I was taught that candles are like house cats - domesticated versions of something wild and dangerous. There's no way to know… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“The America of opportunity is under assault. We once ran this country to benefit hardworking people who didn’t have much, to grow… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
I would describe myself as having a healthy income, but I sure wouldn't describe the son of a postmaster and an encyclopedia… — James Carville Copy Share Image
In the course of the twenty-first century what may be called the "capital wage" could be added to the labor wage and… — Michael Lind Copy Share Image
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Gallup defines a good job as 30+ hours per week for an organization that provides a regular paycheck. Right now, the U.S.… — Jim Clifton Copy Share Image
It doesn't surprise me that aspect of the black nationalist movement, the cultural side, has triumphed because that is the aspect of… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
The difference between our family and other poor families was that my mother actively chose to be poor. She was highly literate,… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
I lived for two years in an abandoned gas station with no running water and no electricity after my parents got divorced… — Kyrsten Sinema Copy Share Image
You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete, no matter how… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The American middle class used to be envy of the world. It was a byproduct of economic freedom. We had a very… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
"Marginalized others" have access to other ways of knowing, and therefore to deeper, more authentic truths about human reality. They can share… — Christina Hoff Sommers Copy Share Image
There's no good reason that progressives should have the monopoly on emotional politicking. Moderate Democrats care just as much as they do… — Jessica Tarlov Copy Share Image
"Hit it with the back of your left hand" was the first swing thought I ever heard, brusquely bu not unlovingly put… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I had a fairly enlightened dad, though if you looked at his resume, it might not seem that way. He was a… — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
The middle class will pay less and people making $1 million or more will begin to contribute slightly more. Let me give… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
There is a reason why America produced the most vigorous feminist movement in the world: We were one of the only countries… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
IQ tests are routinely used as weapons against Black people in particular and minority groups and poor people generally. The tests are… — Huey Newton Copy Share Image
When I grew up, I realised what an amazing thing my parents did. It was such a big deal for my mom,… — Swara Bhaskar Copy Share Image
I am just a middle-class farm boy from Dodge City and my grandparents were wheat farmers. I thought painting, acting, directing and… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in the University of Chicago area and had an uneventful middle-class Catholic childhood. I had a heavy… — Chaka Khan Copy Share Image
My role in 'Idhe Maa Katha' is very different from what I have done before. It's about a middle class married lady… — Bhumika Chawla Copy Share Image
I'd love if people relearned the lessons of the 20th century all over again. Which is to say this country progressed economically… — David Simon Copy Share Image
Do you really think that Chekhov is Chekhov because he wrote about social phenomena, readjustments of a new industrial middle class, kulaks… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Just some days ago in an administrative order, [Donald Trump] overturned what the FHFA had done to reduce the premiums on people… — Michel Martin Copy Share Image
When well-qualified, upper middle-class blacks or Latinos or Asians move to predominantly white neighborhoods, there's what's called the tipping point. That tipping… — Richard Benjamin Copy Share Image
Kids who are middle class, socioeconomically, are surrounded by mentors. They have coaches, teachers, they have family friends, their parents have friends.… — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
The pursuit of Fashion is the attempt of the middle class to co-opt tragedy. In adopting the clothing, speech, and personal habits… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
The truth is that Africa is like everywhere else. There are poor areas, there are rich areas, there is a middle class.… — Masai Ujiri Copy Share Image
We have a long and proud tradition as a nation of investing in our human capital so that we can build a… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
The biggest opportunity in 2013 is in Africa. It has seven out of the ten fastest-growing economies in the world. In Nigeria… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
The history of life was not the bumbling progress - the very English, middle-class progress - Victorian thought had wanted it to… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
'Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars.' Guess what? Yes, we do in one regard: We want to… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
The economic recession in America wasn't caused by bad luck; it was caused by bad Republican policies. But the Republican candidates are… — Debbie Wasserman Schultz Copy Share Image
I believed in a good home, in sane and sound living, in good food, good times, work, faith and hope. I have… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
It is in the middle classes of society that all the finest feeling, and the most amiable propensities of our nature do… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Dad was hopeless with money, even though he ran a business. We lived in a small terrace house and I vividly remember… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
If one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
In America, if your next-door neighbor has a Rolls-Royce, you want one too. But in England, if your neighbor has a Rolls-Royce,… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
If we can figure out how to give more Americans a shot in tech, a shot at the ordinary jobs that don't… — Ro Khanna Copy Share Image