Popular Culture
In the "Bad Breaks" episode (season 2, episode 13) of the US TV series Burn Notice, protagonist Michael Westen uses the term "Operation Quicksilver" to indicate to his friend Sam that in order to overcome a bank robber without injuring any hostages, Sam must convince the bank robber that he is a powerful, dangerous man who owns the bank and who will maim and torture anyone involved in the robbery.
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Famous quotes containing the words popular culture, popular and/or culture:
“Like other secret lovers, many speak mockingly about popular culture to conceal their passion for it.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The poet will prevail to be popular in spite of his faults, and in spite of his beauties too. He will hit the nail on the head, and we shall not know the shape of his hammer. He makes us free of his hearth and heart, which is greater than to offer one the freedom of a city.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Sanity consists in not being subdued by your means. Fancy prices are paid for position, and for the culture of talent, but to the grand interests, superficial success is of no account.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)