Adults Quote by Ken Robinson

[On the United States:] We are a wildly energetic people in our pursuit of pleasure, let alone in our pursuit of money, and we…

— Martha Gellhorn

I am concerned that many young people in the Hemisphere seem to envision the United States as a nation intoxicated by power, addicted to…

— Luis A. Ferre

One of the issues facing us today is that there are countries where there is a serious lack of resources, the standards of living…

— Ralph Merkle

Currently, U.S. society has been encouraged by its political and subsidized mass-media intelligentsia to view U.S. life as a continual "morning in America" paradise,…

— Ishmael Reed

The United States is a very insular society. Most people know very little about the outside world and don't care that much. They're concerned…

— Noam Chomsky

For an adult, the world is constantly trying to clamp down on itself. Routine, responsibility, decay of institutions, corruption: this is all the world…

— Bruce Springsteen

A decline of exuberance is just barely noticeable in America, making itself felt particularly among the most highly educated and the well-to-do in a…

— David Riesman

“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

Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the world either already experienced or is experiencing now with…

— Jose Saramago

In fact that is the struggle that most Americans - As rich as this country is, most Americans are very limited in their interaction…

— Edwidge Danticat

America in particular imposes an horrendous burden on the world. We have this wonderful standard of living but it comes at enormous cost.

— E. O. Wilson

The main emotion of the adult American who has had all the advantages of wealth, education, and culture is disappointment.

— John Cheever