“Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.” SaidStillsAmericaHoursKingsWorshipLuther Author:Barney Frank
“For 40 years, the American middle class has been disappearing. Millions of people are working longer hours for lower wages despite a huge increase in technology and productivity. And what we have seen during that period is a massive transfer of trillions of dollars from the middle class to the top one-tenth of 1 percent of America” PeopleYearsHas BeensAmericaHoursClassMillionsTechnologyMiddleHugePeriodsPercentIncreaseDollarsDisappearProductivityDespiteMiddle ClassMassiveWagesTransfers Author:Lindsey Graham
“Over the years, we have lost millions of decent paying jobs. These trade agreements have forced wages down in America so the average worker in America today is working longer hours for lower wages.” YearsTodayJobsAmericaLostHoursMillionsTradeWorkersAverageDecentAgreementWagesAmerica TodayTrade Agreements Author:Hillary Clinton
“The happiest people in America socialize about seven hours a day.” PeopleAmericaHoursSeven Author:Dan Buettner
“You've got to keep close to your spouse I think, which is a very hard thing to do in America, with everything always pulling you away. I would advise all married people to spend two hours talking to each other. That's my moral for the day.” PeopleThinkingTwoHardAmericaHoursTalkingMoralMarriedThings To DoPullingSpouseAdviseHard Things Author:Robert M. Pirsig
“Time in China has no immediacy as in America. Here I find the swift passage of our few earthly years accepted as naturally as the fall of flower and leaf. ... I hear and speak a language in which grammar has no tense. Both scholars and illiterates, in ordinary daily speech, tell an event of centuries ago as casually as an incident of the hour. Only as my knowledge has accumulated have I been able to know whether something related happened just then or in some past dynasty.” KnowsYearsAbleAmericaPastTimeFallSpeakLanguageHoursHappenedCenturyEventsFlowerSpeechOrdinaryChinaAcceptedRelatedPassagesScholarLeafsGrammarIncidentsTenseDynastyImmediacy Author:Nora Waln