#lack

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody. ↗

— Brendan Behan

#cynical #everybody #everything #irish #lack

In Darwin's time all of biology was a black box: not only the cell, or the eye, or digestion, or immunity, but every biological structure and function because, ultimately, no one could explain how biological processes occurred. ↗

— Michael Behe

#biological #biology #black #box #cell

My parents were vegetarians. I'd show up at school, this giant black kid, with none of the cool clothes and a tofu sandwich and celery sticks. ↗

— Aisha Tyler

#celery #clothes #cool #giant #i

I'm black, and black don't crack. It does droop. ↗

— Aisha Tyler

#crack #does #droop #i

As a culture I see us as presently deprived of subtleties. The music is loud, the anger is elevated, sex seems lacking in sweetness and privacy. ↗

— Shelley Berman

#culture #deprived #elevated #i #i see

Monetary policy cannot do much about long-run growth, all we can try to do is to try to smooth out periods where the economy is depressed because of lack of demand. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#because #cannot #demand #depressed #economy

I made my way on to a grey list, a black list even. That's something I'm very proud of, actually. ↗

— Elmer Bernstein

#black #even #grey #i #list

I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think. ↗

— Halle Berry

#easier #even #i #i see #i think

I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood, so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else, or as smart, or whatever. ↗

— Halle Berry

#else #everybody #everybody else #felt #fit

I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession. ↗

— Halle Berry

#downer #i #lack #learning #privacy