“There's no hall of fame for that working class hero, no statue carved out of stone. And his greatest reward is the love of a woman and his children.” ChildrenWorkClassHeroFameStonesRewardsHallsWorking ClassStatuesHall Of FameWorking Class Hero Author:Alan Jackson
“In the supposedly enlightened eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, parental indifference, child neglect, and raw cruelty appearedamong Europeans of all classes.... In mid-nineteenth- century France, families abandoned their children at the rate of thirty-three thousand a year.... It took sixty years after the criminalization of cruelty to animals for cruelty to children to be made punishable under English law.... Industrialized America added brutalizing child labor to the oppressions of the young.” YearsChildrenMadeAmericaLawYoungThreeWorkAnimalClassCenturyThousandLaborRateCrueltyOppressionFranceIndifferenceThirtyEnlightenedNeglectAbandonedSixtyNineteenth CenturyParentalAnimal CrueltyChild LaborEnglish Law Author:Letty Cottin Pogrebin
“In our nation there are two classes of nobility: the law-abiding workers and the law-abiding employers who sustain each other.” TwoLawNationsWorkClassWorkersNobilityEmployersAbiding Author:Cullen Hightower
“The most common occupation for women in G rated films is royalty - which is a great gig, if you can get it.” IfsRealityFilmWorkJusticeCommonFamilyClassComedyEqualOccupationRoyaltyEqual RightsGigs Author:Geena Davis
“In colleges, there are no gender separations in courses of study, and students can freely choose their majors. There are no male and female math classes. But women generally choose college courses that pay less in the labor market. Those are the choices that women themselves make. Those choices contribute to the pay gap.” RealityChoicesCoursesCommunityWorkMoneyPayEducationClassStudyHuman NatureStudentsCollegeEqualMajorsCapitalismFemaleLaborMalesIndividualityGenderMathSeparationIdeologyGapsEqual RightsMath ClassPay GapCollege Courses Book:Phyllis Schlafly: Volume I Source: Phyllis Schlafly: Volume I
“Many older wealthy families have learned to instill a sense of public service in their offspring. But newly affluent middle-classparents have not acquired this skill. We are using our children as symbols of leisure-class standing without building in safeguards against an overweening sense of entitlement--a sense of entitlement that may incline some young people more toward the good life than toward the hard work that, for most of us, makes the good life possible.” PeopleMayChildrenHardYoungWorkClassMiddleBuildingHard WorkSkillsStandingOur ChildrenSymbolsWealthyGood LifeLeisureEntitlementPublic ServiceOffspringInstillAffluentInclineSense Of Entitlement Author:David Elkind
“Putting women's traditional needs at the center of social planning is not reverse sexism. It's the best way to reverse the increasing economic vulnerability of men and women alike.” MenWayNeedsRealityPoliticsSocialCommunityWorkJusticeMoneyFamilyClassHistoryGenerationsEconomicHuman NaturePolicyEqualEthicsMen And WomenCapitalismStrategyPlanningBest WayTraditionalIdeologyVulnerabilitySexismReverseEqual Rights Author:Stephanie Coontz
“Until the Second World War, it was unthinkable for a married woman of the working or middle class to disgrace her husband by working after marriage, because her employment indicated that he was a poor provider” WorldWarWomenWorkPoorClassMiddleHusbandMarriedEmploymentWar Of The WorldsMiddle ClassWorld War IDisgraceSecond World WarUnthinkableProvidersMarried Women Author:Sandra Scarr
“Before I knew that I was Jewish or a girl I knew that I was a member of the working class. At a time when I had not yet grasped the significance of the fact that in my house English was a second language, or that I wore dresses while my brother wore pants, I knew--and I knew it was important to know--that Papa worked hard all day long.” KnowsLongImportantHardFactsGirlHouseLanguageWorkClassBrotherMembersDressesMy BrotherSignificancePantsWorking ClassPapa Book:The romance of American Communism Source: The romance of American Communism
“You're thinking to yourself, 'How is it possible that I am going to pay back $150,000 in student loans? I'm never going to pay that back. What am I going to do?' Listen to me and listen to me good, class of 2013. I want you to think back to all of these things you said to yourself, 'I can't do that. I can't palpate a cow. And what's worse, palpating a cow or taking semen from a horse?' But you did it, didn't you?” ThinkingWantSaidI CanWisdomWorkPayClassStudentsHorseCowsI Want YouLoanListen To MeStudent Loan Author:Suze Orman
“If we wanted a program to help the majority of the population, we'd offer loan guarantees to help poor people get access to reliable cars so that they could have a better shot at getting - and keeping - a well-paying job...A small amount of capital could make a much bigger difference in their lives than extra student loan relief for middle-class college kids would.” PeopleIfsWellsHelpingRealityKidsWantedJobsPoliticsCommunityDifferencesWorkPoorMoneyEducationClassPovertyMiddleCarPolicyStudentsCollegeAmountOffersShotsProgramBiggerMajorityStrategyPropertyPopulationAccessExtrasGuaranteesReliefMiddle ClassPoor PeopleLoanSmall AmountsHelp The PoorStudent LoanHelp Poor People Author:Megan McArdle
“Work is the curse of the drinking classes.” BookFunnyWorkClassDrinkDrinkingWittyAlcoholBarsDrunkBeerCurseThirstDrankWhiskeyLiquorToastsCocktailsDrinking AlcoholFunny DrinkingBeer DrinkingDrinking BeerGreat DrinkingFunny AlcoholAlcohol DrinkingDrinking FunnyBartenderGreat AlcoholFunny BeerBrewing BeerAlcohol And LifeDrinking WhiskeyFunny Beer DrinkingGreat BeerWhiskey DrinkingCraft BeerBars DrinkingLiquor FunnyWittiestSmoking And DrinkingBeer LoveCocktail DrinksShots DrinkingDrinking ToastBeer And LoveIrish BeerIrish DrinkingWork HumorShort BeerShort DrinkingCollege DrinkingDrinking PartyDrunk ManFunny BarBartending Author:Oscar Wilde
“I've learned one thing, and that's to quit worrying about stupid things. You have four years to be irresponsible here, relax. Work is for people with jobs. You'll never remember class time, but you'll remember the time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So stay out late. Go out with your friends on a Tuesday when you have a paper due on Wednesday. Spend money you don't have. Drink 'til sunrise. The work never ends, but college does.” PeopleLifeYearsDoeEndsJobsRememberWorkClassWorryFourOne ThingStupidCollegeDrinkPaperLateDuesQuittingI've LearnedRelaxHanging OutFour YearsSunriseIrresponsibleTuesdayStupid ThingsWednesdayCollege Years Author:Tom Petty
“The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed, saying: There is life, but it's not for you.” ChildrenWorkClassWorstSucceedFaultsParentingGood LifeWorking Class Author:John Mortimer
“Public education is the key civil rights issue of the 21st century. Our nation's knowledge-based economy demands that we provide young people from all backgrounds and circumstances with the education and skills necessary to become knowledge workers. If we don't, we run the risk of creating an even larger gap between the middle class and the poor. This gap threatens our democracy, our society and the economic future of America.” PeopleIfsRunningAmericaYoungNationsWorkPoorClassPovertyEconomyDemocracyIssuesRightsRiskEconomicMiddleCenturyKeysCircumstancesSkillsDemandCreatingEconomicsWorkersBackgroundsCivil RightsMiddle ClassOur SocietyGaps21st CenturyPublic EducationFuture Of AmericaKnowledge Workers Author:Eli Broad
“Upon this subject, the habits of our whole species fall into three great classes--useful labour, useless labour and idleness. Of these the first only is meritorious; and to it all the products of labour rightfully belong; but the two latter, while they exist, are heavy pensioners upon the first, robbing it of a large portion of it's just rights. The only remedy for this is to, as far as possible, drive useless labour and idleness out of existence.” FirstsTwoWholeFallThreeWorkExistenceClassRightsSubjectsProductsHard WorkHabitLaborSpeciesHeavyUselessLatterLabourPortionsRemedyIdlenessRobbing Book:The collected works of Abraham Lincoln Source: The collected works of Abraham Lincoln
“When you go to work, if your name is on the building, you're rich. If your name is on your desk, you're middle class. And if your name is on your shirt, you're poor.” IfsFunnyNamesWorkPoorClassRichMiddleBuildingMusicianHumorousWittyComedianShirtsMiddle ClassIronicDesksFunny Work Author:Rich Hall
“Liberals state that many teenagers would rather sell crack for $100 an hour than to flip hamburgers for a minimum wage. Using the same liberal logic, you might think it would make more sense for the average middle-class worker to rob banks rather than work a forty-hour week? The reason why most people, rich and poor, do not commit crimes because they know it is wrong to do so.” PeopleThinkingKnowsStatesReasonMightHoursWorkPoorClassRichWeekMiddleCrimeLogicSellsWorkersAverageCommitTeenagerReason WhyMiddle ClassFortyCracksMinimumFlipRich And PoorMinimum WageHamburgers Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Barack Obama and Joe Biden have been working hard to help middle-class families make it in America.” Has BeensHardHelpingAmericaWorkClassMiddleBarackMiddle ClassBidenMiddle Class Family Author:Steny Hoyer