“The only and absolute perfect union of two is when a baby hangs suspended in its mother's womb, like a tiny madman in a padded cell, attached to her, feeling her blood and hormones, and moods play through its body, feeling her feelings.” TwoPlayFeelingsBodyMotherPerfectBloodBabyAbsolutesUnionsTinyMoodCellsWombMadmenHormonesSuspended Book:A Natural History of Love: Author of the National Bestseller A Natural History of the Senses Source: A Natural History of Love: Author of the National Bestseller A Natural History of the Senses
“[On the Internet and activism:] The danger of the Internet is cocooning with the like-minded online - of sending an email or twitter and confusing that with action - while the real corporate and military and government centers of power go right on. In a way, the highest purpose of the Internet is to bring us together for empathy and action. After all, the reflector cells and empathy-producing chemicals in our brains only work when we're physically together with all five senses. You can't raise a baby online.” WayRealGovernmentActionTogetherPurposeBrainFiveMilitaryDangerBabyInternetHighestEmpathyRaisesActivismSensesCellsCorporateOnlineChemicalsEmailConfusingFive Senses Author:Gloria Steinem
“[On peanut M&Ms:] It is the eggness of them. A shell, chocolate placenta, proteiny peanut baby. Life shape, birth shape, cell shape, protoplasmic-ooze shape. A shape that calls straight through civilization to our reptilian brains.” BrainFoodBabyBirthCivilizationShapesCellsChocolateShellsPeanutsPlacenta Author:Cynthia Heimel
“Biology is far from understanding exactly how a single cell develops into a baby, but research suggests that human development can ultimately be explained in terms of biochemistry and molecular biology. Most scientists would make a similar statement about evolution.” HumansUnderstandingTermBabyDevelopmentEvolutionResearchScientistStatementsCellsBiologyHuman DevelopmentBiochemistryMolecular Biology Author:Kenneth R. Miller
“I pity the babies whose mothers are busy texting trivialities instead of playing with their children; I pity the children who are tethered to their cell phones instead of playing ball; I pity the adolescents who are wasting their best years holding one of those artefacts instead of the hand of another young person.” YearsChildrenPersonsHandsYoungMotherBabyBallsBusyPhonesPityCellsHolding OnCell PhoneTextingBest YearTrivialityArtefacts Author:Mario Bunge
“The vast majority of abortions are performed between the seventh and tenth week when the baby is already sucking his thumb, recoiling from pricking, responding to sound. All his organs are present, the brain is functioning, the heart is pumping, the liver is making blood cells, the kidneys are cleaning fluids, and there is a fingerprint. His genetic code is uniquely and unquestionably human. And, if we are willing, he can be seen by ultrasound.” IfsHumansHeartSoundBrainBloodWeekWillingBabyMajorityCellsCodeAbortionOrgansCleaningThumbsFluidRespondingLiverKidneysFingerprintsUltrasoundsBlood Cells Author:John Piper
“You see how Hillary Clinton tried to jump on Jeb Bush for talking about "anchor babies"? Hillary tweeted, "They aren't called 'anchor babies.' They're called 'babies,'" which is a bit ironic given that Hillary's a big supporter of Planned Parenthood where "babies" are called "tissue mass" and, what, "unviable cells"? Whatever it is.” BigsGivenBitsTalkingBabyMassClintonCellsParenthoodIronicSupporterAnchorsTissuesPlanned Parenthood Author:Rush Limbaugh
“It is a well-documented fact that guys will not ask for directions. This is a biological thing. This is why it takes several million sperm cells... to locate a female egg, despite the fact that the egg is, relative to them, the size of Wisconsin.” WellsFactsGuyAsksMillionsBabyFemaleSizeDespiteCellsEggsRelativeThat GuyWisconsinWisconsin Weather Author:Dave Barry