Hanging Dirty Laundry Quotes & Sayings

Though Americans talk a good deal about the virtue of being serious, they generally prefer people who are solemn over people who are serious. In politics, the rare candidate who is serious, like Adlai Stevenson, is easily overwhelmed by one who is solemn, like General Eisenhower. This is probably because it is hard for most people to recognize seriousness, which is rare, especially in politics, but comfortable to endorse solemnity, which is as commonplace as jogging. — Russell Baker

People in so many countries look up to the United States as a model of democracy, but I doubt if that can continue. It leaves me with a great sense of loss. — Bianca Jagger

Money in the bank is like toothpaste in the tube. Easy to take out, hard to put back. — Earl Wilson

I was a communist, but being left-wing was fashionable. I was no different from thousands of middle-class kids. — Miuccia Prada

The importance of these [college] years for an American cannot be overestimated. They are civilization's only chance to get to him. — Allan Bloom