Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes

Marriage is socialism among two people. - Barbara Ehrenreich quote.

Marriage is socialism among two people.
— Barbara Ehrenreich Mother Jones

America is addicted to wars of distraction. - Barbara Ehrenreich quote.

America is addicted to wars of distraction.
— Barbara Ehrenreich The Times

Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous. - Barbara Ehrenreich quote.

Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
— Barbara Ehrenreich The Worst Years of Our Lives

evolution

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots. - Barbara Ehrenreich quote.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels.  Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
— Barbara Ehrenreich The Worst Years of Our Lives

patriotism rebels dissent

A whole industry has grown up to promote positive thinking, and the product of this industry, available at a wide range of prices, is called "motivation." - Barbara Ehrenreich quote.

A whole industry has grown up to promote positive thinking, and the product of this industry, available at a wide range of prices, is called "motivation."
— Barbara Ehrenreich Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking is Undermining America

motivation

Human intellectual progress, such as it has been, results from our long struggle to see things "as they are," or in the most universally comprehensive way, and not as projections of our own emotions.
— Barbara Ehrenreich Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

progress

The business of the immune system is to defend the body against foreign intruders, such as microbes, and it does so with a huge onslaught of cells and whole cascades of different molecular weapons. The complexity, and diversity, of the mobilization is overwhelming. - Barbara Ehrenreich quote.

The business of the immune system is to defend the body against foreign intruders, such as microbes, and it does so with a huge onslaught of cells and whole cascades of different molecular weapons.  The complexity, and diversity, of the mobilization is overwhelming.
— Barbara Ehrenreich Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

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