How do you make a million? You start with $900,000. —Stephen Lewis More about this quote Tags: money wealth Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The American myth that anyone who works hard will get ahead, and that wealth accumulation is a product of individual effort and merit, is no longer sustainable. —Manning Marable More about this quote Tags: myth USA wealth accumulation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The vast majority of Americans, at all coordinates of the economic spectrum, consider themselves middle class; this is a deeply ingrained, distinctly American cognitive dissonance. —Ellen Cushing More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The three great American vices seem to be efficiency, punctuality, and the desire for achievement and success. They are the things that make the Americans so unhappy and so nervous. —Lin Yutang More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family. —Anthony Brandt More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around — and why his parents will always wave back. —William D. Tammeus More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I . . . have another cup of coffee with my mother. We get along very well, veterans of a guerrilla war we never understood. —Joan Didion More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Nobody, who has not been in the interior of a family, can say what the difficulties of any individual of that family may be. —Jane Austen More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
My father's not a warm and fuzzy guy. He can't bring himself to ask about my feelings or emotions. All he ever asks is "How's the car doing?" Finally I said, "The car is experiencing low self-esteem and financial distress. The car could use a new computer, and probably a new car. —Dana Eagle More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Personal hatred and family affection are not incompatible; they often flourish and grow strong together. —Willa Cather More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them. —Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
My parents . . . decided early on that all of the problems in my family had somehow to do with me. All roads led to Roseyville, a messy, chaotic town where, as parents, they were required to visit, but could never get out of quick enough or find a decent parking place. —Roseanne Barr More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Turning the other cheek is all well and good, but Jesus was neither married nor a parent. —Molly Maslin Arbogast More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds; they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material. —F. Scott Fitzgerald More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Hey, hey, easy, kids. Everybody in the car. Boat leaves in two minutes . . . or perhaps you don't want to see the second-largest ball of twine on the face of the earth, which is only four short hours away? —From National Lampoon's Vacation More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email