"REVOLUTION, n. A bursting of the boilers which usually takes place when the safety valve of public discussion is closed."

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Ambrose Bierce

#Safety Quotes #Revolution Quotes #Censorship Quotes

“Ugh, puppy mills. These commercial breeding facilities are horrendous. The animals are kept in tiny wire cages, with little to no human interaction throughout their lives. They are rarely, if ever, seen medically and are forced to breed over and over again and watch as their babies are taken away from them and sold to pet stores. It is a supply-and-demand business, so the more people stop going to pet stores and choose to adopt instead, the quicker we can put an end to these puppy mills.”
“If I as a geologist were called upon to explain briefly our modern ideas of the origin of the earth and the development of life on it to a simple, pas- toral people, such as the tribes to whom the Book of Genesis was addressed, I could hardly do better than follow rather closely much of the language of the first chapter of Genesis.”
“I consider myself a character actor.”
“I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.”
“If we don't have God in our life, we're considered dead.”
“The best calumnies are spiced with truth.”
“I honestly wondered how on earth I would manage to combine work and motherhood.”
“Every sentence has its drumbeat. rhythm is one of the most powerful dimensions of language: it separates tribes, united families, soothes children, and shocks us into new awarenesses. Every good writer, marching to his or her own drumbeat, marks out a vibrational field as home territory. The cadences of our sentences carry echos of ancestry and influence as surely as the double helix that orchstrates the life of the body.”

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