“It may sound terrible, but I often say that the military saved me from a conventional life in the United States and I've never really thanked them for it, because I haven't exactly been pro-military in my work.” MayStatesSoundUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryHavensTerribleSavedConventionalConventional Life Author:Robert Jay Lifton
“My tax return in the United States has to be kept on a special computer because their normal computers can't deal with the numbers. So I am constantly getting these notices telling me I haven't paid something when really it is just on the wrong computer.” StatesUnitedDealsNumbersUnited StatesSpecialHavensReturnTaxesNormalComputerPaidTax Returns Author:Bill Gates
“Wilderness is not only a haven for native plants and animals but it is also a refuge from society. Its a place to go to hear the wind and little else, see the stars and the galaxies, smell the pine trees, feel the cold water, touch the sky and the ground at the same time, listen to coyotes, eat the fresh snow, walk across the desert sands, and realize why its good to go outside of the city and the suburbs. Fortunately, there is wilderness just outside the limits of the cities and the suburbs in most of the United States, especially in the West.” FeelsLittlesStatesStarsWaterRealizingWalksAnimalUnitedCitiesUnited StatesTreeSkyHavensWindColdLimitsPlantWestSmellSnowDesertSandNativeWildernessRefugeGalaxySuburbsPlaces To GoPlants And AnimalsCold WaterCoyotesPine TreesDesert SandFresh Snow Author:John Muir
“If the United States haven't grown poets, on any scale of grandeur, it is certain that they import, print, and read more poetry than any equal number of people elsewhere -- probably more than the rest of the world combined. Poetry (like a grand personality) is a growth of many generations -- many rare combinations. To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.” PeopleIfsWorldStatesCertainGrowthUnitedNumbersUnited StatesAudienceGenerationsHavensPoetPersonalityEqualScalesCombinationPrintElsewhereGrandeurImportsGreat Poet Book:Delphi Complete Works of Walt Whitman (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Walt Whitman (Illustrated)
“What our family has done is participate in the farm programs. And so the farm programs I think essentially almost every farmer in South Dakota has participated in those, and they haven't been bailouts, they have been programs that the United States has put forward for farmers to participate in.” ThinkingHas BeensStatesDoneUnitedUnited StatesHavensProgramSouthOur FamilyFarmsFarmersDakotaBailoutsSouth Dakota Author:Kristi Noem
“Latin America can no longer tolerate being a haven for United States liberals who cannot make their point at home, an outlet for apostles too "apostolic" to find their vocation as competent professionals within their own community. The hardware salesman threatens to dump second-rate imitations of parishes, schools and catechisms -- out-moded even in the United States -- all around the continent. The traveling escapist threatens further to confuse a foreign world with his superficial protests, which are not viable even at home.” WorldStatesHomeSchoolAmericaCommunityUnitedUnited StatesHavensRateProtestLatinContinentsTolerateImitationSuperficialVocationOutletsApostlesCompetentLatin AmericaSalesmanDumpHardwareSecond RateParishApostolicEscapistsCatechism Author:Ivan Illich
“one reason we haven't any national art is because we have too much magnificence. All our capacity for admiration is used up on the splendor of palace-like railway stations and hotels. Our national tympanum is so deafened by that blare of sumptuousness that we have no ears for the still, small voice of beauty.” ArtStillsReasonUsedVoiceBeautyUnited StatesToo MuchHavensArt IsCapacityEarsHotelStationsAdmirationPalacesSplendorRailwayMagnificenceSmall VoiceRailway Station Book:The Bent Twig Source: The Bent Twig
“They [Nicaragua] haven't had elections because they are in a state of seige by the United States. They would have had elections if the U.S. had left them alone. But the U.S. has mounted a full scale war against them. So how can you ask them to behave normally?” IfsWarStatesAsksLeftUnitedUnited StatesHavensElectionScalesBehaveAmerican PoliticsNicaragua Author:Allen Ginsberg
“As an American I must say I haven't been very encouraged by the way in which the people who run the government in the United States have been listening to those contrary voices. And so long as the power to run the world lies in the hands of people who are quite happy to see it get warmer, or fuel be used more, then would those people who oppose it are crying in the wilderness - that's the real problem.” PeopleWorldWayLongHas BeensRealStatesProblemHandsGovernmentRunningUsedLyingVoiceUnitedUnited StatesHavensCryListeningContraryFuelWildernessReal Problems Author:Richard Lewontin
“Is there any other democracy where the voters are as spoiled as they are in the United States? Especially, of course, in certain states, such as Iowa and New Hampshire, where the old joke is literally true about the citizens who say they haven't yet formed an opinion about a candidate because they've only met the fellow a few times.” StatesCertainCoursesUnitedOpinionUnited StatesDemocracyHavensCitizensMetsJokesFellowsCandidatesVotersLaw EnforcementSpoiledIowaHampshireNew HampshireOld Jokes Author:Michael Kinsley
“The United States has faced threats from criminal groups, from terrorists, from spies throughout our history, and we have limited our responses. We haven't resorted to total war every time we have a conflict around the world, because that restraint is what defines us. That restraint is what gives us the moral standing to lead the world.” WorldGivingWarStatesUnitedMoralUnited StatesGroupsHavensConflictStandingThreatResponseCriminalsTerroristAround The WorldRestraintSpyTotal War Author:Edward Snowden
“If they attack, we shall fight to the end. If the rockets had remained, we would have used them all and directed them against the very heart of the United States, including New York, in our defense against aggression. But we haven't got them, so we shall fight with what we've got.” IfsHeartEndsStatesUsedFightingUnitedUnited StatesHavensNew YorkIncludingDefenseAggressionRockets Author:Che Guevara
“I'm completely fascinated by the health-care debate going on in the United States, especially by posters of Obama with a little mustache drawn on his upper lip. Is that what Hitler is really known for, his health-care plan? To quote Bill Maher, "I haven't seen this many pissed-off old white people since they cancelled 'Murder She Wrote.'"” PeopleLittlesStatesCareWhiteUnitedKnownUnited StatesPlansHavensMurderBillsLipsDebateHealth CareFascinatedPostersPissed OffMustache Author:David Sedaris
“It is vital that the United States maintains open lines of communication with our allies. We must assure them of our commitment to eradicating global terrorism wherever it may reside or wherever it's given haven” MayStatesGivenLinesUnitedUnited StatesHavensCommunicationCommitmentTerrorismAlliesLines Of Communication Author:George Allen
“They don't show Olympic boxing on TV in prime time. They haven't done that since 1988. In 1992, they showed one: Oscar De La Hoya. In 1996, they didn't show it. In 2000, they didn't show it. In 2004, they didn't show it. In 2008, they did not even mention boxing at all. You would think the United States didn't have a boxing team in 2008.” ThinkingStatesDoneShowsUnitedUnited StatesTeamHavensTvsBoxingPrimeOscarsPrime Time Author:Evander Holyfield
“I'm looking at the head of the household, and the house hasn't been run properly for a long time, ... Clinton was the first person ever to make a formal apology to black people for slavery, which was very warm and appreciated. But African-Americans haven't healed at all . The wound is still very open. And seeing the differences in how people live, it just puts salt in it- constantly . Seeing the way we're treated within these United States ... it burns you even more every day.” PeopleWayFirstsPersonsLongStillsStatesRunningHouseBlackDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesSeeingHavensLong TimeSlaveryClintonWarmWoundsTreatedAfrican AmericanBlack PeopleSaltApologyHouseholdFormalAppreciatedHealedFirst Person Author:Jill Scott
“The market won't let us treat all data equally because there's a potential to make huge gobs of money not doing that. In the United States of America, people will pay to be first unless we do something to stop them. We don't have defenses built in because we haven't been investing in criticism that would help us mount a defense. I” PeopleFirstsStatesHelpingAmericaUnitedPayUnited StatesHavensHugeBuiltCriticismTreatsInvestingDefenseDataUnited States Of AmericaGob Author:Astra Taylor
“Now all of the ideas that I'm talking about, they are not radical ideas. Making public colleges and universities tuition free, that exists in countries all over the world, used to exist in the United States. Rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, and creating 13 million jobs by doing away with tax loopholes that large corporations now enjoy by putting their money into the Cayman Islands and other tax havens. That is not a radical idea.” WorldIdeasCountryStatesJobsUsedEnjoyUnitedTalkingMillionsUnited StatesHavensCollegeTaxesCreatingUniversityRadicalCorporationsIslandsInfrastructureRebuildingCrumblingTuitionLoopholesColleges And UniversitiesRadical IdeasCayman IslandsCrumbling Infrastructure Author:Bernie Sanders
“The United States is pushing as policy division of the world into rival currency camps - the dollar area on the one hand, and the Russia-Chinese-Shanghai Cooperation Organization group on the other, especially now that the IMF has changed its rules. People think that if there are rival currency groupings and national currencies are going bust, we might as well use gold as a safe haven.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWellsStatesUseHandsMightUnitedUnited StatesGroupsHavensPolicyChangedSafeAreasGoldOrganizationDollarsRussiaChinesePushingDivisionCampsCooperationCurrencyRivalsSafe HavenShanghaiImf Author:Michael Hudson
“It was at a certain stage (you might have forgotten, haven't you?) that the United States actively collaborated with Saddam when he was at war with Iran: weapons were supplied, diplomatic and political support was provided and so on. Then the US fell out with him for some reason and decided to do away with him.” WarStatesReasonMightPoliticalCertainUnitedUnited StatesSupportStageHavensWeaponsDecidedForgottenIranSaddamDiplomatic Author:Vladimir Putin