“Even the most humane and compassionate of the monotheisms and polytheisms are complicit in this quiet and irrational authoritarianism: they proclaim us, in Fulke Greville's unforgettable line, "Created sick Commanded to be well." And there are totalitarian insinuations to back this up if its appeal should fail.” IfsShouldWellsLinesFailingQuietSickAppealsCompassionateIrrationalHumaneAuthoritarianismUnforgettableMonotheismPolytheism Book:Letters to a Young Contrarian Source: Letters to a Young Contrarian
“America was the worst place in the world in which to fail, fall sick, get old or die, because then your problems had crystallised into the unforgivable sin. Failure.” WorldProblemAmericaDiesFallSinUnited StatesFailingWorstSickPlaces In The WorldUnforgivableUnforgivable Sin Book:The Rendezvous Source: The Rendezvous
“In our 'don't just sit there, do something' culture, when we get sick we are supposed to become characters in a heroic medical narrative that conceals the remorselessness of pathology, the intractable fact of human vulnerability, and the inevitable inadequacies of medicine. To many of the participants in the medical drama, aggressive treatment - even when it fails - represents a quasi-religious quest for immortality and meaning.” HumansCharacterFactsCultureReligiousFailingDramaSickMedicineIllnessMedicalInevitableNarrativeImmortalityVulnerabilityTreatmentAggressiveHeroicQuestsParticipantsInadequacyPathology Author:Suzanne Gordon
“We lock ourselves into our own philosophies, our own religions, our own walks of life, and if we fail, we condemn ourselves and then we get sick.” IfsPhilosophyWalksFailingSickLocksWalks Of Life Author:Erykah Badu
“I'm interested in stories which insist on a dog fails-to-eat-dog kind of world. I hate misanthropy, want to believe that there's a possibility that we might all be redeemed, that hope deferred makes the soul sick, that our humanity is fragile, funny, common, crazy, full of the longing for love, the failure of love.” WorldWantBelieveKindSoulStoriesMightHateHumanityCommonFailingCrazyDogPossibilitySickI HateLongingFragileRedeemedMisanthropy Author:Anthony Minghella
“The job description of mother is clearly in need of revision. As it stands, the shifts are 24 hours, for a period of approximately 1,825 consecutive days. The benefits are sorely in need of amendment: no vacations, no sick leave, no lunch hours, no breaks. Moreover, it is the only unpaid position I know of that can result in arrest if you fail to show up for work.” IfsKnowsNeedsShowsJobsMotherHoursResultsBreakFailingPositionPeriodsBenefitsSickDescriptionLunchVacationAmendmentsRevisionConsecutiveSick Leave Author:Mary Blakely
“I'm the type of guy who fails and fails and fails, and then, as if failure has become sick of him, succeeds.” IfsGuyFailingTypeSucceedSickType Of Guy Author:Bruce Jenner
“If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick.” IfsFailingSickSicknessOrganisms Author:William James