“Advertisers regularly con us into believing that we genuinely need one luxury after another. We are convinced that we must keep up with or even go one better than our neighbors. So we buy another dress, sports jacket or sports car and thereby force up the standard of living. The ever more affluent standard of living is the god of twentieth century North America and the adman is its prophet.” NeedsBelieveAmericaForceSportsCenturyCarStandardsDressesConvincedNeighborLuxuryProphetConsumerismTwentieth CenturyJacketsOverconsumptionNorth AmericaStandards Of LivingAffluentAdvertisersSports Cars Book:Rich Christians in an age of hunger: a Biblical study Source: Rich Christians in an age of hunger: a Biblical study
“The grown-up world was a very ordered society in the early '60s, and I was coming out of it. America was even more ordered than anywhere else. I found it was a very restrictive society in thought and behavior and dress.” WorldAmericaFoundBehaviorDressesComing Out Author:Mick Jagger
“The Afro-American experience is the only real culture that America has. Basically, every American tries to walk, talk, dress and behave like African Americans.” TryingRealAmericaCultureWalksDressesAfrican AmericanBehaveAfros Author:Hugh Masekela
“I am voice actor Roger Craig Smith. You may know me as Batman, Captain America, Sonic the Hedgehog, Ezio from Assassin's Creed, Transformers: RID, or narrator of “Say Yes To the Dress” (among many other things). AMA!” KnowsMayAmericaActorsVoiceDressesCreedsKnow MeCaptainsRogerAssassinsNarratorsHedgehogsSonic The Hedgehog Author:Roger Craig Smith
“Until the Left took over American public education in the second half of the 20th century, it was generally excellent - look at the high level of eighth-grade exams from early in the 20th century and you will weep. The more money the Left has gotten for education - America now spends more per student than any country in the world - the worse the academic results. And the Left has removed God and dress codes from schools - with socially disastrous results.” WorldLooksCountrySchoolAmericaLeftLevelsResultsHalfCenturyStudentsDressesCodeExcellentGradesAcademicMore Money20th CenturyHigh LevelExamPublic EducationEighth GradeDress Code Author:Dennis Prager
“There are so many famous people now that are not really gifted or talented at doing anything other than getting made up, putting on tight dresses, acting badly, getting married. I mean, what the hell? I don't know where we are going with this here in America. And we are setting a tone for the world, because everyone looks at what we do.” PeopleKnowsWorldLooksMeanMadeAmericaActingHellMarriedDressesSettingSettingsToneGiftedGetting MarriedTight DressesActing Badly Author:Debbie Allen
“It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation.” AmericaChoicesCareersHistoryModernBehaviorRegardIndependentDressesCapitalistOrientationFreedom Of ChoiceIndependent WomenBeing Independent Woman Book:Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays Source: Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays
“I am an American man, and in America, we still think of figure skaters as little girls in pretty, sparkly dresses - I worked very hard to change the perception and image of figure skating, and I think I've done a great job on my end, but in figure skating, taste needs to evolve.” ThinkingMenNeedsLittlesStillsEndsHardDoneJobsAmericaGirlFiguresTastePerceptionDressesEvolveSkatingGreat JobFigure SkatingSkater Author:Johnny Weir
“In 1492, the natives discovered they were indians, discovered they lived in America, discovered they were naked, discovered that the Sin existed, discovered they owed allegiance to a King and Kingdom from another world and a God from another sky, and that this God had invented the guilty and the dress, and had sent to be burnt alive who worships the Sun the Moon the Earth and the Rain that wets it.” WorldEarthAmericaSinSunAliveSkyKingsMoonWorshipRainDressesKingdomsNakedGuiltyIndianAllegianceAnother World Author:Eduardo Galeano
“Every morning, I get up, get out of bed, and get on my knees and thank God for waking up in America ... (She is) the light of the world ... A nation of heroes ... The real stars are wearing body armor on top of their battle dress uniforms in 130 degree heat and they do not have stunt doubles to come in for them when the going gets rough and the bullets and the shrapnel start flying. They are the real stars, fighting terrorism and trying to free a nation.” WorldTryingRealBodyLightAmericaFightingNationsStarsMorningMilitaryHeroBattleBedDegreesWake UpDressesTerrorismFlyingGet UpKneesHeatRoughWakingThank GodEvery MorningUniformsBulletsArmorLight Of The WorldFighting Terrorism Author:Ben Stein
“Being an actor is looked at like a prolonged game of dress-up. America puts movie stars on pedestals. In college, it's the flip side. I sometimes have to justify my job to my professors because they're focused on intellect and ideas.” IdeasSometimesJobsAmericaActorsGamesStarsSidesCollegeDressesIntellectFocusedJustifyProfessorsMovie StarFlipPedestal Author:Julia Stiles
“As I traveled from one country to another, no one knew anything about me. So I could be anybody, I could speak as I wished, act as I wished, dress as I wished” CountryAmericaSpeakDressesTraveled Author:Kathleen Turner
“Our democracy, our culture, our whole way of life is a spectacular triumph of the blah. Why not have a political convention without politics to nominate a leader who's out in front of nobody? Maybe our national mindlessness is the very thing that keeps us from turning into one of those smelly European countries full of pseudo-reds and crypto-fascists and greens who dress like forest elves.” WayCountryWholeAmericaPoliticalLife IsCultureLeaderDemocracyFrontsDressesForestsTriumphWhy NotConventionsSpectacularFascistsPseudoEuropean CountriesBlahSmelly Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“This is America. We're proud. We're not afraid of a bunch of terrorists. But this government is all about terror alerts and scaring us at airports. We're changing the Constitution out of fear. We spend all our time looking up each other's dresses. Fear's the only issue the Republican Party has. Vote for them, or the terrorists will win. That's not what Reagan was about. I hate to think about our soldiers over in Iraq fighting for a country that's slipping away.” ThinkingCountryGovernmentAmericaHateFightingWinningPartyIssuesProudRepublicanVoteConstitutionI HateDressesSoldierIraqTerrorTerroristBunchOur TimeNot AfraidRepublican PartyAirportsSlippingSlipping Away Author:Merle Haggard