Thomas Frank Quotes

Just as the financial crisis has created toxic assets and 'zombie' financial institutions, so has it transformed conservatism into a movement of the living dead.

Thomas Frank

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 21, 1965

Topics

FinancialCrisisLivingMovement

I'm always signing blank deeds. That's how an escrow company works.

Jeff Greene

CompanyAlwaysDeedsSigningBlank

Playing normal is hard - especially playing normal that's not you.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

YouHardNormalPlaying

I'm a huge fan of San Francisco. And I was out here for a couple years in the mid-'90s when I was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford.

Stacey D'Erasmo

YearsOutSan FranciscoHereFan

Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.

Steven Wright

CuriosityCatSuspectWhile

There are a lot of people in the Rust Belt who felt like, 'Nobody's concerned about me, and my shot at the American dream is going away.' We need to restore that.

Steve Scalise

American DreamPeopleMeAmerican

Security is a component of everyday life that one spending time in Washington, D.C., gets accustomed to. Metal detectors, police vehicle barriers and heavily-armed police officers become strangely commonplace after awhile.

Mike Crapo

LifeTimePoliceSpending Time

There is the theory... that you live in two places: You either live in fear, or you live in love.

Michael Keaton

LoveFearLiveYouPlacesTwo

Give your employees a shot at showing the company a new way, and provide the room for them to chalk up a few small victories. Once they've proved that their idea can work on a limited basis, they can begin to scale it up.

Jason Fried

WorkSmallEmployeesNewWayBegin

Changes in my personal life are nerve-racking for me.

Donny Deutsch

LifeMePersonalChanges

The thing about TV is it's a meritocracy. I love that aspect of it - and I've had shows that have gone on the air and been canceled. I've seen the good and the bad of it.

Doug Liman

LoveGoodBadAirGoneSeen

We couldn't be making as much money, if we had to deal with stranger behaviour. And right now, anybody who slows down our economic productivity, off they go. We have a place for them, the psychiatric institution. That's the main thing, they slow things down.

Chester Brown

MoneySlowDownPlaceGoNow

Having people that really reflect the spectrum of American experiences is important to have on the Supreme Court.

Cory Booker

PeopleAmericanImportantReflect

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