Quote by Barbara Ehrenreich
It seems to me that there must be an ecological limit to the numbe

It seems to me that there must be an ecological limit to the number of paper pushers the earth can sustain, and that human civilization will collapse when the number of, say, tax lawyers exceeds the worlds total population of farmers, weavers, fisherpersons, and pediatric nurses. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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Imagine spending four billion years stocking the oceans with seafood, filling the ground with fossil fuels, and drilling the bees in honey production — only to produce a race of bed-wetters! – Barbara Ehrenreich

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Creation
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There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it? – Barbara Ehrenreich

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So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create something the size of N.A.S.A. to make one. – H. Ross Perot

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Poor fellow, he suffers from files. – Aneurin Bevan

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In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. – Laurence J. Peter

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The longer the title, the less important the job. – George McGovern

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Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be. – George A. Sheehan

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Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so. – John Stuart Mill, Autobiography, 1873

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The money that goes into Social Security is not the governments money. its your money. You paid for it. – Mitch McConnell

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. – Charles Dickens

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