“A lot of people think that in order to be an addict you must come from a broken home or from the other side of the tracks. Both of those excuses couldn't be farther from the truth. I come from a family that has a lot of love for one another and I was raised in a middle to upper class neighborhood.” PeopleThinkingHomeOrderSidesClassMiddleBrokenRaisedTrackExcuseNeighborhoodAddictUpper ClassBroken Homes Author:Jason Peter
“We were very - we were a working family, and my father had this very simple philosophy, simple working class approach. If you spoke to my father and said, "Mr Smith across the road, what do you think of Mr Smith?", he'd only - he'd only say a couple of words. He'd say, "He's a worker", and that meant this bloke got up in the morning, went out, worked, brought his money home, fed his wife and kids, housed them, got them to school, educated them, made sure they were safe and all that. It had so much connotations to it.” IfsThinkingMadeSaidPhilosophyHomeKidsSchoolFatherSimpleClassMorningWifeCoupleSafeApproachWorkersEducatedSpokesFedsWorking ClassConnotationBlokes Author:Warren Mundine
“In the party of Lincoln and Reagan and much of the donor class, the defense of human life is what they think loses elections. They think we need to spend time on really popular ideas, like cutting your mom's Social Security check.” ThinkingNeedsHumansIdeasLife IsSocialLosesPartyClassCuttingSecurityMomElectionDefenseChecksHuman LifeEnd TimesSocial SecuritySpend TimeYour MomDonorsReally Popular Author:Gary Bauer
“United [Airlines] sucks, man. I've got like a million miles and they never bump me to first class because they think I'm just a kid and give the seat to some schmoozy guy in a business suit.” ThinkingMenGivingFirstsKidsGuyUnitedClassMillionsMilesSuitsSeatsAirlineBumpsFirst Class Author:Shaun White
“I don't know what to think of the money. It's kind of mind-boggling. I come from a middle-class, blue-collar family. We've never really had money.” ThinkingKnowsMindKindClassMiddleBlueMiddle ClassCollarsBlue CollarMind Boggling Author:Pat Burrell
“9/11 was my first day teaching at Harvard University. My classes were all canceled and I got back to town two days later. I'm one of those people who doesn't think the world has changed any at all since 9/11. It just seemed to be almost inevitable, something like that. That's one of the reasons why the backstory of Fay Grim goes all the way back into the '80s. I was trying to sketch out the continuity of all this hanky-panky between the security agencies of the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayTryingFirstsTwoReasonClassTeachingSecurityChangedTownsUniversityInevitableReason WhyAgency80sContinuityHarvardGrimTwo DaysHarvard University Author:Hal Hartley
“As a lower-class kid, I was raised to think success would be owning stuff. Having that great job, too. Now I find my parents' dream was wrong. You never really own anything. And you're never really finished as a person.” ThinkingPersonsDreamWould BeKidsJobsStuffParentClassRaisedFinishedGreat JobLower Class Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“This business of the working class is on its way out I think. After all, aren't I working class? I work jolly hard, I can tell you.” ThinkingWayI CanHardClassWorking ClassJolly Book:As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations Source: As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations
“The Obama administration already claims the power to wage endless and boundless war, in virtually total secrecy, and without a single meaningful check or constraint. No institution with any power disputes this. To the contrary, the only ones which exert real influence - Congress, the courts, the establishment media, the plutocratic class - clearly favor its continuation and only think about how further to enable it.” ThinkingWarRealClassInfluenceMediaClaimsInstitutionsCourtCongressContraryFavorsMeaningfulEndlessChecksAdministrationEstablishmentDisputesSecrecyConstraintsBoundlessContinuation Author:Glenn Greenwald
“The life of our class, of the wealthy and the learned, was not only repulsive to me but had lost all meaning. The sum of our action and thinking, of our science and art, all of it struck me as the overindulgences of a spoiled child.” ThinkingChildrenArtActionLostClassWealthyOur ActionsSpoiledArt And ScienceSpoiled ChildrenOverindulgence Author:Leo Tolstoy