“As this world becomes increasingly ugly, callous and materialistic it needs to be reminded that the old fairy stories are rooted in truth, that imagination is of value, that happy endings do, in fact, occur, and that the blue spring mist that make an ugly street look beautiful is just as real a thing as the street itself.” WorldNeedsLooksRealFactsStoriesBeautifulValuesImaginationStreetsThis WorldSpringBlueUglyFairyRootedMistHappy EndingsMaterialisticCallousFairy Stories Author:Elizabeth Goudge
“Under this [Bush] Administration, America's middle class has been abandoned -- its dreams denied, its Main Street interests ignored and its mainstream values scorned by a White House that puts privilege first.” FirstsHas BeensDreamAmericaValuesHouseInterestWhiteClassStreetsMiddlePrivilegeAdministrationMiddle ClassWhite HouseAbandonedDeniedMainstreamIgnoredScornedMain Street Author:John F. Kerry
“My vocation is to write and I have known this for a long time. I hope I won't be misunderstood; I know nothing about the value of the things I am able to write. I know that writing is my vocation. When I sit down to write I feel extraordinarily at ease, and I move in an element which, it seems to me, I know extraordinarily well; I use tools that are familiar to me and they fit snugly in my hands. But when I write stories I am like someone who is in her own country, walking along streets that she has known since she was a child, between walls and trees that are hers.” KnowsFeelsWritingWellsChildrenLongCountryStoriesUseHandsSeemsAbleMovingValuesKnownTreeStreetsWallFitWalkingElementsLong TimeToolsFamiliarEaseVocationMisunderstood Author:Natalia Ginzburg
“Muslims, who have a completely different value system, come to the West, then they should accept that there are certain basic values in the West intrinsic to our culture. Just as I wouldn't suggest that any Westerner walk down the streets of Saudi Arabia in a bikini.” ShouldDifferentCertainValuesCultureWalksAcceptingStreetsWestArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisBikinisWesternersValue SystemsDifferent Values Author:John Cleese
“Oh, I'm all about small business. I think what we've learned from big business and big Wall Street is that unchecked greed and the creation of false value gets us all in trouble. If we look at the American economy, who's really creating value? It's the small businesses.” IfsThinkingLooksBigsValuesEconomyTroubleStreetsCreationWallCreatingGreedSmall BusinessBig BusinessAmerican EconomyCreating Value Author:Robert Herjavec
“American cultural institutions seem so bent on preserving the values of "Western civilization," the mythical "Whitetown," that welearn about one another's cultures the same way we learn about sex: in the streets.” WaySeemsValuesCultureSexRaceEducationStreetsCivilizationInstitutionsWesternBentWestern Civilization Author:Ishmael Reed
“Our children need to be able to see us take a stand for a value and against injustices, be those values and injustices in the family room, the boardroom, the classroom, or on the city streets.” NeedsChildrenAbleValuesRoomsCitiesStreetsOur ChildrenInjusticeClassroomCity Streets Author:Barbara Coloroso