“I think technology has changed America, not any one organization. Technology is taking the power away from the few. There'll be a lot more choices, and good people who are doing serious stuff will survive and there'll be a lot more voices, and that is very healthy.” PeopleThinkingAmericaChoicesStuffVoiceTechnologyChangedSeriousHealthyOrganizationGood People Author:Brian Lamb
“When I arrived in America, I experienced serious culture shock. For someone with a religious upbringing, the 1960s were an extremely difficult time. Even though religion was a big part of the civil rights and peace movements, in my college religion was treated as irrelevant, hopelessly stodgy, and behind the times.” BigsAmericaCultureDifficultReligiousBehindsRightsMovementCollegeSeriousTreatedCivil RightsShockIrrelevant1960sDifficult TimesUpbringingCulture Shock Book:Moving the Mountain: Beyond Ground Zero to a New Vision of Islam in America Source: Moving the Mountain: Beyond Ground Zero to a New Vision of Islam in America
“It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin America and Russia.” ImportantAmericaRememberCultureLiteratureDemocracySeriousRussiaGermanyJapanLatinThinkerLatin AmericaCompatible Author:Natan Sharansky
“We must dispel the negative and harmful atmosphere that has been created by avaricious and unprincipled realtors who engage in "blockbusting." If we had in America really serious efforts to break down discrimination in housing, and at the same time a concerted program of government aid to improve housing for Negroes, I think that many white people would be surprised at how many Negroes would choose to live among themselves, exactly as Poles and Jews and other ethnic groups do.” PeopleIfsThinkingHas BeensGovernmentWould BeAmericaWhiteEffortBreakGroupsSeriousNegativeProgramJewAidsDiscriminationAtmosphereBreaking DownHousingEthnic GroupsRealtorsGovernment Aid Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“But if you, as an independent filmmaker or a "serious" filmmaker, think you put more love into your characters than the Russo Brothers do Captain America, or Joss Whedon does the Hulk, or I do a talking raccoon, you are simply mistaken.” IfsThinkingDoeCharacterAmericaTalkingSeriousBrotherIndependentFilmmakerCaptainsMistakenRaccoons Author:James Gunn
“America has shown we are serious about removing the threat of weapons of mass destruction... We now know that Saddam Hussein had the capacity to produce weapons of mass destruction.... We know he had the necessary infrastructure because we found the labs and the dual-use facilities that could be used for these chemical and biological agents. We know that he was developing the delivery systems - ballistic missiles - that had been prohibited by the United Nations.” KnowsUseAmericaUsedFoundNationsUnitedProduceSeriousWeaponsMassCapacityDestructionThreatAgentsDevelopingChemicalsSaddamUnited NationsInfrastructureHusseinFacilityMissilesWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionDeliveryLabs Author:Dick Cheney
“All I did in Chicago was to exercise my legal right to speak on my own behalf and I was given four years in jail as a result. But I think the most serious injustice perpetrated by the court system in America is the inability of a black man to get a jury of his peers.” ThinkingMenYearsAmericaSpeakGivenBlackMy OwnResultsFourSeriousExerciseCourtInjusticeJailChicagoFour YearsPeersBehalfInabilityJuryCourt System Author:Bobby Seale
“Despite his reputation as one of America's foremost "serious" filmmakers, Oliver Stone's name under the "director" caption does not guarantee a good movie. I learned that lesson while enduring the seemingly-endless tedium of The Doors, and was reminded of it during some of the long, drawn-out portions of JFK. However, nothing that Stone has directed or misdirected prepared me for the grotesque mess that is Natural Born Killers.” LongDoeAmericaNamesBornNaturalDoorsSeriousLessonsDirectorsStonesPreparedEndureEndlessReputationDespiteMessFilmmakerGuaranteesPortionsKillersGood MovieGrotesqueTediumCaption Author:James Berardinelli
“When you come to America, it's a very serious thing. It's not like you arrive and they say, 'Hey, come on! Do movies!' I can't just be hopping around. I have to focus and be still and make sure that I put the time and effort in. Because if I don't, I could lose it like that.” IfsStillsI CanAmericaLosesEffortFocusSeriousLike YouHeySerious ThingsHopping Author:Maggie Q
“I am convinced that America can be turned around if we will all get serious about the Master's business. It may be late, but it is never too late to do what is right. We need an old-fashioned, God-honoring, Christ-exalting revival to turn American back to God. America can be saved!” IfsNeedsMayHumorAmericaTurnsChristReligiousSeriousMastersLateConvincedSavedToo LateOld FashionedRevivalNever Too Late Author:Jerry Falwell
“Americans thinking that America will continue to lead the world in innovation and quality of life without some quick and serious educational improvements are dangerously delusional.” ThinkingWorldAmericaQualitySeriousInnovationEducationalImprovementQuality Of LifeDelusional Author:Dean Kamen