If in the earlier part of the century, middle-class children suffered from overattentive mothers, from being "mother's only accomplishment," today's children may… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
I come from a wonderful family. My mother was a pianist and my father was a salesman. They were very middle-class, very… — Charles Kimbrough Copy Share Image
Certain kinds of clichés are the narcotics of the middle class. — John Clellon Holmes Copy Share Image
People who know the economy is rigged in favor of big money, people who know that our middle class continues to decline… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Planning ahead is a measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan for future generations, but the poor can… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“The German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, who had syphilis, said that only a person of deep faith could afford the luxury of… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I'm from a middle class family but my father squandered all the money, so I didn't really run around with rich people.… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as the middle class. It's absolutely vanishing. — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
Poor communities, frequently communities of color but not exclusively, suffer disproportionately. If you look at where our industrialized facilities tend to be… — Carol Browner Copy Share Image
Why are we outsourcing millions of high-paying jobs to China and India? Why don't we secure the border and stop the country… — George Noory Copy Share Image
Minimum wage laws have never worked in terms of having the middle class attain more prosperity. — Marco Rubio 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
'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
In Georgia and around the country, people are striving for a middle class where a salary truly equals economic security. But instead,… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
We want to repeal the ObamaCare tax. We want to save middle class families from European health care. And that's what we're… — Reince Priebus Copy Share Image
Set politics and party aside: If it's not right for Michigan's small businesses and middle class, it's never been right with me. — Gary Peters Copy Share Image
War is rich old men protecting their property by sending middle class and lower class young men off to die. It always… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The people who perpetrated the terror of the World Trade Center and Pentagon bombings are something different because these people were obviously… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
What is a normal childhood? We weren't rich, we were pretty middle-class. My dad survived from job to job; with him taking… — Charlie Sheen Copy Share Image
That's the underlying tactic of the Obama administration in 2012: push the war on women, the war on the middle class, the… — Mike Gallagher Copy Share Image
“As a broad generalization, liberals see income as a public good that is distributed, like crayons in a kindergarten class. If so-and-so… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
It's much easier for a middle class Indian entrepreneur to start up a computer company than it is for an Indian company… — Jerry A. Webman Copy Share Image
To fulfill the promise of economic opportunity, we must remain true to the principle that collective bargaining is a cornerstone of a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Even when uttered by Democrats, "middle class" often sounds like a mealymouthed way of saying, "Us, and not them," where "them" includes… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I was fed up with the situation I found myself in in the 1960s. I didn't like being a barrister's wife and… — Caryl Churchill Copy Share Image
