Frohe Geburtstag Quotes & Sayings

To draw for a moment from an entirely different corner of my life, that part of me still attached to the biological sciences, there is ample evidence that animals - rats and monkeys, for example - that are forced into a subordinate status within their social systems adapt their brain chemistry accordingly, becoming 'depressed' in humanlike ways. Their behavior is anxious and withdrawn; the level of serotonin (the neurotransmitter boosted by some antidepressants) declines in their brains. And - what is especially relevant here - they avoid fighting even in self-defense ... My guess is that the indignities imposed on so many low-wage workers - the drug tests, the constant surveillance, being 'reamed out' by managers - are part of what keeps wages low. If you're made to feel unworthy enough, you may come to think that what you're paid is what you are actually worth. — Barbara Ehrenreich

Hell existed in the imagination of those who feared it, because of the guilt and shame they carried with them after death. — Andrea Barbosa

I never hire a stylist. — Clemence Poesy

People wanna say that they're part Native American or mixed, or anything other than black. We're raised to believe that there's something better about not being fully black, something eccentric about it. I'm saying I used to tell girls that I was mixed, which is a bold-faced lie! — Chance The Rapper

Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much! — Aristophanes

I'm hostile to men, I'm hostile to women, I'm hostile to cats, to poor cockroaches, I'm afraid of horses. — Norman Mailer

Knowledge wouldn't be found without imagination — M.E.R

The victor belongs to the spoils — F Scott Fitzgerald

I hear that melting-pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven't melted. — Jesse Jackson

Wealth
the most excellent of all gods. — Aristophanes

I know I need to stay strong, but just like rust can weaken even the strongest of metals, depression can weaken even the strongest of people. — Kathryn Perez

How deep is the weatherfront of time
that advances, roaring and calm
unendingly between was and will be?
A millisecond? A few hours? All secular life
worldwide, all consequences of past life
travel in it.
(from 'The Welter') — Les Murray

Sandor Boatly had never guessed that, properly played, baseball consisted of mathematics, geometry, art, philosophy, ballet, and carnival, all intertwined like the mystical ribbons of color in a rainbow. — W.P. Kinsella