WIST Quotations

Rogers, Will -- Column (1929-12-19), “Daily Telegram: Will Rogers Enters A Plea For Families Of Lost Miners” [No. 1061]

Dave — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:42:01 +0000

There is only one form of employment in our country that I can think of, but what has no bright spots, and that’s coal mining. There is generally an overproduction and they are out of work; if not that, it’s a strike. Then when they do go to work, the mine blows up. Then if none of these three things happen, they still have the worst job in the world.

Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist
Column (1929-12-19), “Daily Telegram: Will Rogers Enters A Plea For Families Of Lost Miners” [No. 1061]
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Following a mining disaster in McAlester, Oklahoma.

Friedan, Betty -- The Feminine Mystique, ch. 14 (1963)

Dave — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 14:24:35 +0000

A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex but neither should she “adjust” to prejudice and discrimination. She must learn to compete then, not as a woman, but as a human being.

Betty Friedan (1921–2006) American writer, feminist, activist
The Feminine Mystique, ch. 14 (1963)
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Hayden, Teresa Nielsen -- Making Light, “Commonplaces”

Dave — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 12:54:14 +0000

Never believe in a meritocracy in which no one is funny-looking.

Teresa Nielsen Hayden (b. 1956) American editor, writer, essayist
Making Light, “Commonplaces”
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