"All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals."

-- Joshua Lederberg

#Able Quotes #Rage Quotes #Civility Quotes

“I donâ€™t think men have time to be funny because they have to make all of our rules about what we can do with our vaginas.”
“Beauty is a great gift of heaven; not for the purpose of female vanity, but a great gift for one who loves, and wishes to be beloved.”
“Presumptuous Man! the reason wouldst thou find,Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind?First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess,Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no less!Ask of thy mother earth, why oaks are madeTaller or stronger than the weeds they shade?Or ask of yonder argent fields above,Why Jove's Satellites are less than Jove?”
“It was measured that the splinters of the Armenian nation that had managed to miraculously escape the Genocide would not be able to recover from the blow, would disappear in the whirlpools on five continents, lose their national identity, and aptitude to be a political factor. But we, as a nation and as a state, were able to reappear at the international arena to affirm that we continue our eternal journey and that we are determined not to allow for such a crime to ever happen again.”

Source : President Serzh Sargsyan's Address on the Commemoration of the 95th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, April 24, 2010.
“What if not just women, but both men and women, worked smart, more flexible schedules? What if the workplace itself was more fluid than the rigid and narrow ladder to success of the ideal worker? And what if both men and women became responsible for raising children and managing the home, sharing work, love, and play? Could everyone then live whole lives?”

Source : Brigid Schulte (2014). “Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has The Time”, p.131, A&C Black
“A lot of writers do think of their characters as living beings. I know that's the way people think. That's why I try to make them real in a certain way, because otherwise people won't read them. It's fine if some readers think of them as real. It's just not the way that I think of them.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Men are not conditioned to be less powerful than a woman. It will be the wise woman who realizes this and is sensitive to that issue.”
“At my age, I don't think anyone is untouched by cancer.”

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