Peter York Quotes

I see the demographics increasing, and by that I mean the notion of social acceptance is growing, not decreasing; I think the notion of fiscal responsibility is growing, not decreasing. And Republicans seem to be moving further away from those two categories than closer.

I think more and more people want to live alone. You can be a couple without being in each other's pockets. I don't see why you have to share the same bathroom.

Figuring out what the next big trend is tells us what we should focus on.

It is true, there are many bad people; there are more of them than in the past, but that is because there are more people, meaning the population has tripled; there must be three times more bad people.

I'm always the last person in the world who would ever try to predict a trend.

It's really important to recognize that family life in America has changed pretty dramatically.

In 2009, it was forecast that the number of single-person households would increase by two million in 10 years, suggesting that social isolation will only get worse.

Demographic transformations are dramas in slow motion.

I think Hollywood acts like followers of culture and is constantly seeking to follow trends.

As a young designer in tune with culture, I'm interested in the lifeline of trends.

I'm independent; I live by myself.

When I lived alone in Chicago, I had a lot of loneliness issues.

If I were to have seen more people that looked like me - because I'm Palestinian and Lebanese - and talked like me and acted like me, I probably would have had a lot more hope knowing that I wasn't alone. I really hope that this show, 'Champions,' gives that to people.

Marriage is part of a sort of 50′s revival package that's back in vogue along with neckties and naked ambition.

I got fined for talking to myself.

The Democrat Party, particularly with demographic shifts taking, would love to get rid of the Electoral College.

Can a controlled experiment explain why people like Kewpie dolls in one year, Beanie Babies in another, and American Girl dolls this year? Yet social scientists are asked to answer analogous questions. We economists and perhaps psychologists shouldn't overreact to the derision. That is, we shouldn't try to overlay a false sense of precision on our admittedly squooshy work.

Trends in culture all serve a purpose and that's always indicative in fashion and music, you can always tell what's going on culturally in the mindset of the young generation if you look at those mediums.

When you live alone, you can be sure that the person who squeezed the toothpaste tube in the middle wasn't committing a hostile act.

I don't think a person should take herself seriously unless she is alone.

I am sick of being the victim of trends I reflect but don't even understand.

No doubt there is a Scandinavian wave. I guess everybody is just surfing their wave until it breaks and hoping it won't be too soon.

Even our beliefs have become trend statements.

If you don't have two states, you have one state, already the non-Jewish population outnumbers the Jewish population in one state.

Philosophy as well as foppery often changes fashion.