#states

The United States is the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, yet its inhabitants are strikingly unhappy. Accordingly, we present to the rest of mankind, on a planet rife with suffering and tragedy, the spectacle of a clown civilization. Sustained on a clown diet rich in sugar and fat, we have developed a clown physiognomy. We dress like clowns. We move about a landscape filled with cartoon buildings in clownmobiles, absorbed in clownish activities. We fill our idle hours enjoying the canned antics of professional clowns... Death, when we acknowledge it, is just another pratfall on the boob tube. Bang! You're dead! ↗

— James Howard Kunstler

#clown #clowns #community #social-criticism #the-united-states

To see for themselves what the United States has been willing to undertake in the name of freedom. We should all visit Normandy. We should pay homage to those brave Americans who stormed ashore at Omaha Beach and gave their lives for the freedom of others. ↗

— Fatos Nano

#beach #been #brave #freedom #gave

The trip to Iraq confirmed that I made the right decision when I voted against lending Iraq the $18 billion the United States plans to use to help rebuild the country. ↗

— Vic Snyder

#billion #confirmed #country #decision #help

Texas has arguably the most extreme separation between the well off and everyday people in the United States. ↗

— Don Baylor

#between #everyday #everyday people #extreme #most

The cheapest natural gas in the world is in the United States. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#gas #natural #natural gas #states #united

I have come to Germany to learn at first hand the problems involved in the reconstruction of Germany and to discuss with our representatives the views of the United States Government as to some of the problems confronting us. ↗

— James F. Byrnes

#confronting #discuss #first #germany #government

I think of New York as a puree and the rest of the United States as vegetable soup. ↗

— Spalding Gray

#i think #new #new york #rest #soup

The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do. ↗

— Billy Higgins

#history #japan #jazz #know #more

In 2004, I joined my father, John Kerry, on the trail in his bid for the United States presidency. ↗

— Alexandra Kerry

#father #his #i #john #john kerry

We built that into a wholesale business that became, really, one of the largest companies in the United States. We had success in building new markets, opening markets for competition, and that takes a personal toll. ↗

— Jeffrey Skilling

#building #built #business #companies #competition