We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that's really entertainment-based. (Stephen King)

We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that's really entertainment-based.

Stephen King

Related topics

economics manufacturing play politics trying

Related quotes

Anyone who tries to improve the lives of animals invariably comes in for criticism from those who believe such efforts are misplaced in a world of suffering humanity. View quote
Jane Goodall
Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are. View quote
Henry Fielding
Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock. View quote
Kurt Cobain
When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign in solitude. View quote
William Wordsworth
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock. View quote
Ben Hecht