“Now, in answer to the question would we use force in the Middle East. I don't know...I hope not. We have no plans to, it is conceivable, I guess. It would be almost as bad as the seven days in May. You conjure up a situation where there is another oil embargo, and the people in this country are not only inconvenienced and uncomfortable, but suffer.” PeopleKnowsMayCountryUseWould BeSufferingForceAnswersSituationPlansMiddleSevenJewOilEastUncomfortableMiddle EastSeven DaysEmbargo Author:George Scratchley Brown
“We can go back to economic plans that are only designed to benefit the wealthiest among us, like Mitt Romney. Or we can keep moving forward with President Obama's vision for a growing economy that works for middle-class families in North Carolina and all across the country. For me, for North Carolina and for America, it's an easy choice.” CountryAmericaMovingChoicesEasyPresidentVisionClassEconomyGrowingPlansEconomicMiddleBenefitsMoving ForwardMiddle ClassPresident ObamaKeep MovingRomneyKeep Moving ForwardCarolinaNorth CarolinaMiddle Class FamilyGrowing Economy Author:Bev Perdue
“Country music historically has been sort of middle-aged people's music.” PeopleHas BeensCountryMiddleMiddle Aged Author:John Shelton Reed
“Everything officers go through in any chase anywhere in the country, but amped up 100 times! I'm right in the thick of things in a car going like 80 miles an hour, and doing 360s in the middle of the road. It was a wild ride.” CountryHoursMiddleCarMilesOfficersThickMiddle Of The RoadWild Ride Author:Amy Weber
“This is one way that wealthy Americans could really contribute. They could put hundreds of millions of dollars into the infrastructure bank, be a good investment for them, for their children, for their grandchildren, and they would directly contribute to revitalizing a big sector of middle-class wages in America and making our country more productive, so that we could create more opportunity. But I think that we could get a lot of grassroots support from, like, local chambers of commerce and other things if they understood exactly how this infrastructure bank would work.” IfsThinkingWayChildrenCountryBigsAmericaOpportunityClassMillionsSupportMiddleUnderstoodDollarsInvestmentLocalsOur CountryOne WayProductiveMiddle ClassWealthyCommerceWagesGrandchildrenInfrastructureChamberGrassrootsChamber Of Commerce Author:William J. Clinton
“Integrationists are delighted to live in a democratic country where the rule of law prevails, whereas chauvinists wish to import the customs of the Middle East and South Asia.” CountryLawWishMiddleImportanceDemocraticSouthEastCustomsMiddle EastAsiaDelightedRule Of LawImportsDemocratic CountrySouth Asia Author:Daniel Pipes
“There have been plenty of markers that show that this [Iraq] is a country that is worth the investment, because once it emerges as a country that is a stabilising factor, you will have a very different kind of Middle East.” KindHas BeensDifferentCountryShowsMiddleInvestmentIraqEastFactorsPlentyDifferent KindsMiddle EastMarkers Author:Condoleezza Rice
“These others -- the overwhelming majority of Iraq's people -- have repeatedly given every indication of valuing their newfound freedom: voting in two elections at the risk of their lives, preparing for a third, writing and ratifying a constitution granting more freedoms than exist in any country in the entire Arab Middle East. The secret is out, There is something decent unfolding in Iraq. It's unfolding in the shadow of a terrible insurgency, but a society is finding its way to constitutional politics.” PeopleWayWritingTwoCountryGivenSecretRiskMiddleTerribleFindingsShadowThirdsConstitutionElectionMajorityIraqEastDecentVotingOverwhelmingMiddle EastPreparingIndicationUnfoldingInsurgency Author:Fouad Ajami
“Yes! I hate everything about this country. Like, I hate fat white Americans. All the people who are crunched into the middle of America, the real fat and meat of America, are these racist conservative white people who live on their farms. Those little teenage girls who work at Kmart and have a racist grandma — that’s really America.” PeopleLittlesRealCountryAmericaHateGirlWhiteMiddleI HateConservativeFatsMeatRacistFarmsTeenageGrandmaTeenage GirlKmart Author:Azealia Banks
“The problem ... is that we have run out of dinosaurs to form oil with. Scientists working for the Department of Energy have tried to form oil using other animals; they've piled thousands of tons of sand and Middle Eastern countries on top of cows, raccoons, haddock, laboratory rats, etc., but so far all they have managed to do is run up an enormous bulldozer-rental bill and anger a lot of Middle Eastern persons. None of the animals turned into oil, although most of the laboratory rats developed cancer.” PersonsCountryProblemRunningFormEnergyAnimalMiddleHumorousScientistBillsCancerOilEnormousDepartmentSandEtcCowsRatsEasternLaboratoryDinosaursRaccoonsBulldozers Author:Dave Barry
“There are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East. Is Israel going to continue to be "Fortress Israel"? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony. And no matter what's happening in the Middle East - the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment - the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one.” WayBelieveCountryMatterMovingI BelieveChallengesIssuesEconomicMiddleEmotionalSpringHappeningsHarmonyNo Matter WhatRateIsraelCriticalEastAcceptedMoving ForwardNeighborhoodMiddle EastPalestinianUnemploymentIsraeliFortressesArab Spring Author:Abdallah II
“By making college more affordable for all and more accessible for minority students, the first new higher education authorizing legislation in a decade will help strengthen our nation and America's middle class, and spur a new age of innovation and ingenuity in our country.” FirstsCountryHelpingAgeAmericaNationsClassMiddleStudentsCollegeHigherInnovationDecadesOur CountryMinoritiesMiddle ClassLegislationNew AgeAffordableIngenuitySpursHigher Education Author:Nancy Pelosi
“For the Second Amendment to do its job, the other side must become much better informed. I watched an action-adventure program last night that asserted that the famous AK-47 - the original peoples' rifle (and Authority's greatest mistake) - is rare in this country, and that the only ones here were originally smuggled in from the Middle East, or possibly from South America. The idiots who wrote this mess seemed unaware that after legal imports - mostly from China - were illegally cut off by executive order, they began to be manufactured here.” CountryActionJobsLastsAmericaNightOrderSidesMistakeCuttingMiddleAdventureAuthorityProgramOriginalsSouthChinaEastMessIdiotExecutivesMiddle EastAmendmentsLast NightSecond AmendmentRiflesImportsSouth AmericaExecutive OrdersAk 47 Author:L. Neil Smith
“Incidentally, the next time some war-mongering wise-ass tries to tell you that one reason we're in the Middle East is to enhance the civil rights and social equality of women, remind them that we very enthusiastically destroyed the most secular country over there, where women could dress as they liked, have good jobs, be literate, and vote.” TryingWarCountryReasonJobsNextSocialWiseRightsMiddleVoteDressesEastAssCivil RightsDestroyedMiddle EastSecularNext TimeGood JobSocial EqualityWise Ass Author:L. Neil Smith
“Ideally, you would live in an area that is not necessarily in the middle of the country, out in the woods, because you can isolate yourself there and get stuck in your own thoughts.” CountryMiddleBuddhismAreasWoodsStuck Author:Frederick Lenz
“We have a lot of problems in this country. It's going to put pressure on the budget and we're going to have to make some hard decisions. But the decisions we make are to prioritize the middle class.” CountryHardProblemDecisionClassMiddlePressureBudgetsMiddle ClassPrioritizeDecisions We MakeHard Decision Author:David B. Axelrod