“To many of us now, computers, silicon chips, data processing, cybernetics, and all the other innovations of the dawning high technology age are as mystifying as the workings of the combustion engine must have been when that first Model T rattled down Main Street, U.S.A. But as surely as America's pioneer spirit made us the industrial giant of the 20th century, the same pioneer spirit today is opening up on another vast front of opportunity, the frontier of high technology.” FirstsHas BeensMadeAgeTodayAmericaSpiritOpportunityTechnologyStreetsCenturyFrontsComputerModelsInnovationOpeningDataGiantsEngines20th CenturyChipsFrontiersPioneersProcessingSiliconOpening UpCyberneticsMain StreetCombustionHigh TechnologyPioneer SpiritModel T Author:Ronald Reagan
“One thing I like about the United States, and I kind of miss about the United States, is there's an election coming up here in England, but no one's going to have a sign in front of their house. Nobody's going to wear buttons. And in France, same thing. In America I like that people have signs and buttons and bumper stickers. Sometimes you'll smile at someone from a distance, then you'll get up close and you'll see their pin, and you're like, "Oh my god. I wasted a smile on you?"” PeopleKindSometimesStatesAmericaHouseUnitedUnited StatesOne ThingMissingFrontsEnglandElectionDistanceGet UpFranceButtonsPinsBumperStickerBumper Sticker Author:David Sedaris
“The discontent with the existing order of things pervaded the atmosphere, wherever the conditions were favorable, long before Columbus, seeking the back door of Asia, found himself knocking at the front door of America.” LongAmericaOrderFoundDoorsConditionsFrontsSeekingAtmosphereAsiaDiscontentKnockingColumbusFront DoorsBack Doors Book:Essays, English and American: With Introductions and Notes Source: Essays, English and American: With Introductions and Notes
“Everything has to be understood in opposition to something else. For some dang reason, the ego prefers to make one side better than the other, so we choose. And we decide males are better than females, America is better than Canada, Democrats are better than Republicans. And for most people, once this decision is made, it is amazing the amount of blindness they become capable of. They really don't see what's right in front of them. Once you see this, it's an amazing breakthrough, and that is the starting place for moving away from dualistic thinking.” PeopleThinkingMadeReasonAmericaMovingSidesDecisionFrontsAmountRepublicanEgoCapableUnderstoodFemaleDemocratMalesStartingMade ItCanadaOppositionBlindnessBreakthroughMoving Away Author:Richard Rohr
“Leading from the front: It's what built America. But these days, the federal government isn't at the front - it's cowering in the back corner of the room, ducking responsibility and hoping no one notices.” GovernmentAmericaRoomsResponsibilityFrontsBuiltCornersThese DaysFederal Government Author:Michael Bloomberg
“In all honesty, if somebody asked me the secret of auditioning for Americans, I don't know. Often, I do what's called self-taping for America. I go over there quite a lot to sit in a room and do stuff in front of people. You feel like a performing monkey. It's bizarre.” PeopleIfsKnowsFeelsSelfAmericaStuffRoomsSecretFrontsHonestyPerformingMonkeysBizarre Author:David Wenham
“Yes, Manila had its slums; one saw them on the drive from the airport: vast districts of men in dirty white undershirts lounging idly in front of auto-repair shops - like a poorer version of the 1950s America depicted in such films as Grease.” MenAmericaFilmWhiteSawsFrontsVersionsDirtyShopsAirportsSlumsGreaseManilaLounging Book:The Reluctant Fundamentalist Source: The Reluctant Fundamentalist
“I would never discredit anyone that is working their way up on a show like "American Idol." I think they work so hard overcoming all of the obstacles to get on the show in the first place and then every week they are judged in front of all of America... I give them complete credit for getting up on stage... I think they deserve all the success that they get.” ThinkingWayGivingFirstsHardShowsAmericaWeekStageFrontsDeserveOvercomingObstaclesCreditJudgedIdolsDiscreditAmerican Idol Author:Mandy Moore