"A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some liberals to concede that family is not just a buzzword for reaction."

"When liberals finally grasped the strength of popular feeling about the family, they cried to appropriate the rhetoric and symbolism of family values for their own purposes."

"The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction."

"The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as a way of life."

"Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women."

"Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics."

"Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better."

"I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn't work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor, I was back to pondering my mortality."