“I don't particularly care about having [my characters] talk realistically, that doesn't mean very much to me. Actually, a lot of people speak more articulately than some critics think, but before the 20th century it really didn't occur to many writers that their language had to be the language of everyday speech. When Wordsworth first considered that in poetry, it was considered very much of a shocker. And although I'm delighted to have things in ordinary speech, it's not what I'm trying to perform myself at all: I want my characters to get their ideas across, and I want them to be articulate.” PeopleThinkingWantWritingTryingFirstsMeanIdeasCharacterCareSpeakLanguageCenturySpeechOrdinaryCriticsEveryday20th CenturyDelightedWordsworth Author:Louis Auchincloss
“At present, I am a poet trying to be a soldier. To tell the truth, I am not interested in writing nowadays, except in so far as writing is the expression of something beautiful ... The only sort of book I care to write about the war is the sort people will read after the war is over - a century after it is over.” PeopleWritingTryingBookWarCareBeautifulCenturyPoetExpressionSoldierTelling The TruthNot InterestedI CareSomething Beautiful Book:Joyce Kilmer: Memoir and poems Source: Joyce Kilmer: Memoir and poems
“After over half a century of employer-provided health care coverage, the American people have developed a phobia of paying for health insurance themselves.” PeopleCareHalfCenturyHealth CareEmployersCoveragePhobiaHalf A Century Author:Arnold Kling
“We do not want to think. We do not want to hear. We do not care about anything. Only give us a good dinner and plenty of money, and let us outshine our neighbors. There is the Nineteenth Century Gospel.” ThinkingWantGivingCareCenturyComfortDinnerNeighborPlentyNineteenth Century Book:Othmar. Friendship. And other stories Source: Othmar. Friendship. And other stories
“Every thing, even the so-called timesaving device and energy-efficient machine, comes these days with an elaborate set of instructions for its care and feeding. Buying a machine has become more and more like buying a pet. ... We are time-crunched. Not just by the number of things we have to do, but the number of things we have. In the late twentieth century, things have become our new dependents.” CareEnergyNumbersCenturyLateMachinesThese DaysBuyingPetDevicesInstructionEfficientFeedingTwentieth Century Author:Ellen Goodman
“When I care about something, I care about something. I think I have an obligation as an American to - and as a citizen, as - as a human being, to help others. Smoking is going to kill a billion people this century. I've put six hundred million dollars from my own money into trying to stop the tobacco companies from getting kids to smoke and convincing adults that it's not in their health.” PeopleThinkingTryingHumansHelpingCareKidsMy OwnHuman BeingsCompanyMillionsCenturyCitizensSixHundredAdultsDollarsBillionsHelping OthersObligationSmokeSmokingI CareConvincingMillion DollarsTobacco Author:Michael Bloomberg