Occupy Wall Street

Famous quotes containing the words occupy, wall and/or street:

    Being a parent is a form of leadership. . . . Parents make a mistake, along with leaders of organizations, when they are unwilling to recognize the power inherent in the positions they occupy and when they are unwilling to use this power. . . . I do not mean a figure who is irrational, autocratic, or sadistic. I mean leaders who have the strength of character to stand up for what they believe.
    —Abraham Zaleznik. In Support of Families, ed. Michael W. Yogman and T. Berry Brazelton, ch. 8 (1986)

    It is bad to be poor. I shall go to the wall for bread and meat, if I neglect my business this year as well as last.
    Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    Christopher Cross: You shouldn’t be alone in the street so late at night.
    Kitty March: I was coming home from work.
    Christopher Cross: You work this late?
    Kitty March: Mmm, hmmm.
    Christopher Cross: What do you do?
    Kitty March: Guess.
    Christopher Cross: You’re an actress.
    Kitty March: Oh, you are clever!
    Dudley Nichols (1895–1960)