“I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Group for six and half years.” TryingYearsAmericaParentHalfStudyGroupsSixExcellentPermissionBostonScholarshipYaleConsultingHalf A Year Author:Indra Nooyi
“Science is the study of the admitted laws of existence, which cannot prove a universal negative about whether those laws could ever be suspended by something admittedly above them. It is as if we were to say that a lawyer was so deeply learned in the American Constitution that he knew there could never be a revolution in America.” IfsAmericaLawScienceExistenceStudyRevolutionProveNegativeUniversalConstitutionLawyerSuspendedAmerican Constitution Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“So many people think that social studies and weird lessons in social studies, teaching kids in America are bad, is it the result of Common Core? And it's not. It's not. Common Core does not deal with social studies. It's basically writing and math.” PeopleThinkingWritingDoeKidsAmericaSocialResultsDealsCommonStudyTeachingLessonsMathCoreSocial StudiesTeaching KidsCommon Core Author:Megyn Kelly
“An important contribution to a much-neglected but very important subject. No other author has set out to do what Davenport accomplishes, which is a systematic study of how key representatives of America's rising tide of religion attempted a theoretical understanding of, and practical response to, America's rising tide of commerce.” ImportantAmericaUnderstandingStudySubjectsKeysResponseAccomplishPracticalsRisingContributionTidesRepresentativesCommerceTheoreticalNeglectedSystematicImportant Contributions Author:Mark Noll
“The Unheavenly Chorus is the definitive study of participatory inequality in America. Marshaling prodigious evidence, the authors show how money not only buys influence directly but also affects associations that are supposed to be democratic antidotes to concentrated wealth. A monumental achievement of careful scholarship, this book offers real knowledge of how politics actually operates.” BookRealShowsAmericaWealthStudyInfluenceOffersAchievementEvidenceDemocraticCarefulInequalitySupposed To BeAssociationAntidoteScholarshipChorusProdigiousReal Knowledge Author:Robert Kuttner
“Anyone who would understand the Reagan victory of 1980 and the movement that eliminated the Soviet Union and revitalized America must read-indeed must study-Craig Shirley's brilliant, comprehensive work.” AmericaStudyMovementVictoryUnionsBrilliantSovietSoviet UnionComprehensive Author:Newt Gingrich
“In America people have this funny idea about enlightenment and money. Money expresses a level of commitment. Studying enlightenment is like going to a university.” PeopleIdeasAmericaLevelsStudyBuddhismEnlightenmentCommitmentUniversityBuddhistEtiquette Author:Frederick Lenz
“I recommend, for many people, the study of computer science. Our natural resource in America is the mind. The mindset in computer science is very similar to the mindset in Zen.” PeopleMindAmericaScienceNaturalStudyComputerResourcesMindsetNatural ResourcesComputer Science Author:Frederick Lenz
“I know that family life in America is a minefield, an economic trap for women, a study in disappointment for both sexes.” KnowsAmericaSexFamilyStudyEconomicDisappointmentTrapsFamily LifeMinefields Author:Anne Roiphe
“I understand why so many Americans are fed up with government. The 112th Congress was almost universally derided as the worst ever. It was the most polarized body since the end of Reconstruction, according to one study, and I grew embarrassed by its partisan bickering, inactivity, and refusal to address the vital challenges facing America.” EndsBodyGovernmentAmericaChallengesStudyWorstGrewCongressAddressesFedsEmbarrassedRefusalPartisansReconstructionFed UpInactivityBickering Author:Olympia Snowe
“It's not enough to have a few women's studies courses. Why is it more important to study Paul Revere's midnight ride than it is Susan B. Anthony's 50-year effort to transform the face of America for women? When you're in school, most of the events you study are about men. Men's activities lauded and repeated over and over. What about us? What about commemorating the decades-long struggle for suffrage? Why don't we hear those stories over and over and over again. It's almost inconceivable for men to understand what it would be like to live without that constant valorization.” MenYearsLongImportantEnoughStoriesWould BeSchoolAmericaFacesCoursesEffortStruggleStudyEventsActivityConstantDecadesMidnightSuffrageSusan B Anthony Author:Judy Chicago
“People over 100 are the fastest-growing group in America. People soon will be working 'til 100 - some because they have to - and living 'til 125 or even 135. What do I know, I'm just a weatherman, but I've made a hobby of studying this, and it's phenomenal.” PeopleKnowsMadeAmericaStudyGrowingGroupsHobbiesPhenomenalWeathermen Author:Willard Scott