“The American people know the economy is too weak. Too many of them are suffering. So the question for Washington is, are we going to continue to play political games and - and - or are we going to say, we can do something right now to create jobs, to put money in the pockets of the middle-class, hire construction workers, teachers, veterans?” PeopleKnowsPlayJobsPoliticalSufferingGamesCan DoClassEconomyTeacherMiddleRight NowWeakWorkersMiddle ClassPocketsConstructionVeteranCan Do SomethingConstruction WorkersPolitical Games Author:David Plouffe
“The crises in North Korea, Iran, the Middle East, show how quickly things can change and how they can go wrong. We must be prepared. And right now the Army is not.” ShowsMiddleRight NowArmyCrisisPreparedEastIranMiddle EastBe PreparedKoreaNorth Korea Author:Ike Skelton
“Anything that we're connecting with that's happening right now, there's an obvious vulnerability - because we're just fragile human beings in the middle of a just-now expression.” HumansHuman BeingsMiddleExpressionRight NowHappeningsObviousVulnerabilityFragileConnecting Author:Jason Mraz
“If everybody that had two cars had a Prius instead of an SUV, we wouldn't be in the Middle East right now.” IfsTwoMiddleCarRight NowEastMiddle EastSuvsPrius Author:Meryl Streep
“In the Middle East, we have people chopping the heads off Christians, we have people chopping the heads off many other people. We have things that we have never seen before - as a group, we have never seen before, what's happening right now.The medieval times - I mean, we studied medieval times - not since medieval times have people seen what's going on. I would bring back waterboarding and I'd bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding.” PeopleMeanChristianHellGroupsMiddleRight NowHappeningsEastMiddle EastMedievalChoppingMedieval Times Author:Donald Trump
“Gallup defines a good job as 30+ hours per week for an organization that provides a regular paycheck. Right now, the U.S. is delivering at a staggeringly low rate of 44%, which is the number of full-time jobs as a percent of the adult population, 18 years and older. We need that to be 50% and a bare minimum of 10 million new, good jobs to replenish America's middle class.” NeedsYearsJobsAmericaHoursNumbersClassMillionsWeekMiddleRight NowLowsPercentAdultsOrganizationRatePopulationMiddle ClassMinimumGood JobNotableDeliveringPaychecksFull Time Jobs Author:Jim Clifton
“In general, I think what Donald Trump's message is, is: I'm a very practical, execution-oriented entrepreneur who built a successful business. I've demonstrated an ability to go global with my business. I can get along with a lot of different people. There are certain problems in the United States right now born from faulty policy. So what is happening right now is the lower and middle class are being left behind by the globalization and by the global elite. I think that's basically his message, and Bernie Sanders' is similar.” PeopleThinkingI CanDifferentStatesProblemCertainLeftBornAbilityUnitedBehindsClassUnited StatesSuccessfulMiddlePolicyTrumpRight NowMessagesHappeningsBuiltEntrepreneurPracticalsMiddle ClassElitesExecutionGlobalizationLeft BehindDifferent PeoplesSuccessful Business Author:Anthony Scaramucci
“I believe that God is not lost. He is in the middle with us right now. If people will take a few moments and take this journey, hope will rise up in their hearts. I believe that.” PeopleIfsBelieveHeartMomentsLostI BelieveJourneyMiddleRight Now Author:Louie Giglio
“Right now in my middle years, I'm getting to enjoy a resurgence of my own creativity, which I'm fully embracing and enjoying.” YearsEnjoyMy OwnCreativityMiddleRight NowResurgence Author:Pegi Young
“Let's at least acknowledge who is working in America right now and what our needs are, as well as the moral question of somebody who's been here 20 years, paying taxes to which they probably do not receive a refund, and not committing any crimes, working hard, and supporting an industry. Shouldn't there be some middle ground here? Shouldn't there be a way for them to be welcome in this country?” WayNeedsYearsWellsCountryHardAmericaMoralMiddleCrimeIndustryRight NowTaxesWelcomeAcknowledgeMiddle GroundPaying TaxesRefunds Author:Anthony Bourdain
“Had "Malcolm in the Middle" been picked up I would not have been available for the pilot of "Breaking Bad." And right now someone else would be sitting in this chair talking to you. Not me.” Has BeensWould BeTalkingMiddleRight NowSittingAvailableChairsPilots Author:Bryan Cranston
“Right now what my job is, and I think the job of Democrats and Republicans, is to protect the middle class and working families of this country from some devastating ideas that [Donald] Trump has proposed.” ThinkingIdeasCountryJobsClassMiddleTrumpRepublicanRight NowProtectDemocratMiddle Class Author:John Lewis
“To me the smart thing that governments in the Middle East would be doing right now is taking their oil and gas fountain - and the smartest ones are to some degree - and making sure they're investing in their people to unlock their potential - men and women.” PeopleMenGovernmentWould BeMiddleRight NowDegreesSmartMen And WomenInvestingOilEastGasMiddle EastFountainDoing RightOil And Gas Author:Thomas Friedman
“There is an epidemic right now of girls dumbing themselves down... in middle school because they think it makes them attractive.” ThinkingSchoolGirlMiddleRight NowAttractiveEpidemicsMiddle School Author:Danica McKellar
“Ageism works in both directions. As a teenager in the public eye, people would talk condescendingly to me. When you get older there's this feeling that you have to start carving up your face and body. Right now I'm in the middle ground - I think women in their thirties are taken seriously.” PeopleThinkingFeelingsBodyEyeFacesTakenMiddleRight NowTeenagerYour FacePublic EyeMiddle GroundAgeismCarving Author:Alanis Morissette