“The 50s face was angry, the 60s face was well-fed, the 70s face was foxy. Perhaps it was the right expression: there was a lot to be wary about.” WellsFacesExpressionAngryFeds Author:Keith Waterhouse
“Life is a campus: in a Greenwich Village bookstore, looking for a New Yorker collection, I asked of an earnest-looking assistant where I might find the humour section. Peering over her granny glasses, she enquired, "Humour studies would that be, sir?"” HumorMightFunnyLife IsStudyHumourGlassesCollectionsVillageSectionsEarnestNew YorkersAssistantsBookstoresCampusGrannyGreenwichGreenwich Village Author:Keith Waterhouse
“All things change, creeds and philosophies and outward systems - but God remains.” PhilosophyGodAll ThingsRemainsCreedsThings Change Author:Mary Augusta Ward
“The anger that you see expressed out there in Los Angeles, in my district this evening, is a righteous anger, and it's difficult for me to say to the people, "Don't be angry." When people are angry and enraged, they do do senseless things. They do act even sometimes out of character, and that's why it is the responsibility of America to try and avoid putting people in these kinds of situations.” PeopleTryingKindSometimesCharacterAmericaDifficultResponsibilitySituationAngryEveningLos AngelesRighteousRighteous Anger Author:Maxine Waters
“Many other cities could go the way that Los Angeles went last night unless the president is willing to step in and take some strong action in terms of letting people know that he cares about this issue.” PeopleKnowsWayCareActionLastsNightStrongPresidentTermCitiesStepsIssuesWillingLos AngelesLast Night Author:Maxine Waters
“I don't see white police officers slamming the heads of little white boys into police cars.” LittlesWhiteBoysCarPoliceOfficersPolice OfficerPolice Cars Author:Maxine Waters
“The shouting, the overrunning of the Capitol, the sneaking in of Tea Party participants into the basement of the Capitol, the name-calling, the spitting, all of that... The Tea Party emerges as not only outrageous, but they have turned up the volume in ways that even Code Pink have not been able to do.” WayAbleNamesPartyCallingTeaCodeVolumeOutrageousShoutingParticipantsTea PartyBasementsCapitolName Calling Author:Maxine Waters
“Silicon Valley is 130 miles from Sacramento, but it might as well be a million miles away given how it operates.” WellsMightGivenMillionsMilesValleysSiliconMiles AwaySilicon ValleySacramento Author:Meg Whitman
“These hurts I have are my fault but I'm sure gonna learn from it and hopefully anyone reading this will too. The lesson: stay aware on a bicycle and look up the road in front of you at all times to make sure you can deal with what's coming and the condition of the road you're gonna be rolling down!” LooksReadingHurtDealsConditionsFrontsLessonsFaultsAll TimeHopefullyLook UpRollingBicycle Author:Mike Watt