“The time has come, I think, when we must recognize bisexuality as a normal form of human behavior... we shall not really succeed in discarding the straitjacket of our cultural beliefs about sexual choice if we fail to come to terms with the well-documented, normal human capacity to love members of both sexes.” IfsThinkingHumansWellsFormChoicesBeliefSexTermFailingSucceedMembersBehaviorNormalCapacityHuman BehaviorCapacity To LoveBisexualityHuman Capacity Author:Margaret Mead
“What Women's Lib might achieve if their 'consciousness raising' - or in plain English, brainwashing- campaign succeeds is a society whose members have identical roles but are perpetually at war with themselves; a society of males made neurotic by suppressed masculinity, of females made miserable by having masculine roles thrust upon them that contradict their feminine impulses.” IfsMadeWarMightConsciousnessRolesAchieveSucceedMembersFemaleMalesCampaignsMiserableImpulseFeminineMasculinityMasculineIdenticalNeuroticThrustBrainwashingPlain English Author:Arianna Huffington
“A man whose desire is to be something separate from himself, to be a member of Parliament, or a successful grocer, or a prominent solicitor, or a judge, or something equally tedious, invariably succeeds in being what he wants to be. That is his punishment. Those who want a mask have to wear it.” MenWantDesireSuccessfulJudgingSucceedMembersPunishmentMaskParliamentTediousProminentGrocersMembers Of ParliamentSolicitors Book:The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis,
“Committee: A group which succeeds in getting something done only when it consists of three members, one of whom happens to be sick and another absent.” DoneHappensThreeGroupsSucceedMembersSickCommitteesAbsent Author:Abraham Lincoln
“When you succeed (with legislation), that feeling is exhilaration. And it takes leadership from a president, which means you meet with members of Congress 24/7 and you talk and you listen.” MeanFeelingsPresidentSucceedMembersCongressLegislationExhilaration Author:Dick Gephardt
“Seasteads cost money, and if you want to succeed as a Seastead you have to find ways to attract people to move there. If I was a billionaire I wouldn't want to move to a seastead, but if I was a member of the bottom billion, most of whom want to leave their dysfunctional governments, I might want to move to a seastead.” PeopleIfsWayWantGovernmentMightMovingCostSucceedMembersBottomBillionsBillionaire Author:Joe Quirk
“If you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects. If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered, anyway.” IfsShouldWritingSucceedMembersConcernPoliteRudeness Book:On writing: a memoir of the craft Source: On writing: a memoir of the craft