“Let the "socialist" snivellers croak, let the bourgeoisie rage and fume, but only people who shut their eyes so as not to see, and stuff their ears so as not to hear, can fail to notice that all over the world the birth pangs of the old, capitalist society, which is pregnant with socialism, have begun.” PeopleWorldEyeStuffFailingBirthEarsRageSocialismCapitalistPregnantSocialistBourgeoisie Author:Vladimir Lenin
“Esoteric philosophy teaches that the physical form, the body, of the individual is made new at birth; but the soul is ancient, the stuff of stars.” MadeSoulPhilosophyBodyFormIndividualStarsStuffTeachBirthAncientEsoteric Book:Dreams of Isis: A Woman's Spiritual Sojourn Source: Dreams of Isis: A Woman's Spiritual Sojourn
“That happens a lot when people become parents, too. There's just so much at stake suddenly, and you're also witness to the total miracle of birth, and stuff like that. So I started reading tons of religious texts and checking everything out. One of the things I wanted to make sure of on the record is that it still has a "searching" vibe rather than an authoritative vibe.” PeopleStillsHappensWantedReadingStuffParentReligiousRecordsBirthMiracleWitnessStakesReligious Texts Author:Mason Jennings
“What's really going on here is, this is a media shift. It's comparable to what happened in the 1950s and the birth of electronic mass media back then.This is the birth of a new kind of personal media, where, instead of we're all watching one program, we're all watching each other. And the history of media makes it really clear. Whenever we have a big innovation, the first wave of stuff we do is pretty crummy. The printing press gave us pornography, cheap thrillers, and how-to books. Television gave us Newt Minow's vast wasteland.” FirstsKindBookBigsStuffClearHappenedMediaTelevisionBirthMassProgramInnovationPressesWavePornographyPrintingThrillersMass MediaPrinting PressNewtsWasteland Author:Esther Dyson
“Before I had a kid, I was off in some kind of cosmic state all of the time, and thinking about the world beyond, thinking about intellectual stuff. And then, after I had a kid, just the whole process of giving birth is just so earthy and grounding and insane and it's all just an intense physical ordeal.” ThinkingWorldGivingKindStatesWholeKidsStuffProcessBirthIntellectualIntenseInsaneCosmicGiving BirthOrdealsGrounding Author:Larkin Grimm
“Even the Islam stuff I thought was pretty respectful about Islam in a funny way. I mean, yes, from a secular point of view, but it talks about the birth of this religion, and I thought it was pretty admiring of the person at the center of it, the prophet of Islam.” WayMeanPersonsStuffViewsBirthIslamPoint Of ViewProphetSecularRespectfulAdmiring Author:Salman Rushdie
“I had done the No Doubt record Push and Shove, and that was a real challenge for me: I think after the giving birth twice, going on multiple tours, all the stuff that I had done, I really got quite burned out after that.” ThinkingGivingRealDoneStuffChallengesDoubtRecordsBirthNo DoubtBurnedMultipleGiving BirthBurned Out Author:Gwen Stefani