Famous quotes containing the words ugly and/or american:
“Sacred or not, sacrifice is an ugly business.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The ideal of the self-sufficient American family is a myth, dangerous because most families, especially affluent families, do in fact make use of a range of services to survive. Families needing one or another kind of help are not morally deficient; most families do need assistance at one time or another.”
—Joseph Featherstone (20th century)