“In certain cases, a man blind from birth may have an operation performed which gives him his sight. The result: frequently misery, confusion, disorientation. The light that illumines the madman is an unearthly light, but I do not believe it is a projection, an emanation from his mundane ego. He is irradiated by a light that is more than he. It may burn him out.” MenGivingBelieveMayLightCertainResultsCasesBirthEgoSightBlindMiseryConfusionOperationsProjectionMundaneMadmenDisorientation Author:R. D. Laing
“As I study both the exoteric and the esoteric schools of Buddhism, they maintain that human beings are endowed with Dharma-nature by birth. If this is the case, why did the Buddhas of all ages - undoubtedly in possession of enlightenment - find it necessary to seek enlightenment and engage in spiritual practice?” IfsHumansAgeSchoolSpiritualHuman BeingsPracticeCasesStudyBuddhismBirthEnlightenmentPossessionDharmaSpiritual PracticeEsoteric Author:Dogen
“In my case, that number is 45. And given that I was born on December 13, 1945 my conception, gestation, and birth all occurred within that year that number has been with me, literally, for all my life, to date. The number 45 keeps on popping up as I go about the business of getting elected you guessed it as the forty-fifth president of the United States of America.” YearsHas BeensStatesAmericaGivenPresidentBornUnitedNumbersCasesUnited StatesBirthFortyConceptionUnited States Of AmericaFifthDecemberPoppingGestation Book:This Is Herman Cain!: My Journey to the White House Source: This Is Herman Cain!: My Journey to the White House
“Man's birth is a lottery; it may be in the pleasant home of ease and affluence, or in the hut of poverty; in either case it may be a stain or an honor. If he is born in poverty, and his future life throws a lustre over an humble birth, the reward will not only be great, but his name will stand higher on the roll of honor and virtue, than he who can only boast of his proud descent.” IfsMenMayHomeNamesBornPovertyCasesVirtueProudBirthHigherHonorRewardsHumbleEasePleasantBoastStainsLotteryDescentAffluenceHutsFuture Life Author:James Ellis
“So many words commonly used to describe childbirth-support, patient, management, delivered by, coached, helped, guided-suggest that a woman does not have the power to give birth without being dependent on somebody else. This isn't the case at all.” GivingDoeUsedCasesSupportBirthManagementPatientDependentChildbirth Author:Michel Odent
“... in all cases of monstrosity at birth anaesthetics should be applied by doctors publicly appointed for that purpose... Every successive year would see fewer of the unfit born, and finally none. But, it may be urged, this is legalized infanticide. Assuredly it is; and it is urgently needed.” ShouldYearsMayPurposeBornCasesBirthNeededDoctorsFewerEuthanasiaMonstrosityInfanticide Author:Tennessee Celeste Claflin
“The question of religion was a matter for each individual's conscience, and in a great many cases was the outcome of birth or residence in a certain geographical area.” MatterCertainIndividualCasesBirthConscienceAreasOutcomesGreat MenResidence Author:James Larkin
“Only a few kinds of images force you to shut your eyes: death, suffering, the opening of the body, some aspects of pornography for some people, and for others, giving birth. In this case, the eyes become black holes in which the image is absorbed willingly or unwillingly, these images are swallowed up and hit just where it hurts, without passing though the usual filters.” PeopleGivingKindBodyEyeSufferingForceBlackHurtCasesBirthAspectHolesPassingOpeningPassingsUsualIt HurtsPornographyFiltersGiving BirthBlack Hole Author:Orlan
“Before we make love my husband takes a pain killer. I blame my mother for my poor sex life. All she told me was, 'the man goes on top and the woman underneath'. For three years my husband and I slept on bunk beds. I'm a double bagger. Not only does my husband put a bag over my face when we're making love, but he also puts a bag over his head in case mine falls off. It's so long since I've had sex, I've forgotten who ties up whom. My best birth control now is to leave the lights on.” MenYearsLongDoeLightPainFacesMotherFallThreeSexPoorCasesMinesHe ManGoes OnBirthBedHusbandBlameForgottenTiesBagsMy HusbandThree YearsKillersMaking LoveBirth ControlBunkLove My HusbandBaggerBunk Beds Author:Joan Rivers
“In the West, that's what's happening. The birth rate has been dropping steadily and still is. But there is still a vast amount of the world where that's not the case. And that is where the big population growth is taking place.” WorldHas BeensStillsBigsGrowthCasesAmountBirthHappeningsWestRatePopulationDroppingPopulation GrowthBirth Rate Author:David Attenborough
“They credited us with the birth of that sort of heavy metal thing. Well, if that's the case, there should be an immediate abortion.” IfsShouldWellsCasesBirthHeavyAbortionMetalsHeavy Metal Author:Ginger Baker
“There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth.” YearsBelieveLongCasesComedyPoetBirthDied Author:James Thurber
“The story of my recent life.' I like that phrase. It makes more sense than 'the story of my life', because we get so many lives between birth and death. A life to be a child. A life to come of age. A life to wander, to settle, to fall in love, to parent, to test our promise, to realize our mortality- and in some lucky cases, to do something after that realization.” LoveChildrenStoriesAgeFallParentRealizingCasesBirthPromiseLuckyTestsFalling In LoveWanderRealizationSettlingPhrasesMortalityStory Of My LifeBirth And Death Author:Mitch Albom
“In fact, life itself is a contradiction if only because birth is the direct cause, in every single case, of death” IfsFactsCausesCasesBirthDirectContradiction Book:Creation: a novel Source: Creation: a novel
“Well...I'm on birth control" I was drinking the water again and choked on it. It took several moments of coughing before I could gasp out. "What?" "It takes a while for it to start working, so I figured I should be prepared, just in case." "Just in case," I repeated, still dumbfounded.” ShouldWellsStillsMomentsWaterCasesBirthPreparedDrinkingBe PreparedBirth ControlCoughing Book:Bloodlines: The Fiery Heart Source: Bloodlines: The Fiery Heart
“I'm tired of hearing about innocent victims. It's fiction, If you live on this planet you're guilty, period, f*** you, next case, end of report. Your birth certificate is proof of guilt.” IfsEndsNextFictionCasesPlanetsBirthPeriodsHumorousVictimTiredGuiltHearingProofInnocentGuiltyReportsI'm TiredCertificatesBirth CertificateInnocent Victims Author:George Carlin
“In our case, murder being once for all forbidden, we may not destroy even the foetus in the womb, while as yet the human being derives blood from other parts of the body for its sustenance. To hinder a birth is merely a speedier mankilling; nor does it matter whether you take away a life that is born, or destroy one that is coming to the birth. That is a man which is going to be one; you have the fruit already in the seed.” MenHumansMayDoeMatterBodyBornHuman BeingsCasesBloodBirthMurderFruitKillingSeedsAbortionForbiddenWombHinderSustenanceDoes It MatterFetusParts Of The Body Author:Tertullian