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Category Archives: quotes
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“…saves…expense and aggravation…” – Robert Byrne
“Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.” ~ Robert Byrne
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“…when the…world consisted of two people.” – William Ralph Inge
The command “Be fruitful and multiply” was promulgated, according to our authorities, when the population of the world consisted of two people. – William Ralph Inge, More Lay Thoughts of a Dean, 1931
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“We have been god-like…” – Arnold Toynbee
“We have been god-like in the planned breeding of our domesticated plants, but rabbit-like in the unplanned breeding of ourselves.” – Arnold Toynbee
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“…mother of the year…” – Paul R. Ehrlich
“The mother of the year should be a sterilized woman with two adopted children.” – Paul R. Ehrlich
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“…comes [with] a hungry stomach [and] sharp elbows” – Paul A. Samuelson
“The problem is no longer that with every pair of hands that comes into the world there comes a hungry stomach. Rather it is that, attached to those hands are sharp elbows.” – Paul A. Samuelson, Newsweek, 12 June 1967
