#invisible

We have a duty tonight. Everybody, and guys this for you as well because I know you know women. You have a duty tonight. You only have to tell one other person what you heard. Just tell them what you heard, or ask them have you ever heard of this? If the answer is no, share what you learn tonight. That’s all. You don’t have to do anything else. You just have to tell somebody else. You have to take whatever stigma people think that is there. You have to take it. It’s not male or female. It has nothing to do with that. It has to do with, here’s a disease you don’t know about and you need to know about it. It’s that simple. It’s not rocket science. [Whoopi Goldberg on endometriosis awareness from the 2009 Blossom Ball] ↗

— Whoopi Goldberg

#chronic-illness #endo #endometriosis #goldberg #health

People spot a big black lens, and they worry about what they're doing, or how their hair looks. Nobody see the person holding the camera. ↗

— Erica O'Rourke

#camera #invisible #photo #photographer #photography

I was under the impression that I warned you that in London country ways will not do, Frederica!” “You did!” she retorted. “And although I can’t say that I paid much heed to your advice it so happens that I am accompanied today by my aunt!” “Who adds invisibility to her other accomplishments! ↗

— Georgette Heyer

#aunt #banter #chaperon #invisible #london

You'll have to leave my meals on a tray outside the door because I'll be working pretty late on the secret of making myself invisible, which may take me almost until eleven o'clock. ↗

— S.J. Perelman

#invisible #kick #meal #perelman #satire

When you are dealing with an invisible enemy, use most resources as shield, and a bit as a bait. ↗

— Toba Beta

#strategy #war #strategy

A teenager usually wants to try to get people to notice him in some way, to feel like someone gives a damn. Me, all that attention, I just wanted to fade into the background. Be invisible. Disappear. ↗

— Christian Bale

#background #damn #disappear #fade #feel

Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century. ↗

— J. G. Ballard

#almost #becoming #century #everything #fiction

I am seeking for the bridge which leans from the visible to the invisible through reality. ↗

— Max Beckmann

#bridge #i #i am #invisible #leans

We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector, which is more invisible to public scrutiny - and thus leaves the children more open to abuse and exploitation. ↗

— Carol Bellamy

#also #child #child labor #children #eliminating

Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

#ninety-nine #ninety-nine percent #percent #untouchable #who