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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In economics, we borrowed from the Bourbons; in foreign policy, we drew on themes fashioned by the nomad warriors of the Eurasian steppes. In spiritual matters, we emulated the braying intolerance of our archenemies, the Shite fundamentalists. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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Yes. I think the anti-Wal-Mart is Costco, which pays much better and has much better health benefits and which is profitable and offers low prices. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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So why do people keep on watching? The answer, by now, should be perfectly obvious: we love television because television brings us a world in which television does not exist. In fact, deep in their hearts, this is what the spuds crave most: a rich, new, participatory life. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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The inventor of the Xerox machine will, I am sure, find a special place reserved for him on one of the inner circles of Dantes Inferno. – Nicholas Goodison

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So many signatures for such a small heart. – Mother Theresa

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The disease which inflicts bureaucracy and what they usually die from is routine. – John Stuart Mill

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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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