The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century.

Americans expect to eat and stay thin, to be constantly on the move and ever more neighborly ... to revere God and be God.

Never have people been more the masters of their environment. Yet never has a people felt more deceived and disappointed. For never has a people expected so much more than the world could offer.

When I was living in England I found that the more I lived abroad, the more American I discovered I was.

Disagreement produces debate but dissent produces dissension.

There's something beautifully soothing about a fact — even (or perhaps especially) if we're not sure what it means.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.