If any country was a mine-shaft canary for the reintroduction of cholera, it was Haiti - and we knew it. And in… — Paul Farmer Copy Share Image
If all currencies are moving up or down together, the question is: relative to what? Gold is the canary in the coal… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Artists are useful to society because they are so sensitive. They are supersensitive. They keel over like canaries in coal mines filled… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
My father once nearly came to blows with a female dinner guest about whether a particular patch of embroidery was fuchsia or… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
Musicians and journalists are the canaries in the coalmine, but, eventually, as computers get more and more powerful, it will kill off… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
Surfers are the canaries down the mine. Those of us who surf spend more time than anyone soaking in whatever the sea… — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
Will urban sprawl spread so far that most people lose all touch with nature? Will the day come when the only bird… — Frank N. Ikard Copy Share Image
It seems to me that society usually wins. There are, to be sure, free spirits in the world, but their freedom, in… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Fear sucks. Because you never know when it will attack. Sometimes it sneaks up behind you, giggling like your best girlfriend from… — Jennifer Rardin Copy Share Image
And he supposed it might not be the best of days. But then, he was flying the mails and was not expected… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share Image
Satire must always accompany any free society. It is an absolute necessity. Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the… — Joe Randazzo Copy Share Image
We are the canaries in the mine. If we go, the last ecosystems go. So does the wisdom of how to sustain… — Rebecca Adamson Copy Share Image
It is a pity that so many Americans today think of the Indian as a romantic or comic figure in American history… — Felix S. Cohen Copy Share Image
The canary bird in the coal mine theory of the arts: artists should be treasured as alarm systems. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The canary is like a man's soul. It sees bars around it, but instead of despairing, it sings. — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
