Famous quotes containing the words popular culture, time to, time, pretend, popular and/or culture:
“The lowest form of popular culture—lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people’s lives—has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage.”
—Carl Bernstein (b. 1944)
“Now is the time for drinking [nunc est bibendum], now is the time to make the earth shake with dancing.”
—Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65–8 B.C.)
“For five years I have seen her each day, and each time I believe it is for the first time.”
—Jean Racine (1639–1699)
“You want to win him over to your side? Then pretend to be embarrassed in his presence.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“One knows so well the popular idea of health. The English country gentleman galloping after a fox—the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“The first time many women hold their tiny babies, they are apt to feel as clumsy and incompetent as any man. The difference is that our culture tells them they’re not supposed to feel that way. Our culture assumes that they will quickly learn how to be a mother, and that assumption rubs off on most women—so they learn.”
—Pamela Patrick Novotny (20th century)