#mo

Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders. ↗

— Sloan Wilson

#almost #any #depends #does #drive

I'm a big fan of glamour. It's something I don't think there's enough of in Hollywood anymore. I enjoy putting on a sexy dress and heels. I want to work it. ↗

— Ali Larter

#big #big fan #dress #enjoy #enough

Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is one of the things that undermines traditional values. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#form #merely #most #obvious #our

The attempt to redefine the family as a purely voluntary arrangement grows out of the modern delusion that people can keep all their options open all the time. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#arrangement #attempt #delusion #grows #keep

It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and promotes a different set of values that is destructive of family life. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#destructive #different #different set #family #family life

Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#both #cheat #children #desirable #easy

Conservatives have no understanding of modern capitalism. They have a distorted understanding of the traditional values they claim to defend. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#claim #conservatives #defend #distorted #modern

The left has lost the common touch. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#left #lost #touch

Make it new is the message not just of modern art but of modern consumerism, of which modern art is largely a mirror image. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#consumerism #image #just #largely #make

The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#consumption #mass #model #organized #ownership