#aria

Librarian is a service occupation. Gas station attendant of the mind. ↗

— Richard Powers

#service

Reality is bizarre enough for me. ↗

— Jane Lane

#bizarre

In fact a few simple mathematical calculations reveal that if reference librarians were paid at market rates for all the roles they play, they would have salaries well over $200,000. ↗

— Will Manley

#mathematics

To be a vegetarian is to disagree - to disagree with the course of things today... starvation, cruelty - we must make a statement against these things. Vegetarianism is my statement. And I think it's a strong one. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

#animals #vegetarian #cruelty

TWO AND TWO MAKES FIVE ↗

— George Orwell

#orwell #russian-revolution #satire #satire

I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we do. I feel very deeply about vegetarianism and the animal kingdom. It was my dog Boycott who led me to question the right of humans to eat other sentient beings. ↗

— César Chávez

#animal-kindness #animal-rights #vegan #vegetarian #cruelty

The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else. ↗

— Frédéric Bastiat

#france #government #history #liberal #libertarian

The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect. ↗

— George Orwell

#totalitarianism

I think, therefore I am, dangerous. ↗

— D.A. Hanks

#totalitarianism

A Stalin functionary admitted, "Innocent people were arrested: naturally - otherwise no one would be frightened. If people, he said, were arrested only for specific misdemeanours, all the others would feel safe and so become ripe for treason. ↗

— Paul Johnson

#totalitarianism #nature