“A lot of people think, particularly the people who have benefited, that they're entitled to the fruits of their abilities, their labor.” PeopleThinkingAbilityLaborFruitEntitled Author:Paul Solman
“I think that the sense of inefficacy and inevitability comes not from thinking the rich are going to have all the educational advantages. No, I think it comes from the sense that politically, the wealthy have overwhelming power in this society and there's nothing, say a lot of people, that we can do about it. That is simply wrong” PeopleThinkingCan DoRichAdvantageEducationalWealthyOverwhelmingInevitabilityThis Society Author:Paul Solman
“One guy can't create a field, but you can get people thinking.” PeopleThinkingGuyFields Author:Paul Solman
“One of our needs in a very complex society, where we encounter more people every day than probably our ancestors encountered over their whole lifetime, is our need to very rapidly evaluate other people. And one of the most potent ways of doing that is through our automobiles. So, a car isn't just a thing. It's a set of symbols and associations that we have to figure out in order to understand how we navigate our social worlds with that car.” PeopleWorldWayNeedsWholeOrderSocialCarFiguresLifetimeComplexesWhole LifeSymbolsEncountersAssociationAncestorAutomobileEvaluateNavigate Author:Paul Solman
“America isn't Wollman Rink, but I think almost everybody watching, and certainly the people who voted for him, have had frustrating experiences with bureaucrats and bureaucracy, private as well as public, pushing them around.” PeopleThinkingBureaucracyFrustrating Author:Paul Solman
“To make America great is about, hey, this country's in trouble. By doing things the old-fashioned way, I'm going to bring in people, deal-makers, who know how to change things dramatically.” PeopleTrouble Author:Paul Solman
