“An invitation to be a bridesmaid is an honor which cannot be declined without some very good reason. Our idea of one of the better reasons is the impending arrival of a little stranger. ... any lady in this interesting condition should have the grace to refuse. We know that symbols of fertility are appropriate to the marriage ceremony, but they needn't be quite so obviously borne in on the congregation.” KnowsShouldLittlesIdeasReasonInterestingGraceConditionsHonorShould HaveVery GoodRefuseStrangerSymbolsAppropriateCeremonyInvitationsArrivalsCongregationFertilityMoatsBridesmaidsMarriage Ceremony Author:Alice-Leone Moats
“... even if the right to vote brought to women no better work, no better pay, no better conditions in any way, she should have itfor her own self-respect and to compel man's respect for her.” IfsMenWayShouldSelfPayConditionsShould HaveVoteSelf RespectSuffrageRight To VoteWoman Suffrage Author:Susan B. Anthony
“The Green Revolution focused on the big three - maize, rice and wheat - and the Green Revolution did not adapt the big three to African conditions, other than South Africa, as much as they should have.” ShouldBigsThreeConditionsRevolutionShould HaveGreenSouthFocusedSouth AfricaRiceWheatGreen RevolutionMaize Author:Bill Gates
“If you are female, and conditions are otherwise apt, you are supposed to decide whether you want to become a mother by thinking carefully about whether you really want to have a child of your very own, what it would be like to be a mother, whether this is something you really want and will be happy with, etc. In general, you are supposed to evaluate whether you should have a child largely on the basis of what you think it will be like for you to have a child.” IfsThinkingWantShouldChildrenWould BeMotherConditionsFemaleShould HaveBasesEtcEvaluate Author:L.A. Paul
“We have a number of brothers left in the prisons, about 15 of them. And for the most part, they're in bad condition. Most of us are getting older, you know. I believe all of them is 60 years or older. They've been in prison for long periods of time. Many of them should have never been in prison at all. They were framed and illegally convicted.” KnowsShouldYearsBelieveLongLeftI BelieveNumbersConditionsBrotherPeriodsShould HavePrisonGetting OldGetting OlderFramedLong Periods Of Time Author:Sekou Odinga
“I once wrote that Black Americans are involved in an intriguing experiment to see if an oppressed minority can continue to march forward if there is not a strong and vibrant left-wing and radical movement. That's not an experiment I would recommend, although the story is still unfolding and we will see how it unfolds, but they are not the sort of conditions in which an oppressed minority should have to struggle.” IfsShouldStillsStoriesLeftStrongBlackStruggleConditionsMovementInvolvedShould HaveWingsExperimentsRadicalMinoritiesMarchOppressedUnfoldingIntriguingLeft Wing Author:Gerald Horne
“My father [Erwin Rommel] believed that Germany should have a great interest to leave the war with a peace under conditions.” ShouldWarFatherInterestConditionsShould HaveGermanyRommel Author:Manfred Rommel
“Whatever Lincoln's racial views, which are not totally modern and egalitarian in many ways, he believes blacks should have this natural right to improve their condition in life and slavery denies that to them.” WayShouldBelieveNaturalViewsModernConditionsShould HaveSlaveryDeny Author:Eric Foner
“Workers should have a right to sit across from management to collectively bargain about their work conditions, their wages, and the future direction of the company. To me, that's just a humane thing to do. It is unacceptable in the 21st century to have companies not want to do that with their employees and create a great work environment.” WantShouldCompanyEnvironmentConditionsCenturyShould HaveManagementWorkersThings To DoEmployee21st CenturyWagesGreat WorkHumaneBargainsWork EnvironmentFuture Direction Author:Nina Turner
“Every one should be wealthy, if only for a day, so that each might realize that be being rich is not the ideal condition that most believe it is. And like the land, we should have little need for all that silver when we cease breating. Let us enjoy the smiling faces of as many children of god as we can while we are able to see them.” IfsNeedsShouldBelieveChildrenLittlesMightAbleFacesEnjoyRealizingRichLandConditionsIdealsShould HaveCeaseSilverWealthyChild Of GodBeing RichSmiling Faces Author:Og Mandino
“A day came when I should have died, and after that nothing seemed very important. So I have stayed as I am, without regret, separated from the normal human condition.” ShouldHumansImportantConditionsRegretNormalShould HaveDiedWorld War IiHuman Condition Book:The Forgotten Soldier Source: The Forgotten Soldier
“We should strengthen our immigration laws to prevent the importation of foreign wages and working conditions. We should make it illegal for employers to lay off Americans and then fill their jobs by bringing in workers from overseas. Any U.S. employer who wishes to hire from abroad - even for temporary jobs - should have to recruit U.S. workers first. And we should end the unskilled immigration that competes with young Americans just entering the job market.” ShouldFirstsEndsJobsLawYoungWishConditionsShould HaveLaysWorkersImmigrationIllegalTemporaryWagesEnteringEmployersRecruitImmigration LawsWorking ConditionsImportation Author:Edward Kennedy
“After having produced aquatic animals of all ranks and having caused extensive variations in them by the different environments provided by the waters, nature led them little by little to the habit of living in the air, first by the water's edge and afterwards on all the dry parts of the globe. These animals have in course of time been profoundly altered by such novel conditions; which so greatly influenced their habits and organs that the regular gradation which they should have exhibited in complexity of organisation is often scarcely recognisable.” ShouldFirstsLittlesDifferentScienceCoursesWaterAnimalNovelEnvironmentAirConditionsEvolutionHabitShould HaveEnvironmentalEdgesComplexityDryOrgansGlobesVariationAlteredOrganisationDifferent Environments Author:Jean-Baptiste Lamarck