"It is common talk that every individual is entitled to economic security. The only animals and birds I know that have economic security are those that have been domesticated--and the economic security they have is controlled by the barbed-wire fence, the butcher's knife and the desire of others. They are milked, skinned, egged or eaten up by their protectors."

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Source : "Ray Lyman Wilbur". The Washington Post, June 28, 1949.

Ray Lyman Wilbur

#Animal Quotes #Knives Quotes #Bird Quotes

“People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.”
“Politics is a lot like sex - if you want something, you have to ask for it, if they're not doing it right you've got to speak up and show them and if you still don't get what you want, then there is nothing wrong with doing it yourself.”

Source : Q&A at the L5 Convention, Blackpool, UK, November 16, 2008.
“I'm going to take over on the Techno Comics so I'm going to be dealing in the children's merchandising type department. But that's just setting it up and having somebody run it.”
“The Beatles were huge for me, ... I used to jump around the room to the red album, the one with all the early hits on it. It made you feel euphoric. It was a sensation I couldn't get from anything else, whether it was playing football, swimming or even seeing 'Star Wars.'”
“I would rather be dead than empty”
“Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page; it writes three hundred.”
“When you meet a man who is broken, pick him up and carry him. When you meet a woman whoâ€™s broken, put her all into your arms. Cause we donâ€™t know where we come from â€¦ we donâ€™t know where we are.”
“People must know the past to understand the present, and to face the future;”

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