Daniel Levin Becker famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

There is no you in NewVillager, but there is a we. Your job thenceforth will be that of the bodhisattva, the guru, the gap-toothed docent with a serious thing for Whistler's Mother. There will be others, newervillagers than yourself, who never stood a chance either. Only through them do you stand any hope of tracing your footsteps back to where you began.
-- Daniel Levin Becker

#Mother #Jobs #Gaps
You do a lot of concatenating when you're an Oulipian
-- Daniel Levin Becker

Don't let's go to the dogs tonight, For mother will be there.
Before you count the profit, count the cost of a working mother.
Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly.
Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
Its sort of my job to feel good.
It is the woman - nearly always - in spite of all the advances of modern feminism, who still takes responsibility for the bulk of the chores, as well as doing her paid job. This is true even in households where men try to be unselfish and to do their share.
The world is richer than ever, and the gaps between rich and poor are wider.
Have Tottenham closed the gap on Arsenal? Last time I checked they were still 4 miles and 11 titles away
The gaps in power, the gaps in wealth, the gaps in ideology which hold the nations apart also make up the abyss into which mankind can fall to annihilation.
Innovation: Imagine the future and fill in the gaps.

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