Sayings & Quotes

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'There is no greater anomaly than the exaltation by men of the vocation of wife & mother on the one hand, while, on the other, the position is by law stripped of all its attractiveness & dignity.'
Kate Sheppard


'The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.'
Oscar Wilde

'There is no such thing as an ugly woman.'
Vincent Van Gogh


'Is fat really the worst thing a human can be? Is fat worse than vindictive, jealous, shallow, vain, boring, evil or cruel? Not to me.'
J.K.Rowling


'If you really think the environment is less important than the economy, try holding your breath while you count your money.'
Dr Guy McPherson

'Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.'
Dwight D. Eisenhower


Retweeted many times lately:

' ... @ScottWesterfeld: Plot idea: 97% of the world's scientists contrive an environmental crisis, but are exposed by a plucky band of billionaires & oil companies. ...'
Scott Westerfield


ÔÇ£We may have a democracy, or we may have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both.ÔÇØ
Louis Brandeis