"Clearly, society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a woman's natural fitness for the career of mother: the alternatives are all too expensive."

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Source : Ann Oakley (1974). “Woman's work: the housewife, past and present”, Vintage

Ann Oakley

#Fitness Quotes #Mother Quotes #Humorous Quotes

“Even in the best of lives, mistakes are made.”

Source : "Interests: charity work, skydiving" by Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. August 7, 2001.
“Earth Day 1970 was irrefutable evidence that the American people understood the environmental threat and wanted action to resolve it.”
“In fact, on one occasion, a rather pedantic experimental psychologist was telling him about a long, complicated experiment he had done, incorporating all the proper controls and using considerable technical virtuosity. When he saw Crick's exasperated expression he said, "but Dr. Crick, we have got it right - we know it's right," Crick's response was, "The point is not whether it's right. The point is: does it even matter whether its right or wrong?"”
“I was delighted to have lines when they came - learning lines for film isn't a problem, but television is a little different, because we shot those shows the whole way through.”
“Our dreams are luminous, a cast fire upon the world. Morning arrives and that's it. Sunlight darkens the earth.”

Source : Charles Wright (2004). “Snake eyes”
“My mom told me, 'don't grow up too quickly; once you're an adult, you're an adult.'”

Source : "Motherhood Quotes from the Pages of ELLE". www.elle.com. May 11, 2012.
“Furthermore, unlike Man's other great good friend the horse, the cat is no sweating serf of Man. The only labor she condescends to perform is to catch mice and rats, and that's fun.”
“The teacher does not have to be, although he has to know: he is the mind imagining, not the executant.”

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