Stephanie Coontz Quotes

When I speak on work-family issues to audiences around the country, some of the biggest complaints I hear come from individuals who are described by the census as living in 'non-family households.' They resent the fact that their family responsibilities literally don't 'count,' either for society or for their employers.

Stephanie Coontz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 31, 1944

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FamilySocietySpeakCountryLiving

I do remember once going to Salzburg in Austria. Liverpool were playing a European game there, and they put me in a box behind glass. I hate being behind glass; I always want to feel part of the action.

John Motson

HateMeActionGameFeelRemember

I have started many companies now worth more than $100 million. So I know a little about business.

John McAfee

BusinessWorthKnowNowMoreLittle

Dignity: the doomed man's final refuge.

Max Frisch

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If Russia shuts off central Asia and the Caspian Sea from Europe, the European allies of the United States will be totally dependent on Russian gas and energy.

Mikheil Saakashvili

SeaEnergyWillRussiaEuropeOff

My wife and I always comment that our lives are relatively mundane. She's a writer as well, I'm a writer, we spend most of our time writing, and kind of going to yoga in Brooklyn.

Mike Birbiglia

TimeWifeWritingBrooklynKindShe

I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind - and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.

Michel de Montaigne

WorkMyselfFindMadWriteOut

Many billboards and magazine ads have resorted to showing isolated body parts rather than full-body portraits of models using or wearing products. This style of photography, known in the industry as abstract representation, allows the viewer to see himself in the advertisement, rather than the model.

Douglas Rushkoff

StylePhotographyBodySeeAbstract

I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal.

Christopher Eccleston

LoveThinkBelongingUniversal

I'd love to win Paris-Roubaix.

Bradley Wiggins

LoveWin

I'm not very good at being a performing monkey.

Prince Charles

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We felt like we just got surrounded by this community of friends.

Scott Wolf

CommunityFriendsSurroundedJust

I have different qualities and no problem with that. Of course, my style of football is not like Messi's or Neymar's.

Thomas Muller

StyleFootballProblemDifferent

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