“Let us wage a moral and political war against the billionaires and corporate leaders, on Wall Street and elsewhere, whose policies and greed are destroying the middle class of America.” WarAmericaPoliticalLeaderMoralClassStreetsMiddlePolicyWallGreedCorporateMiddle ClassDestroyingElsewhereBillionaireCorporate Greed Author:Bernie Sanders
“The Occupy Wall Street protests are shining a national spotlight on the most powerful, dangerous and secretive economic and political force in America.” AmericaPoliticalForcePowerfulEconomicStreetsDangerousWallShiningProtestMost PowerfulSpotlightSecretiveOccupy Wall Street Author:Bernie Sanders
“I heard governor Romney here called me an economic lightweight because I wasn't a Wall Street financier like he was. Do you really believe this country wants to elect a Wall Street financier as the president of the United States? Do you think that's the experience that we need? Someone who's going to take and look after as he did his friends on Wall Street and bail them out at the expense of Main Street America.” ThinkingWantNeedsBelieveLooksCountryStatesAmericaPresidentUnitedUnited StatesHeardEconomicStreetsWallRepublicanExpensesGovernorsRomneyBailMain StreetFinanciersGovernor Romney Author:Rick Santorum
“I want every family in America to have a carpet on the floor and a picture on the wall. After bread, you've got to have a picture on the wall.” WantAmericaWallBreadCarpet Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“The truth is, everything we know about America, everything Americans come to know about being American, isn't from the news. I live there. We don't go home at the end of the day and think, "Well, I really know who I am now because the Wall Street Journal says that the Stock Exchange closed at this many points." What we know about how to be who we are comes from stories. It comes from the novels, the movies, the fashion magazines. It comes from popular culture.” ThinkingKnowsWellsEndsStoriesHomeAmericaCultureNovelStreetsFashionWallTruth IsNewsWho I AmMagazinesWho We AreThe End Of The DayJournalPopular CultureStock ExchangeWall Street JournalFashion Magazines Author:Chris Abani
“I basically made the movie from the crew's suggestions. For one scene, I wanted some kids' toys against the wall in Mikey's room, to give the scene texture, and we tried a field hockey stick. It looked really good to me, until someone had to say that in America, field hockey is more of a girl's game. Gradually I got tuned into the world - that happens on every movie.” WorldGivingMadeHappensKidsWantedAmericaGirlGamesRoomsFieldsWallSceneSticksHockeyToysCrewSuggestionsTextureMikeyHockey SticksField Hockey Author:Ang Lee
“That wall, embodied in the First Amendment, is perhaps America's most important contribution to political progress on this planet.” FirstsImportantAmericaPoliticalProgressAtheismPlanetsWallPositive AtheismContributionAmendmentsFirst AmendmentImportant Contributions Author:Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
“Herman Cain is out there, he says a lot of provocative things. He said America should build its own Great Wall of China. Cain says it's a great idea because if there's one thing you don't see in China, it's Mexicans.” IfsShouldSaidIdeasAmericaOne ThingWallChinaGreat IdeaProvocativeCainGreat WallGreat Wall Of China Author:Conan O'Brien
“And the art was in every corner and wall... a Mural of the Century of Progress in Colombia South America is rich in detail, painted by a student of the Fine Arts Academy of Chicago named Santiago Martinez; a name to remember.” ArtAmericaRememberNamesRichProgressCenturyStudentsWallFineSouthDetailsCornersChicagoAcademyFine ArtsColombiaSouth AmericaMuralSantiago Author:Santiago Martinez Delgado
“Automobile in America,Chromium steel in America,Wire-spoke wheel in America,Very big deal in America!Immigrant goes to America,Many hellos in America,Nobody knows in America,Puerto Rico's in America!I like the shores of America!Comfort is yours in America!Knobs on the doors in America!Wall-to-wall floors in America!” KnowsBigsAmericaDealsDoorsWallComfortWheelsImmigrantsSpokesShoreSteelWireBig DealAutomobileNobody KnowsPuerto RicoRicoKnobsChromium Author:Stephen Sondheim
“As blue chips turn into penny stocks, Wall Street seems less like a symbol of America's macho capitalism and more like that famous Jane Austen character Mrs. Bennet, a flibbertigibbet always anxious about getting richer and her 'poor nerves.'” CharacterSeemsAmericaTurnsPoorStreetsWallCapitalismBlueSymbolsNervesAnxiousChipsJanePenniesGet RichMachoAustenMrs BennetBlue Chips Author:Maureen Dowd