“The writing has been on the wall for some years now, but we are a nation illiterate in the language of the wall. The writing just gets bigger. Something will eventually bring down the charming, infuriating naïveté of Americans that allows us our blithe consumption and cheerful ignorance of the secret ugliness that bring us whatever we want.” WantWritingYearsHas BeensLanguageNationsSecretIgnoranceWallBiggerConsumptionConsumerismCharmingCheerfulUglinessOverconsumptionIlliterateVetsInfuriatingBlithe Book:Small Wonder Source: Small Wonder
“I supported Barack Obama originally. I supported him for reelection and the alternative of a Mitt Romney is very, very clear to everybody. And I think the president has done a good job in a number of areas. But one area that has concerned me from day one has been his reliance on Wall Street type people in terms of financial matters.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensMatterDoneJobsPresidentTermNumbersClearStreetsWallTypeAreasConcernedFinancialBarackAlternativesGood JobRelianceRomneyReelection Author:Bernie Sanders
“My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying . . . one must ruthlessly suppress everything that is not concerned with the subject. If, in the first chapter, you say there is a gun hanging on the wall, you should make quite sure that it is going to be used further on in the story.” IfsShouldFirstsHas BeensEndsStoriesUsedLyingMy OwnWrittenSubjectsWallGunConcernedCrossesChaptersHanging On Author:Anton Chekhov
“All architecture, which does not express serenity, fails in its spiritual mission. Thus, it has been a mistake to abandon the shelter of walls for the inclemency of large areas of glass.” DoeHas BeensSpiritualMistakeFailingWallAreasGlassesMissionsArchitectureAbandonSerenityShelter Author:Luis Barragan
“Pride of opinion has been responsible for the downfall of more men on Wall Street than any other factor.” MenHas BeensOpinionStreetsWallPrideResponsibleFactorsDownfall Author:Charles Dow
“It is a tragic hour, that hour when we are finally driven to reckon with ourselves, when every avenue of mental distraction has been cut off and our own life and all its ineffaceable failures closes about us like the walls of that old torture chamber of the Inquisition.” Has BeensHoursCuttingFailureWallDrivenTortureTragicDistractionChamberAvenuesInquisitionEvery Avenue Book:The First Willa Cather MEGAPACK®: 50 Classic Short Works Source: The First Willa Cather MEGAPACK®: 50 Classic Short Works