Famous quotes containing the words side, split and/or sit:
“Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a big furry goddess-creature who resembles everybodys mom in that she knows whats best for us. But if you look at the historical recordKrakatoa, Mt. Vesuvius, Hurricane Charley, poison ivy, and so forth down the agesyou have to ask yourself: Whose side is she on, anyway?”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)
“Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.”
—Bertolt Brecht (18981956)
“What you dont understand about this town is that they can fight about issues all they want, but they dont really care about them. What they really care about is who they sit next to at dinner.”
—Anonymous Prominent Woman, Washington, DC, socialite. As quoted in The Agenda, ch. 20, by Hillary Rodham Clinton, to Bob Woodward (1994)