Famous quotes containing the words popular, fronts, front and/or policy:
“It is among the ranks of school-age children, those six- to twelve-year-olds who once avidly filled their free moments with childhood play, that the greatest change is evident. In the place of traditional, sometimes ancient childhood games that were still popular a generation ago, in the place of fantasy and make- believe play . . . todays children have substituted television viewing and, most recently, video games.”
—Marie Winn (20th century)
“How do you know what the world is like? Do you know the world is a foul sty? Do you know if you rip the fronts off houses youd find swine? The world is a hell. What does it matter what happens in it?”
—Thornton Wilder (18971975)
“It is an old saying in the town that most any fellow with a chaw in his jaw can sit on his front porch and spit down the chimney of a neighbors house.”
—Administration in the State of Ariz, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.”
—George Washington (17321799)