People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that they're all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error.

Quote by Florence King

Topics: America And Americans Quotes, Dreams Quotes, People Quotes

I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo...

I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo...

Golf is an exercise in Scottish pointlessness for people who are no longer able to...

Golf is an exercise in Scottish pointlessness for people who are no longer able to...

Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's...

Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's...

In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the...

In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the...

American couples have gone to such lengths to avoid the interference of in-laws that they...

American couples have gone to such lengths to avoid the interference of in-laws that they...

Animal rights activists gives disillusioned feminists an excuse to go back to being women protecting...

Animal rights activists gives disillusioned feminists an excuse to go back to being women protecting...

The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism...

The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism...

Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as...

Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as...

The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism...

The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism...

Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in.

Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in.

Self-help books are making life downright unsafe. Women desperate to catch a man practice all...

Self-help books are making life downright unsafe. Women desperate to catch a man practice all...

He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is...

He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is...

Any discussion of the problems of being funny in America will not make sense unless...

Any discussion of the problems of being funny in America will not make sense unless...

People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or...

People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or...

Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying...

Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying...

Golf is tiddlywinks played while standing up and and wearing a hat

Golf is tiddlywinks played while standing up and and wearing a hat

True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories.

True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories.