Author:Lewis H. Lapham
“The substitution of meaning accounts for the grasping of misers as well as the extravagance of spendthrifts. Karl Marx well understood this peculiar transformation of flesh into coin.” WellsUnderstoodAccountsTransformationFleshPeculiarCoinsGraspingExtravaganceMisersSubstitutionSpendthrift Author:Lewis H. Lapham
“Given lesser opportunities, Kissinger would have done very well as a talk show host. Fortunately for him, although not so fortunately for the United States, he found his patron in Nelson Rockefeller instead of William Paley.” WellsStatesDoneShowsFoundOpportunityGivenUnitedUnited StatesHostNelsonTalk ShowsPatronKissinger Author:Lewis H. Lapham
“We need not seek our own best selves, and in the meantime we inoculate ourselves against the viruses of age and idealism, which, as the advertising agencies well know, depress sales and sour the feasts of consumption.” KnowsNeedsWellsSelfAgeAdvertisingAgencyConsumptionDepressingIdealismVirusesSourAdvertising AgenciesBest Self Author:Lewis H. Lapham
“If in the well and truly made martini DeVoto finds "water of life" and the blessing to the spirit, so also DeVoto's The Hour brings to its readers the breath of life and a vision of themselves made generous, indomitable and wise.” IfsWellsMadeSpiritWaterHoursVisionWiseReaderBlessingBreathsGenerousSelf MadeMartiniIndomitableWater Of Life Author:Lewis H. Lapham
“Except in a few well-publicized instances (enough to lend credence to the iconography painted on the walls of the media), the rigorous practice of rugged individualism usually leads to poverty, ostracism and disgrace. The rugged individualist is too often mistaken for the misfit, the maverick, the spoilsport, the sore thumb.” WellsEnoughPainPovertyPracticeMediaWallIndividualityInstanceIndividualismMistakenDisgraceThumbsMisfitsRuggedMaverickCredenceIconographyOstracismRugged Individualism Author:Lewis H. Lapham
