Famous quotes containing the word baby:
“With its baby rivers and little towns, each with its abbey or its cathedral,
with voicesone voice perhaps, echoing through the transeptThe
criterion of suitability and convenience.”
—Marianne Moore (18871972)
“A baby is a full time job for three adults. Nobody tells you that when youre pregnant, or youd probably jump off a bridge. Nobody tells you how all-consuming it is to be a motherhow reading goes out the window and thinking too.”
—Erica Jong (20th century)
“The growing of food and the growing of children are both vital to the familys survival.... Who would dare make the judgment that holding your youngest baby on your lap is less important than weeding a few more yards in the maize field? Yet this is the judgment our society makes constantly. Production of autos, canned soup, advertising copy is important. Houseworkcleaning, feeding, and caringis unimportant.”
—Debbie Taylor (20th century)