So, my credo consists of the pursuit and the act. One without the other is self-indulgence. - Studs Terkel

It was an exciting community, where we lived in Washington. The basic feeling — and I don’t think this is just nostalgia — was one of excitement, of achievement, of happiness. Life was important, life was significant.

"How goddamn foolish it is, the war. They's no war in the worth that's worth fightin' for. I don't care where it is. They can't tell me any different. Money, money is the thing that causes it all. I wouldn't be a bit surprised that the people that start wars and promote 'em are the men that make the money, make the ammunition, make the clothing and so forth. Just think of the poor kids that are starvin' to death in Asia and so forth that could be fed with how much you make one big shell of. ~Alvin "Tommy" Bridges"

The worst day-to-day operators of businesses are bankers.