Famous quotes containing the words total and/or risk:
“I believe in the total depravity of inanimate things ... the elusiveness of soap, the knottiness of strings, the transitory nature of buttons, the inclination of suspenders to twist and of hooks to forsake their lawful eyes, and cleave only unto the hairs of their hapless owners head.”
—Katharine Walker (18401916)
“The risk for a woman who considers her helpless children her job is that the childrens growth toward self-sufficiency may be experienced as a refutation of the mothers indispensability, and she may unconsciously sabotage their growth as a result.”
—Letty Cottin Pogrebin (20th century)