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Them Quotes by Barbara Ehrenreich
- We need a kind of feminism that aims not just to assimilate into the institutions that men have created over the centuries, but to infiltrate…
- What we need is a tough new kind of feminism with no illusions. Women do not change institutions simply by assimilating into them. We need…
- The nation was not founded by habitual groupthinkers. But it stands a fair chance of being destroyed by them.
- The obvious liberal rejoinders come to mind: What about the child whose home is hit by a bomb? Did she have some bomb-shaped thoughtform that…
- A child is not a salmon mousse. A child is a temporarily disabled and stunted version of a larger person, whom you will someday know.…
- For a long time on Earth humans didn't worship good gods; that's a new idea. The ancient Greek gods, the Hindu gods, are fairly amoral,…
- People tend to judge presidents on how the economy performs, and yet we don't expect them to have the power to do much about it.…
- From an entertainment point of view, the Solar System has been a bust. None of the planets turns out to have any real-estate potential, and…
- The internet was supposed to make this whole business of job searching rational and simple. You could post your resume and companies would search them…
- My death is incidental, and I worry very much about my loved ones and, you know, would like to make it as easy as possible…
- I know that the last thing a book wants is to just sit around unread, serving as an element of interior decorating. So when I…
More Them Quotes
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster