Climbing Quote by George Carlin

We have reached in this country an amazing degree of general prosperity, with American business on the whole no longer facing an uphill climb.

— Charles M. Schwab

As American productivity, once the exuberant engine of national wealth, has dipped to an embarrassingly uncompetitive low, Americans have shaken their heads: the country's…

— Lance Morrow

“Generally speaking, though, Americans have an inability to relax into sheer pleasure. Ours is an entertainment-seeking nation, but not necessarily a pleasure-seeking one. Americans…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

In the film industry, all the money is focused on television and the stupidity of American cinema.

— Gerard Depardieu

American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or…

— Ian MacKaye

America's biggest failure is its inability to take comedy seriously.

— H. L. Mencken

We Americans look at the last 300 years of history, and we basically see a world that's getting better and better. The rule of…

— Walter Russell Mead

Film and television are major vehicles for American storytelling, and America is the biggest exporter and influencer in the world in terms of telling…

— Tamlyn Tomita

“A MAIN ARGUMENT of this book concerns how so many parts of American life have morphed into forms of entertainment. From 1980 to the…

— Kurt Andersen

For over two centuries, Americans have grown up in a society that rewards hard work, protects innovation, and allows its citizens to constantly break…

— Renee Ellmers

I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them.

— Fiona Shaw

Comedy is what keeps us alive.

— George Schlatter