Famous quotes containing the words conditioned, armor and/or protects:
“People who have had power, when they become powerless, are really tragic.... We just allow ourselves to be conditioned by a society so we become as important as were supposed to be.”
—Maggie Kuhn (b. 1905)
“Poor shad! where is thy redress? When Nature gave thee instinct, gave she thee the heart to bear thy fate? Still wandering the sea in thy scaly armor to inquire humbly at the mouths of rivers if man has perchance left them free for thee to enter.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“The value of a family is that it cushions and protects while the individual is learning ways of coping. And a supportive social system provides the same kind of cushioning for the family as a whole.”
—Michael W. Yogman, and T. Berry Brazelton (20th century)
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