Quotes & Sayings About Levittown

In large Victorian houses with many rooms and heavy doors, the occupants could be mysterious and exciting to one another in a way that those who live in rackety developments can never hope to be. Not even the lust of a Lord Byron could survive the fact of Levittown. — Gore Vidal

For the very first time, viewers will be able to watch their favorite shows before the rest of the world. — Peter Chernin

Most of us would rather risk a catastrophe than read the instructions. — Mignon McLaughlin

It is wrong to draw a sharp line in one's imagination between the "nature" present on the Rocky Mountain front and that available in the suburbanite's own front yard. The natural world found on even the most perfect and stylized of lawns is no less real than that at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Different, yes, but to draw too sharp a distinction between the sparsely settled world of Alaska and the dense suburbs of Levittown is a prescription for the plundering of natural resources. It is easy to see how the yard, conceived as less natural and thus less important than the spotted owl, is easily ignored. The point is underscored by research showing that, surprisingly, people who evince concern for the environment are more likely to use chemicals on their yards than those who are less ecologically aware. — Ted Steinberg

The best lie is wrapped around a core of truth. — Michael Scott

Dissolution means envelopment in Eternity. — Frederick Lenz

I always thought of Levittown as a joke. — Bill Griffith

Should men and women be equal in all things? Absolutely. But I'm old-fashioned in that I like the differences between the sexes. My male characters are neither Neanderthals nor Prince Charmings. They're flawed. — Sandra Brown

I'm standing right in front of you and you can't even see me! -Quinn — Corrine Jackson

I want a shot for people like me to grow up and do something with themselves. — Robert Reich

Ugliness, n.: A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility. — Ambrose Bierce

It matters not if the world has heard or approves or understands...the only applause we're meant to seek is that of nail-scarred hands. — B.J. Hoff

My father firmly embraced the Ralph Kramden philosophy: he was king of his Levittown castle. He worked hard, and his family deferred to his wishes. Except me. I did not defer and was disciplined accordingly. — Bill O'Reilly

Sometimes Karl, you have to realize your weeknesses and be willing to discuss them with adults. — Molly Maguire McGill

There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading may be given without first getting the author's permission. It ought to be made much more difficult to do than that. — Robert Benchley

This is the great world, and I am only Kim. Who is Kim?' He considered his own identity, a thing he had never done before, till his head swam. He was one insignificant person in all this roaring whirl of India, going southward to he knew not what fate. — Rudyard Kipling