"A lot of people have culturally induced ethical blindness, but they can be cured!"

-- Ingrid Newkirk

#People Quotes #Ethical Quotes #Blindness Quotes

“There are worries that seem to me sustained by the love of worry. For example, that people are reading from screens, or listening to recorded books. Why scold the impulse to enjoy language and narrative in whatever form it takes?”
“Capitalism is always in danger of inspiring men to be more concerned about making a living than making a life. We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles, rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to humanity-thus capitalism can lead to a practical materialism that is as pernicious as the materialism taught by communism.”
“This is not the Spanish announce table!”
“You won't get ahead until you get off your behind.”
“Barbarism recommences by the excess of civilization.”
“Any private security is a joke in a country where youre up against your own government.”
“The common objection to seniority pay is, "It's rewarding dead wood!" My response is, "Why do you hire dead wood? Or why do you hire live wood and kill it?"”
“Character development is what I value most as a reader of fiction. If an author can manage to create the sort of characters who feel fully real, who I find myself worrying about while Im walking through the grocery store aisles a week later, that to me is as close to perfection as it gets.”

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