Birth Rate Decline

Famous quotes containing the words birth, rate and/or decline:

    “My demon,
    too often undressed,
    too often a crucifix I bring forth,
    too often a dead daisy I give water to
    too often the child I give birth to
    and then abort....”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “We honor motherhood with glowing sentimentality, but we don’t rate it high on the scale of creative occupations.”
    —Leontine Young (20th century)

    “The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.”
    —Luis Buñuel (1900–1983)