Alarms Quote by Lewis Thomas

Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrasment...They do everything but watch television.

— Lewis Thomas

Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use…

— Lewis Thomas

Ants are more like the parts of an animal than entities on their own. They are mobile cells, circulating through a dense connective tissue…

— Lewis Thomas

“Ants, like human beings, can create civilizations without the use of reason.”

— Abbott Lawrence Lowell

Nearly one billion women and men, a third of the world's workforce, are either unemployed or unable to earn enough to keep themselves out…

— Juan Somavia

There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this…

— Kailash Satyarthi

It's estimated that there may be two hundred and fifty million children in the world engaged in some form of exploitative child labour.

— Carol Bellamy

What made women's labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price but also the greater submissiveness of women. The capitalists…

— Clara Zetkin

“Right by the edge of the fractured pavement next to the uneven road circling the square sat a fifteen-year-old boy with a hard helmet.…

— Soroosh Shahrivar

Child labour is an issue of grave importance. It must become a top priority for all governments of the world. How can the world…

— Craig Kielburger

At primary school, we would pick up plastic petals on the way home to make flowers. Now you might call it child labour, but…

— John Rocha

Child labour is a global problem that needs a response from all sides. This means measures to help reduce poverty, improve education, enforce laws,…

— Guy Ryder