So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests. Barbara Ehrenreich energeticfairlyhappiness Change image and share on social
Yes, I think especially the Pentecostal churches, you know, that there's been such a growth in Pentecostalism. And it's a rejection of the much more dour and barren kind of Calvinist worship and also, the very formal Catholic forms of worship. Barbara Ehrenreich barrencalvinistcatholic share on social
Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous. Barbara Ehrenreich cleverfavorhistory Change image and share on social
That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing - the truly democratic thing about it - is that you don't even have to be a player to lose. Barbara Ehrenreich democraticenterprisefree Change image and share on social
I didn't want to be an author; I wanted to be a scientist. Not that I didn't love literature, but I couldn't distinguish it from reading, and reading was already my default activity, almost like breathing. Barbara Ehrenreich activityauthorbreathe share on social
People tend to judge presidents on how the economy performs, and yet we don't expect them to have the power to do much about it. Or we don't want them to exercise that power, if they were to have it. Barbara Ehrenreich economyexerciseexpect Change image and share on social
Employers have gone away from the idea that an employee is a long-term asset to the company, someone to be nurtured and developed, to a new notion that they are disposable. Barbara Ehrenreich assetcompanydevelop Change image and share on social
The Civil Rights Movement, it wasn't just a couple of, you know, superstars like Martin Luther King. It was thousands and thousands - millions, I should say - of people taking risks, becoming leaders in their community. Barbara Ehrenreich civilcommunitycouple share on social
Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent. Barbara Ehrenreich agobrashcareer Change image and share on social
No one should be incarcerated for debt or squeezed for money they have no chance of getting their hands on. Barbara Ehrenreich chancedebthand Change image and share on social
