“The rich will always be rich, the poor will always be poor, but the middle-class is always in motion, is always in a state of suspended transformation, is not necessarily tomorrow what it is today.”— David Shields, amazon.com
“There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages.”— Mark Twain, amazon.com
“The world is made wrong; kings should go to school to their own laws, at times, and so learn mercy.”— Mark Twain, amazon.com
“It is the social system that makes violence popular, not the 'baseness' of the citizens: the roots of violence are to be found in society, not in individual morality. So it is predictable that the movement to eradicate violence from our screens would be led by middle-class moralists. By 'blaming' so…”— John Fiske, amazon.com