Life, in my estimation, is a biological misadventure that we terminate on the shoulders of six strange men whose only objective is... to make a hole in one with you.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
For man, maximum excitement is the confrontation of death and the skillful defiance of it by watching others fed to it as he survi...ves transfixed with rapture.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The mere idea of marriage, as a strong possibility, if not always nowadays a reasonable likelihood, existing to weaken the will by... distracting its straight aim in the life of practically every young girl, is the simple secret of their confessed inferiority in men's pursuits and professions to-day.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice. It is the one call...ing in which at the beginning the only exertion is that of self-indulgence; all the prizes are at the commencement. It is the ever-new embodiment of the old fable of the sale of the soul to the Devil. The tempter offers wealth, comfort, excitement, but in return the victim must sell her soul, nor does the other party forget to exact his due to the uttermost farthing.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
How deep a wound to morals and social purity has that accursed article of the celibacy of the clergy been! Even the best and most ...enlightened men in Romanist countries attach a notion of impurity to the marriage of a clergyman. And can such a feeling be without its effect on the estimation of the wedded life in general? Impossible! and the morals of both sexes in Spain, Italy, France, &c. prove it abundantly.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Sustained unemployment not only denies parents the opportunity to meet the food, clothing, and shelter needs of their children but... also denies them the sense of adequacy, belonging, and worth which being able to do so provides. This increases the likelihood of family problems and decreases the chances of many children to be adequately prepared for school.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Women are most fascinating between the ages of thirty-five and forty, after they have won a few races and know how to pace themsel...ves. Since few women ever pass forty, maximum fascination can continue indefinitely.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A higher class, in the estimation and love of this city- building, market-going race of mankind, are the poets, who, from the inte...llectual kingdom, feed the thought and imagination with ideas and pictures which raise men out of the world of corn and money, and console them for the short-comings of the day, and the meanness of labor and traffic.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The bosses of our mass media, press, radio, film and television, succeed in their aim of taking our minds off disaster. Thus, the ...distraction they offer demands the antidote of maximum concentration on disaster.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »