“Part of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you'll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor. Medicare was established to secure that promise.” HardAbleEnjoyClassMiddleHard WorkPromiseLaborLifetimeFruitSecureMiddle ClassRetiringMedicare Author:Al Franken
“I'm fairly certain that, at this very minute, the [Mars Polar Lander] is floating somewhere around the Neptune feeling tired and cranky and looking for a Holiday Inn.Of course, you'd have to have a heart of titanium not to feel a twinge of sadness while watching those dejected NASA scientiest waiting by the phone like the class wallflower on prom week.On the other hand, it was kind of fun to watch a bunch of men waiting by the phone and seeing how they feel when someone promises they'll call and then YOU NEVER HEAR FROM HIM AGAIN.” MenFeelsHeartKindFeelingsHandsCertainCoursesFunWaitingClassWatchesSeeingWeekSadnessMinutesPromiseTiredPhonesBunchHolidayMarsFloatingNasaPromInnsCrankyNeptuneDejected Author:Celia Rivenbark
“Totalitarianism, however, does not so much promise an age of faith as an age of schizophrenia. A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is, when its ruling class has lost its function but succeeds in clinging to power by force or fraud. Such a society, no matter how long it persists, can never afford to become either tolerant or intellectually stable.” LongDoeMatterFactsRunningAgePastLostForceExistenceClassPromiseSucceedDemandFunctionStructureObjectivesFraudArtificialStableLong RunsPersistRulingTotalitarianismDisbeliefClingingSchizophreniaAlterationsObjective Truth Author:George Orwell
“But I have to tell you, I get it all day, every day, I'm not sexy enough, or I'm not cool enough, or if I did this I would be accepted. Let me tell you one thing: the sexiest thing is class. I promise you that each and every one of you is made to be who you are. That is what's so attractive and beautiful. Please don't forget that, even when it gets hard.” IfsMadeHardEnoughWould BeBeautifulForgetClassOne ThingPleasePromiseLet MeWho You AreSexyAcceptedAttractiveI PromiseBe Who You AreSexiest Author:Selena Gomez
“Liberty is of small value to the lower third of humanity. They greatly prefer security, which means protection by some class above them. They are always in favor of despots who promise to feed them. The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work, stretch out in the sun, and scratch himself.” MenMeanValuesHumanityLibertyClassSunSecurityPromiseThirdsProtectionFavorsQuittingCherishInferiorsScratchesDespots Book:Minority Report Source: Minority Report
“I'm not going to tell people that I will raise your incomes and not your taxes, and not mean it, because I don't want to see the kind of struggle that the middle class is going through exemplified by these promises that would raise taxes and make it much more difficult for many, many Americans to get ahead and stay ahead. That is not my agenda.” PeopleWantKindMeanDifficultClassStruggleMiddlePromiseTaxesRaisesIncomeMiddle ClassAgendasGet Ahead Author:Hillary Clinton
“And of course these days I feel like there is a nation of us - displaced southerners and children of the working class. We listen to Steve Earle, Mary J. Blige, and k.d. lang. We devour paperback novels and tell evil mean stories, value stubbornness above patience and a sense of humor more than a college education. We claim our heritage with a full appreciation of how often it has been disdained. And let me promise you, you do not want to make us angry.” WantFeelsMeanChildrenHas BeensStoriesValuesCoursesEvilNationsClassNovelCollegePromiseLet MeClaimsAngryAppreciationThese DaysSense Of HumorHeritageMaryWorking ClassStubbornnessCollege EducationSouthernerMary J Blige Book:Trash Source: Trash