Quote by Tony Judt

“Contrary to a widespread assumption that has crept back into Anglo-American political jargon, few derive pleasure from handouts:”

— Tony Judt

The mystical nature of American consumption accounts for its joylessness. We spend a great deal of time in stores, but if we don't seem…

— Lewis H. Lapham

“As a young man, my father taught me a valuable lesson: never be afraid to accept a handout. Not a hand-up, mind you, as…

— Nathan Rabin

“On cheap tippers:"Don't take it personally; they were deprived somehow as children. On low-fat entrees: "They sell well enough, but nobody's too happy after…

— Joan Bauer

“I think the human race has squandered its gift, and I think this country has squandered its promise. I think people in America sold…

— George Carlin

“In a relentlessly commercial culture, the communication of our private meanings has been vaguely corrupted around the edges by the toxic idioms of merchandising.”

— Charles Baxter

“think that the rare Englishmen who have this gesture are never of the heavy type— for fear of any lumbering instance to the contrary,…

— George Eliot

“The new fashions sold in department stores had thrown skilled American seamstresses out of work, you see. They’d been displaced by immigrant girls doing…

— Mary Doria Russell

“Material handouts are a poor substitute for love and understanding. People don’t need more things—they need more tenderness”

— John C. Maxwell

There was a time when formal clothes were one of life's great pleasures, as well as a way of describing instantly a man's status…

— Peter York

What you have when everyone wears the same playclothes for all occasions, is addressed by nickname, expected to participate in Show And Tell, and…

— Judith Martin

“I often see people on the streets dressed as objects and handing out leaflets. I tend to avoid leaflets but it breaks my heart…

— David Sedaris