Birth Rate Decline

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

    “The condition that gives birth to a rule is not the same as the condition to which the rule gives birth.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    ““Terence, this is stupid stuff:
    You eat your victuals fast enough;
    There can’t be much amiss, ‘tis clear,
    To see the rate you drink your beer.”
    —A.E. (Alfred Edward)

    “My opposition [to interviews] lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language.”
    —James Thurber (1894–1961)